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Remotely enabling Remote Desktop

I don't know how many times I've installed Windows, unhooked the monitor and keyboard, then tried to Remote Desktop in...and nothing, because I hadn't turned on Remote Desktop. I did it again today and quickly found a great answer: a single registry value! Check it out:

Windows Server Hacks: Remotely Enable Remote Desktop

Posted: Apr 19 2005, 06:58 PM by jeffreykey | with 11 comment(s)
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Dave Dustin said:

You don’t need to do this if you use WMI console from a W2K3 or XP host:

WMIC /NODE:"client" /USER:"nwtraders\administrator" RDTOGGLE WHERE ServerName="client" CALL SetAllowTSConnections 1
# April 19, 2005 10:11 PM

Erik Porter said:

This is hot dude...I do that all the time too...thanks for posting, Jeff! :)
# April 19, 2005 10:38 PM

Jeff Key said:

You're welcome! I love stuff like this.
# April 19, 2005 11:10 PM

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# April 20, 2005 12:16 AM

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# April 20, 2005 4:59 AM

Ryan Heath said:

Recently installed w2k3 sp1? ;)
I did and needed this same hack afterwards...
# April 20, 2005 10:47 AM

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# April 20, 2005 2:36 PM

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# April 21, 2005 6:04 AM

pardeep said:

i want its source code please mail me at
pardeep_sharma74@yahoo.com within 2days because my project is near to submit on 30April 2005 please
# April 24, 2005 7:27 PM

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# May 4, 2005 11:48 PM

TrackBack said:

I found a few great tips while I was catching up on my blog reading this week that just had to be shared.
# May 20, 2005 8:50 PM