You want to enable Remote Desktop (RDP) remotely on a Windows Client, which utility is correct?

You want to enable Remote Desktop (RDP) remotely on a Windows Client, which utility is correct?

• ipconfig
• Active Directory
• Psexec (PStools)
• ssh 

 

 

EXPLANATION

When you connect with PSexec, you can generate a command prompt and edit the registry to enable RDP.

1. psexec \\(IPadress or hostname) -u (domain\username) –p( password) cmd
example: psexec \\10.0.0.1 -u testdomain\Administrator -p password cmd
2.  reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /f /v fDenyTSConnections /T REG_DWORD /d 0
3.  shutdown –r –t 0