From time to time, I find the need to enable Remote Desktop connections on remote machines (When it is not enabled on a client and I need to log into that PC). Luckily there is a neat little way to accomplish this, as long as you have Administrative rights to the remote computer and can connect it VIA remote registry. Here is how:

1. On the computer that has administrative rights to the target machine, open registry editor (Start > Run > Regedit – Enter)

2. Once in registry editor, click File and choose “Connect Remote Registry”.

3. Enter the target computers name or IP address and click OK.

4. Navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server

5. Find the value on the right labeled: fDenyTSConnection (REG_DWORD) and change the value to “0″ (Zero) without the quotes.

6. Exit registry editor and connect to the remote computer with Terminal Services Client.

This is very useful when remotely managing new computers that were originally set up without this option enabled. Typically, this option is set under System > Remote tab.

Jason (Digitalkid)
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