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Remote desktop (XP Pro) in system properties is grayed out, need to have remote access enabled
I have a XP Pro OS system that I need to have access to remotely, but the Remote Desktop feature to "Allow users to connect remotely to the computer" is grayed out on the system, how can I change this so that it is no longer grayed out and I can access the computer remotely?
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All other computers on my network have remote access enabled so its not a group policy issue and I'm a domain administrator that is in the administrator group on the computer.
I have also made this change to the regestry and still no remote access: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CurrentCon trolSet\Co ntrol\Term inal Server,
fDenyTSConnections in Terminal Server, double click it, and set the DWORD value to 0
Note:
All other computers on my network have remote access enabled so its not a group policy issue and I'm a domain administrator that is in the administrator group on the computer.
I have also made this change to the regestry and still no remote access: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
fDenyTSConnections in Terminal Server, double click it, and set the DWORD value to 0
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This is quite unlikely that it is a services issue - as the computer is on a domain - and if it works for other computers - then unless the computer is not picking up policies correctly, then you would assume that these services were not disable - so it is most likely down to a registry corruption.
The author states that the registry is already checked. Because of this, I think it's reasonable to consider other possibilities.
The Asker doesn't state whether [HKLM\Software\Policies\Mi crosoft\Wi ndows NT\Terminal Services] has been checked - so as far as I am concerned, until checked - that is priority.
Glad that I could point out a useful resource.
Thank you.
Thank you.
In the services manager, make sure the 'Terminal Services' and ' Remote Desktop Help Session Manager' services are not disabled. If they are, set them to 'Manual'.