

On your local Windows PC: In the search box on the taskbar, type Remote Desktop Connection, and then select Remote Desktop Connection. Use Remote Desktop to connect to the PC you set up: Make note of the name of this PC under PC name. Then, under System, select Remote Desktop, set Remote Desktop to On, and then select Confirm. When you're ready, select Start, and open Settings. Then, under System, select About, and under Windows specifications, look for Edition. For info on how to get Windows 11 Pro, go to Upgrade Windows Home to Windows Pro. To check this, select Start, and open Settings. The extensions permit a RAS client to directly enable some modem settings, to control whether RAS uses the prefixes and suffixes in a phone-book entry, and to support paused states during the connection operation.Set up the PC you want to connect to so it allows remote connections: An optional RASDIALEXTENSIONS structure to enable or disable extensions to the RasDial operation.If the RasDial call specifies a notification handler, the call is asynchronous otherwise, it is synchronous. An optional notification handler that receives progress notifications during the connection operation.The connection information that the Remote Access Connection Manager needs to establish the connection.The RasDial call specifies the following information when it starts a connection operation: The Remote Access Connection Manager starts automatically when an application loads the RASAPI32.DLL. This service also provides the client with status information during the connection operation.

The Remote Access Connection Manager is a service that handles the details of establishing the connection to the remote server. The RasDial function starts the connection operation, which is then carried out by the Remote Access Connection Manager. These functions are available on bothWindows NT 4.0 (and later versions), and Windows 95.Ī RAS client application uses the RasDial function to establish a connection to a RAS server.

The remainder of this section describes the low-level functions for starting a RAS connection. Windows 95 does not currently support these functions. For most applications, this is the preferred way to start a RAS connection operation. Windows NT and later versions provide the RasPhonebookDlg and RasDialDlg functions that display the built-in user interface for starting a RAS connection operation.
