How To enable Windows remote desktop remotely
Often at work I need to use another PC or log onto a server. Windows systems don’t have remote desktop working by default so rather than have to walk somewhere I’d rather just do it remotely. Here’s how…
Firstly click on Start and then Run. In the box type in “regedit” and hit Enter.
Then click on File and Connect Network Registry as shown in the image below.
This will allow you to connect to another computers registry settings and make the needed changes.
In the next box you can enter the name of the remote computer or browse for it. This will work if you’re on either a Windows workgroup or on a domain. See the image below.
Once you’ve selected the computer click OK and the computer should now be listed in your Registry Editor at the bottom on the left. You need to navigate your way through the hierarchy and go to the following directory: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server.
Clicking on the Terminal Server folder you should see the window on the right populate with about 20 files. Look for fDenyTSConnections. Right click it and click Modify. A box similar to the one below should appear. Simply change the Value Data from 1 (Remote Desktop enabled) to 0 (Remote Desktop enabled).
Once this is changed then click OK to save the change. Remote Desktop will only be enabled once the machine is rebooted; this can also be done remotely. Open up a command prompt (Start > Run > “cmd“) and type: “shutdown -m \\WORKGROUP\PROMETHEUS -r” changing the computer name to the one you connected to.
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