Activate Remote Desktop in Vista and Windows 7

In Windows operating system, Remote Desktop function allows you to access remote systems via your local network or Internet.This function is especially useful for network managers, administrators can access the screen of all remote computers and do whatever they want .

For Windows XP, turning on Remote Desktop functionality is quite simple. But there is a slight difference in Windows Vista and Windows 7. Here are the instructions to enable remote control in Vista and Windows 7.

1. Use the graphical interface

This is the simplest way, to enable the Remote Desktop function in the graphical interface you do the following:

- Go to Start , select Run , or press Windows + R key.

- Type the following command into the Run dialog: systempropertiesremote .

- Mark one of the following two options in the properties dialog of the Remote Desktop function:

1. Allow các kết nối từ máy phục vụ chạy phiên bản nào của remote Desktop .
2. Cho phép các kết nối từ máy chủ chạy xa hệ thống với mạng xác thực

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2. Using the Registry

Remote Desktop can be enabled or disabled with the Registry. This is useful when you want to enable Remote Desktop functionality on another computer. That is, you can connect to the Registry of a remote computer through that Registry to make changes accordingly. The steps are as follows:

- Go to the Registry ( Start > Run , type regedit ).

- Go to the following course:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEM CurrentControlSetControlTerminal Server

- In the left window, find the key named ' fDenyTSConnections '. Double-click on the keyword and edit the value to 0 .

If you want to enable Network Level Authentication (which helps protect remote computers from hackers and malware), do the following:

- Go to the following course:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlTerminal
ServerWinStationsRDP-Tcp

- In the right window, select the key named ' UserAuthentication ', and change the value to 1 .

3. Use Group Policy

Follow these steps:

- Open Group Policy ( Go to Start > Run , enter gpedit.msc in the Open box and click OK ).

- In the Group Policy edit window, go to the following link:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services Terminal Server Connections .

- Double-click on the ' Allow users to connect Terminal Services ' section in the right window, then select Enable and click OK .