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http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/06/connect-to-ubuntu-11-04-from-windows-via-remote-desktop/

http://www.tiempoanalytics.com/2011/09/how-to-install-vncserver-xrdp-on-amazon.html

I tried and it doesn't work. When I tried to connect it simply says that there is no remote desktop on the machine

It's more complicated. Also I have done the first thing and probably need to undo that.

So which one is correct and what should I do now?

This is what the screen shows

ubuntu@ip-10-134-10-182:~$ sudo apt-get install xrdp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libfontenc1 libfs6 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libice6 libsm6 libxaw7 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxfixes3 libxfont1 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxkbfile1 libxmu6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86vm1 vnc4server x11-apps
  x11-common x11-session-utils x11-utils x11-xfs-utils x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils xbase-clients xbitmaps xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xinit xterm
Suggested packages:
  libglide3 vnc-java mesa-utils nickle cairo-5c xorg-docs-core xfs xserver xfonts-cyrillic
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libfontenc1 libfs6 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libice6 libsm6 libxaw7 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxfixes3 libxfont1 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxkbfile1 libxmu6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86vm1 vnc4server x11-apps
  x11-common x11-session-utils x11-utils x11-xfs-utils x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils xbase-clients xbitmaps xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xinit xrdp xterm
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Are you trying to remote desktop to Amazon EC2? – Mitch Aug 9 '12 at 8:48

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