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In preparing for the Vista Remote Connection Section of the Examination, you will also need to be aware of Remote Assistance, and Remote Desktop Connections. It's particularly important to understand the differences and the nuances between these two components. We access them both on the same screen: the System area of the Control Panel. Now I have again placed a shortcut on my Desktop, however you could go to the Start Menu, to the Control Panel, and in the Control Panel is where you'll find your System Icon. In the System Icon you will see task for Remote Settings. Under Remote Settings you will have the Remote tab itself. When you select the Settings button it automatically opens to that particular tab. When on the tab you will notice that the top section is for Remote Assistance, whereas the bottom section is for Remote Desktop. With the Remote Assistant, both people must be present to establish a connection. When I mention both people it means the person that wants to enter the connection and the person that is offering the connection. It is all done via Invitations. An Invitation must be sent to establish the connection. Remote Assistance was created for Troubleshooting. It allows the user to invite in a technician to help them fix a component of the screen. You can read more about Remote Assistance by going to the Help that's provided on the dialog box. You'll also notice the Advanced tab. Here it allows you to choose whether your computer can be controlled remotely. Perhaps you'd like someone to see it, but not actually make movements on the screen. This allows the technician to talk to you through the steps rather than performing the steps. You'll also notice that it will close your Invitation out automatically after a certain point in time. This, again, is for security. You do not want a live connection out there at all times. I'm going to Cancel to go back to the dialog box. The bottom section of the screen is Remote Desktop. Remote Desktop is a connection to another computer. It's a completely different session. Whereas Remote Assistance has the same session for both of the users, Remote Desktop is how I can get to my computer from home to work on files that are contained on the work computer. The Remote Desktop can also be connected via the Web. Now keep in mind, with the Remote Desktop, no one has to be present at the machine, whereas with Remote Assistance, someone has to be there to establish the connection. With the case of Remote Desktop I can choose not to allow any connections to the computer. This, of course, is the safest. I can also allow a connection from any version of Remote Desktop, or I can allow a connection for only particular versions, and I must have Network Level Authentication. This Authentication allows me to actually select the users that can come into my machine. With this circumstance, only the people that have been listed can gain access to the machine. You can tell right away that this is the strongest security. Remember again, the intent of Remote Desktop is that I can actually work right on the machine from home without having to be present. Everything that I would normally have via Permissions is accessible. I would not have to have the program loaded on my home machine, because I'm actually using the machine that I'm connecting to. This is an exceptionally powerful feature that has grown substantially in its use. You must be very well aware of the aspects of Remote Desktop. I recommend that you set up a connection for yourself. Make sure you practice the Remote Desktop connection prior to the Examination. Again remember, Assistance is for a Technician to come in and help. Desktop is so that I can use a machine from a remote location.