How to Wirelessly Project your PC screen to a Restricted Window Machine
Imagining this scenario: You want to do some extra work at the university library, so you went to the library with your personal PC.
You sat at the library and started typing. After a while, you realize your tiny keyboard, incompetent trackpad and the miserable screen of your laptop is a liability to your intelligent and sharp brain. You were thinking, it would be a better idea to finish your work on a bigger screen with a real keyboard.
So you realize the library have overkilled all-in-one PC which costs University £1K to buy but due to the access restriction, students can not install any software by themself but using them as a Chromebook with a Microsoft Office.
Thus, here is a solution I have that allows you to project the screen of your personal PC to the restricted PC wirelessly with no additional software installation and fast and reliable.
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First of all, there is some checklist you need to follow.
- You have a PC running Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise
- You logged in your PC using your Microsoft account
- The restricted PC is also running Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise
- The restricted PC has Wi-Fi capability
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How does it work?
- Your PC will connect to the restricted PC via a wireless LAN
- The restricted PC will control your PC through RDP (Windows Remote desktop utility)
- The restricted PC will connect to the internet through an ethernet cable that allows your PC also has the internet access
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How to do it?
- In restricted PC, set up a Windows Mobile Hotspot
- In personal PC, connect this hotspot, add new DNS setting e.g. add 8.8.8.8
- In restricted PC, obtain the local IP of persoanal PC
- In restricted PC, open Remote Desktop Connection app and connect the IP obtained. When asking for credentials, selecting ‘more choice’ > ‘use a different account’, then login in using Microsoft account that used to login in your personal account.
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Works well?
- It is the fastest wireless remote access method you can get with access restricted PC
- RDP is the most reliable remote access protocol
