How to Remotely Enable RDP

In case you want to remote access a Windows computer, you can enable the Remote Desktop Protocol via registry.

1. Using your administrator credentials and start Registry Editor by Start, Run, then regedit
2. Select the Connect Network Registry option under the File menu.

3. This opens the Select Computer search box. Either browse Active Directory to locate the remote computer, or type the name of the computer

4. Click OK and the computer you selected will be displayed in Registry Editor for the remote machine

5. Browse the registry to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server

  
6. Under the Terminal Server key, you'll find a REG_DWORD value named fDenyTSConnection. Double-click on that value to open the Edit DWORD Value box and change the value data from 1 (Remote Desktop disabled) to 0 (Remote Desktop enabled)

7. The remote computer needs to be rebooted for the change to take effect. You need to open a command prompt and type shutdown -m \\(the name of the computer) -r