GPO for Remote Desktop

Hello:

I've been trying to find the GPO setting (if there is one) that would enable
Remote Desktop and allow users to connect remotely to the computers. Does
anyone know if this is settable via GPO? Thank you.

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Sincerely,
Martin

Hi Martin,

I don't know about GPO (I don't think there is one yet for RDP), but you can
use this script to turn on RDP remotely or via startup scrip.

*********************************
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colTSSettings =
objWMIService.InstancesOf("Win32_TerminalServiceSe tting")
For Each colTS in colTSSettings
colTS.SetAllowTSConnections(1)
Next
*********************************

replace this "." (strComputer = ".") with name of remote computer (e.g.
strComputer = "Mike").

strComputer = "." means "this computer"

I hope this helps,

Mike

"MartinHTN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello:
>
> I've been trying to find the GPO setting (if there is one) that would
enable
> Remote Desktop and allow users to connect remotely to the computers. Does
> anyone know if this is settable via GPO? Thank you.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Martin
>
>

Miha:

I think I found the setting. It's at \Computer Configuration\Windows
Components\Terminal Services\Allow users to connect remotely using Terminal
Services.

Regards,
Martin

"Miha Pihler" <mihap-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Martin,
>
> I don't know about GPO (I don't think there is one yet for RDP), but you
can
> use this script to turn on RDP remotely or via startup scrip.
>
> *********************************
> strComputer = "."
> Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
> & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
> Set colTSSettings =
> objWMIService.InstancesOf("Win32_TerminalServiceSe tting")
> For Each colTS in colTSSettings
> colTS.SetAllowTSConnections(1)
> Next
> *********************************
>
> replace this "." (strComputer = ".") with name of remote computer (e.g.
> strComputer = "Mike").
>
> strComputer = "." means "this computer"
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Mike
>
> "MartinHTN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello:
> >
> > I've been trying to find the GPO setting (if there is one) that would
> enable
> > Remote Desktop and allow users to connect remotely to the computers.
Does
> > anyone know if this is settable via GPO? Thank you.
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> > Martin
> >
> >
>
>

CORRECTION: It's \Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows
Components\Terminal Services\Allow users to connect remotely using Terminal
Services
"MartinHTN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23B$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Miha:
>
> I think I found the setting. It's at \Computer Configuration\Windows
> Components\Terminal Services\Allow users to connect remotely using
Terminal
> Services.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
> "Miha Pihler" <mihap-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi Martin,
> >
> > I don't know about GPO (I don't think there is one yet for RDP), but you
> can
> > use this script to turn on RDP remotely or via startup scrip.
> >
> > *********************************
> > strComputer = "."
> > Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
> > & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer &
"\root\cimv2")
> > Set colTSSettings =
> > objWMIService.InstancesOf("Win32_TerminalServiceSe tting")
> > For Each colTS in colTSSettings
> > colTS.SetAllowTSConnections(1)
> > Next
> > *********************************
> >
> > replace this "." (strComputer = ".") with name of remote computer (e.g.
> > strComputer = "Mike").
> >
> > strComputer = "." means "this computer"
> >
> > I hope this helps,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > "MartinHTN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > I've been trying to find the GPO setting (if there is one) that would
> > enable
> > > Remote Desktop and allow users to connect remotely to the computers.
> Does
> > > anyone know if this is settable via GPO? Thank you.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Martin
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks for posting back the solution.

Mike

"MartinHTN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> CORRECTION: It's \Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows
> Components\Terminal Services\Allow users to connect remotely using
Terminal
> Services
> "MartinHTN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23B$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Miha:
> >
> > I think I found the setting. It's at \Computer Configuration\Windows
> > Components\Terminal Services\Allow users to connect remotely using
> Terminal
> > Services.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Martin
> >
> > "Miha Pihler" <mihap-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hi Martin,
> > >
> > > I don't know about GPO (I don't think there is one yet for RDP), but
you
> > can
> > > use this script to turn on RDP remotely or via startup scrip.
> > >
> > > *********************************
> > > strComputer = "."
> > > Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
> > > & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer &
> "\root\cimv2")
> > > Set colTSSettings =
> > > objWMIService.InstancesOf("Win32_TerminalServiceSe tting")
> > > For Each colTS in colTSSettings
> > > colTS.SetAllowTSConnections(1)
> > > Next
> > > *********************************
> > >
> > > replace this "." (strComputer = ".") with name of remote computer
(e.g.
> > > strComputer = "Mike").
> > >
> > > strComputer = "." means "this computer"
> > >
> > > I hope this helps,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > "MartinHTN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Hello:
> > > >
> > > > I've been trying to find the GPO setting (if there is one) that
would
> > > enable
> > > > Remote Desktop and allow users to connect remotely to the computers.
> > Does
> > > > anyone know if this is settable via GPO? Thank you.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Sincerely,
> > > > Martin
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

In news:%(E-Mail Removed),
Miha Pihler <mihap-(E-Mail Removed)> made a post then I commented below
> Hi Martin,
>
> I don't know about GPO (I don't think there is one yet for RDP), but
> you can use this script to turn on RDP remotely or via startup scrip.
>
> *********************************
> strComputer = "."
> Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
> & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer &
> "\root\cimv2") Set colTSSettings =
> objWMIService.InstancesOf("Win32_TerminalServiceSe tting")
> For Each colTS in colTSSettings
> colTS.SetAllowTSConnections(1)
> Next
> *********************************
>
> replace this "." (strComputer = ".") with name of remote computer
> (e.g. strComputer = "Mike").
>
> strComputer = "." means "this computer"
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Mike
>

Nice script Mike. Thanks for posting that!
:-)


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