Ever take a
late night call from a user who is trying to remote into their office computer
and you need to enable RDP remotely so they can get in remotely? Assuming a domain environment it is pretty easy. This was easy in Windows XP, you could remote
connect to the registry and turn it on.
Win 7 blocks that.
For Windows
7-
From the
server,
psexec
\\machinename reg add "hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\terminal
server" /f /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0
One minor
issue, this doesn’t poke a hole in the windows firewall. You’ll need to temporarily disable it, log in,
add RDP to the profile, then turn it back on.
From the server-
netsh -r
ComputerName -u Username -p Password -c advfirewall set allprofiles state off
That will
shut off the firewall. You can now RDP
into the box and open RDP in the GUI in Windows Firewall, then turn it back on.
For Windows
XP-
Just go
into Regedit, File, Connect Network Registry.
Once connected go to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal
Server
Change
fDenyTSConnection to 0
If you need
to turn off windows firewall, you can go to Computer Management, connect to the
box, and stop the windows firewall service.
(DO NOT attempt this in Windows 7).
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