Switch on Remote Desktop in XP

[Guest]

Hi all,

We're looking at using Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop to more
effectively support our users through the helpdesk. When I look at the Remote
tab in System Properties, the Remote Assistance option is ticked. Under the
Remote Desktop section, the option to "Allow users to connect remotely to
this computer" is not selected.

My question is, how can I use Group Policy to have this box ticked on each
XP machine and then how to I specify who can access each PC. My aim is to
have a security group which has the rights to RDP onto a XP machine.
Apologies if this question has been posted and answered else where!

All the best,
Steven.

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

This may be of some help...

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]#link4

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/05/04/serverhacks_remote.html

Beyond that only accounts that are Administrators or members of the Remote
Desktop Users Group can access a PC with RD...

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/pree_rem_hzcq.asp

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[Guest]

HI, thanks for taking the time to reply. The article on Google Groups was
very useful but I can't find the group policy setting shown below:

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Then to actually force RDP to be enabled on a Windows XP Professional
Machine
(Disabled by default) you must set the following policy to "DISABLED"

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows
Components\Terminal
Services\Do Not Allow New Client Connections.
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I am using the Group Policy Management console on Windows XP SP2 to
administer my domain's group policies. Can you think why this setting is
missing?

Any help is much appreciated.

All the best,
Steven.

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

I'm not a domain type person, but there is a policy on my XP Pro SP2 boxes
for...

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Terminal
Services\Allow users to connect remotely using Terminal Services

....that may do what you want.

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[Guest]

Thanks very much for your help. What you suggested worked a treat and I can
now start training our helpdesk on using this tool. Sorry it took a while for
me to get back but it has been one of those weeks!

All the best,
Steven.

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Excellent... Thanks for the feedback...

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