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Written by Edward Prevost
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Thursday, 31 May 2007 |
Ever wanted to remote into your MCE2005 or XP Pro machine without having to log everyone and their mother off? I know I have, Well here is a nice windows HACK to get you all set; proceed with caution...
- Print these directions so that you have them to work from.
- Restart your computer in Safe Mode
- Turn off/disable Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) and Terminal Services
- Right click My Computer
- Select Properties
- Click on the Remote tab at the top of the window
- UNCHECK the box next to, “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer“
- Click OK
- Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services
- Find Terminal Services in the list
- Right click on Terminal Services and click Properties
- In the Startup Type box, select Disabled
- Click OK to close the window
- Next you will replace the current version of the Terminal Services DLL (termsrv.dll) with an unrestricted version from a previous release of Terminal Services. (SP2 Beta package)
- Here is a copy of the Terminal Services DLL - Save it to your PC
- Using a file manager like Windows Explorer open C:\Windows\system32\dllcache
(Make sure you have hidden and System Folders Viewable)
- Rename the file termsrv.dll to termsrv_dll.bak.
- Copy the downloaded termsrv.dll file (the one you just downloaded from the web) to C:\Windows\system32\dllcache
- Open the C:\Windows\system32 folder
- Move the file termsrv.dll in C:\Windows\system32
- Now we can edit the Windows Registry to enable more than one RDP connection.
- Go to Start -> Run and type regedit
- Click on the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch then go to File -> Export... and make sure Selected Branch is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- Name this .reg file as HKLocalMachineBU and save it to yoru PC
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core
- Add a DWORD Key named EnableConcurrentSessions and give it a value of 1
- Close the Registry Editor window
- Go to Start -> Run and type gpedit.msc
- Browse to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Terminal Services and double click Limit number of connections
- Select the Enabled button and enter the number of connections you would like to enable….at least 2 a maximum of 3.
- Restart Windows
- Now when the PC restarts we finalize the RDP HACK, enabling RDCs.
- Right click My Computer and select Properties.
- Click on the Remote tab at the top of the window
- CHECK the box next to, “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer“
- Click OK
- Go to Start -> Control Panel ->Administrative Tools -> Services. Select Terminal Services from the list and double click it or right-click -> Properties. Set the Startup Type to Manual.
- Restart Windows
This tutorial is provided AS IS. Please do not change alter or play with your registry settings if you are in the least bit uncomfortable.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 31 May 2007 )
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