To enable remote desktop.
• Open registry editor by running regedit from Run.
• Go to the node HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server
• Change the data of the value fDenyTSConnections to 0.
We can enable remote desktop from windows command line by running the following command.
reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server” /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
To disable remote desktop we need to run the below command.
reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server” /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Reboot or logoff is not required after running the above command. I have tested this on Windows XP and Windows 7 and it has worked fine. It would work fine on Windows Vista too.
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Block users from logging on to an RDS Server [SOLVED]
Do you need to block users from logging on to an RDS Server
Problem:
You are updating an RDS server, or an application on the RDS server, but another users process is stopping your install. You need to stop access to other users to the RDS server but still be able to work on it yourself. but how?
Solution:
Open up administrative CMD
Change Logon /Disable
Then log all other users off using Task manager (users tab)
And when you are finished simply revert:
Change Logon /Enable
Sorted.