Control Your Computer from Another Computer

Once you have set up Parallels Access on a computer that you want to access remotely, you can control that computer using a web browser on another computer.

Access your computer remotely:

1. Before you leave your other computer, make sure the Parallels Access agent is running on it and you're signed in.

   By default the Parallels Access agent is set to run continuously.

2. Go to access.parallels.com and, if necessary, sign in to your Parallels account.
3. Click the computer you want to access.
4. Sign in to your computer.

   

   You can now control your computer remotely.

Note: You must use a supported web browser to access your computer remotely.

Set the resolution: You can set the screen to be scaled so your whole desktop fits in the browser window or to be shown at full resolution. Click or in the toolbar on the right to toggle been viewing scale and full resolution view.

Pan: When set to full resolution, if your browser window is smaller than the size of the remote computer's screen you won't see the whole screen at once. You can pan around the screen simply by moving the mouse pointer to any edge.

Copy text from the local computer to the remote computer: Copy text locally as you normally would, then click in the toolbar on the right in your browser and paste the text into the text field that appears. Then place the insertion point where you want the text to go and press Command+V (on a Mac) or Control+V (on a Windows PC).

Copy text from the remote computer to the local computer: Copy text from the remote computer by selecting it and pressing Command+V (on a Mac) or Control+V (on a Windows PC), then click in the toolbar on the right. The text appears. Select it and copy it again, and then you can paste it locally as you normally would.

Enter key combinations: Some key combinations, such as Ctrl + Alt + Delete in Windows, can't be transmitted remotely by pressing the combination as you normally would. To enter such a key combination, click in the toolbar. A list of available key combinations appears. Click the one you want.

Tip: Several key combinations that can be transmitted normally are also available in the key combination menu for convenience. Click to see a list of available key combinations.