Google Chrome Remote Desktop

Introduction

A simple guide to setting up the FREE Google Chrome Remote Desktop solution.

Google Chrome

You will need to have Google's Chrome web-browser for Google Chrome Remote Desktop to work. If you do not already have it installed, please do so now.

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Security

We highly recommend creating a new Google account for this purpose. This new account will be used only for this purpose; never to be used for anything else thus reducing the risk of the account information being compromised due to someone hacking a third-party website. Additionally, we'd prefer not to have access to your personal gmail account; so setting up a new account takes care of this.

For the following example, we will use KAAA-FM as the call letters.

• Browse to https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?hl=en.
• For first name, we recommend entering KAAA.
• For the last name, we recommend entering the word Remote.
• For the username, enter kaaaremote.
• For the password, choose something that makes sense; following the instructions on the screen.
• Click Next to go to the next screen.
• You will then need to enter a phone number in order to verify that you are a "real person". Enter your mobile number so that you can receive a text with the 6-digit verification code.
• Click Next.
• Enter the code you received (it's the 6 digit number after the G-).
• Click Verify.
• On the next screen, you'll need to enter a "Recovery email address". This can be any valid email address; we recommend using your regular email account so that it is easy to recover the account in case anyone forgets the password.
• For the birthday Month, Day, and Year, we usually enter January, 1, and 1970. (This has to be done to "verify" you are 18 years or older.)
• For gender, feel free to choose whatever you are comfortable with.
• Click Next.
• On the next screen, click Skip.
• On the next screen, use the down-chevron or scroll bar to "read" through the Privacy and Terms. Once at the bottom of the document, the I agree button will become visible.
• Click I agree.

Now that you have a new account, we can begin the setup process.

Installing Google Chrome Remote Desktop Extension

• Open Google Chrome webbrowser.
• Navigate to here.
• Click the Add to Chrome button (upper-right portion of the page) and follow the on screen instructions.

This will setup the mechanism that allows the actual software to be installed.

Installing Google Chrome Remote Desktop

• Open Google Chrome webbrowser.
• Navigate to https://remotedesktop.google.com.
• Confirm that you are logged in with the correct account (upper-right corner of the page).
• You should see a Set up remote access screen on this page.
• Click the "download chrome remote desktop" image (down arrow with a line under it) to begin.
• Follow the on screen instructions that will walk you through the process.

Once completed, you should now see your machine in the list with a notation that it is online.

Give Us Access

At this point all that you need to do is provide us with the Google account that was created to set this up.