11340» Enabling Remote Desktop Connections to Server Core (07-December-07)
Q. How do I enable remote desktop connections to my Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation?
A. There are essentially two steps to enabling remote desktop to Server Core. The first is to enable remote desktop connections and the second to open up the Windows Firewall to allow remote desktop connections.
To enable remote desktop perform the following steps:
C:\Windows\System32>cscript scregedit.wsf /ar 0
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Registry has been updated.
C:\Windows\System32>cscript scregedit.wsf /ar /v
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server fDenyTSConnections
View registry setting.
0
To enable the firewall to allow the remote desktop use the following command:
C:\Windows\System32>netsh firewall set service type=remotedesktop mode=enable
ok
— John Savill
I tried this. Step one worked perfectly, however, step two is deprecated according to my installation. If this doesn't work, instead use:
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote desktop" new enable=yes
This works like a champ. Thanks for the tip.
I tried this. Step one worked perfectly, however, step two is deprecated according to my installation. If this doesn't work, instead use:
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote desktop" new enable=yes
This works like a champ. Thanks for the tip.
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