that would have been the last time he would be allowed into my house unescorted.
all he had to do was ask.
glad it worked out.
I run mix of windows (win7, win10, server 2012R2 and Exchange 2013) and opensource (mint on laptop and few VMs) here, like them all, but I (and only I) decide what gets installed on my pc.
you are much more sanguine about this than I would have been.
on windows before d/l installing anything in start menu search bar type mstsc
if its installed it will show up, if not then follow steps listed above