1. A computer system comprising the following: one or more processors; one or more computer-readable hardware storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to perform a method for accessing and controlling a remote desktop of a remote computing system using a multi-touch display of the local computing system, the method comprising: displaying a remote desktop on the multi-touch display of the local computing system; and upon detecting an initial point of user contact with the multi-touch display when the display is not engaged as a trackpad, engaging the multi-touch display as a trackpad; and initiating a cursor pointer for controlling the multi-touch display as the trackpad, the cursor pointer's position being independent of the initial point of user contact, the cursor being controllable from any part of the multi-touch display.