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How to set up unattended remote desktop on multiple computers

Unattended access means you can open a PC with nobody sitting at it to click Allow. For one PC it's a two-minute job. For ten, the trick is doing the one-time part on each PC in a sensible order, so that afterwards you can reach every one of them from anywhere.

One thing to know first: unattended access is always switched on at the PC itself. That's on purpose. Nobody, including you, can turn it on from far away, which is what keeps it safe.

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Updated · Windows 10 and 11 PCs and Linux desktops

Set up each computer

Do this once on every PC you want to reach. With the PCs next to each other, it takes a few minutes each.

  1. Step 1: Install and sign in

    Install RemoteAccessApp on the PC and add it to your account, so it shows on your Devices page. Linux desktops use the Linux Agent; see unattended access on Linux.

  2. Step 2: Turn on Unattended access at the PC

    Right-click the RemoteAccessApp icon next to the clock and click Unattended access so it's ticked. From your desk, you can also right-click the PC on the Devices page and choose Unattended access, but someone at the PC still has to agree.

  3. Step 3: Connect once and trust your console

    Open the PC from your Console. When Allow remote access? appears at the PC, tick Let this console connect without asking next time (unattended) and click Allow. From then on your console goes straight in.

  4. Step 4: Keep it reachable after a restart

    Leave Start RemoteAccessApp with Windows on. A PC is reachable while it's on, online and signed in to Windows. Then move on to the next PC.

Reach them from any device, not just one console

Turn on Let my own account in without asking (apps and browsers) in the same menu on each PC. Then you get in from any console or browser signed in to the account that owns the PC, including your phone, unless someone at the PC removed that console or browser. Everyone else is still asked.

Check they're all set

PCs with unattended access show an Unattended pill on their tile on the Devices page and in the session toolbar. Scan the list and any PC without it still needs the steps above. Then try opening each one while nobody's there.

Using them day to day

Open any PC from the Devices page, or several at once as a grid; see remote desktop to multiple computers. To do the same thing on all of them at once, see control multiple computers at once. A PC that's asleep can be woken through another PC on the same network with Wake-on-LAN. For updates, commands and the rest of the upkeep, see how to manage multiple computers from one place.

Keep it safe

  • Only set up unattended access on PCs that are yours, or that you look after with the owner's OK.
  • Turn on two-step verification for your account. Your account opens your PCs, so protect it.
  • Add a connection password to PCs that need an extra check before anyone connects.
  • Every PC still shows the Remote session active banner while you're connected, unattended or not.
  • Review Trusted consoles and browsers… on each PC now and then, and remove anything you don't use.
  • Turn unattended access off from the same menu on any PC, any time.

Free for 5 PCs

Unattended access is free on up to 5 PCs, with 3 open at once, for personal and work use. Pro removes the limits. For the single-PC version of this guide, see set up unattended access.

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