Control Remote Computers with Chrome Web Browser

The following guide provides a clear overview of Chrome Remote Desktop, with the most relevant background, details, and practical takeaways.

1. Install Chrome Remote Desktop:

• Download Google Chrome browser for Windows.
• Download Chrome Remote Desktop extension.

When installing the Chrome Remote Desktop add-on on the browser, the system will ask as shown below, click Add to continue:

When the installation is successful, you open Chrome App Launcher (go to Start Menu type Chrome App Launcher is out):

2. Use Chrome Remote Desktop to Control and Access Remote Computers:

When starting, we will have to sign in with a Google account:

• How to set up, register a new Google account

The main interface of Chrome Remote Desktop after user login will look like this:

To share a computer, select Remote Assistance, and the My Computers section below is where you can allow or disallow access from another computer.

• How to turn on Remote Desktop Connect on Windows

When you click Remote Assistance, we will see there are 2 options as follows:

• Share: Similar to on TeamViewer, there will be a sequence of 12-digit characters for other computers to access through this sequence of characters.

For example, you will need to remember these 12 characters and use them on another computer to access this computer.

• Access: You use this computer to access and control other computers.

On another computer (temporarily called computer B), to access your computer, go to Access, enter the code:

And the control window will look like this:

When you're done, simply press the Stop Sharing button at the bottom of the screen to turn off the remote control feature.

If you have trouble connecting or crashes when verifying the access code, try enabling ports 443 and 5222 to have an inbound and outbound rule in your firewall using both UDP and TCP.

If you need more help with features, you can go to Google's help page about Chrome Remote Desktop. Good luck!