How To Hack Computer Use Remote Desktop
Remote Desktopis a cool feature of Windows Server 2003 that lets you
remotely log on to and work at a machine as if you were seated at the
local console (in Windows 2000
Advanced Server, this feature was called Terminal Services in Remote
Administration Mode). Remote Desktop can be a lifesaver for fixing
problems on servers at remote sites, but what if you forgot to enable the
feature before you shipped the server out to Kalamazoo? Enabling Remote
Desktop is easy if the server is in front of you: just log on as an administrator,
open System in Control Panel, select the Remote tab, and under Remote
Desktop select the checkbox labeled "Allow users to connect remotely to
this computer." Unfortunately, you can't use the System utility to enable
Remote Desktop on a remote machine, though you can access some
properties pages of System using Computer Management by first
connecting the console to a remote computer, then right-clicking on the
root node and selecting Properties.
Unfortunately, as you can see in Figure
1 below, the Remote tab is not available when you access System
properties this way on a remote
machine (here named SRV220). Figure 1. System properties for a
remote machine does not have
Remote tab. Fortunately, there's a workaround. Sit
down at your desk and log on to your
Windows XP workstation using your
administrator credentials and start
Registry Editor by Start --> Run -->
regedit --> OK. Then select the Connect Network Registry option under the File
menu (Figure 2). Figure 2. Connecting to the Registry on
a remote machine. This opens the Select Computer search
box. Either browse Active Directory to
locate the remote server, or type its
name in the textbox (Figure 3). Figure 3. Connecting to the Registry on
a remote server named SRV220. Click OK and a node will be displayed
in Registry Editor for the remote
machine (Figure 4). Figure 4. HKLM and HKU hives on
SRV220. Now browse H K L M on SRV to find the following Registry key (Figure 5). H K L M \ S Y S T E M \ C u r r e n t C o n t r o l S e t \ C o n t r o l \ T e r m i n a l Figure 5. Registry key for Terminal
Server on remote machine. Under the Terminal Server key, you'll
find a R E G _ DWO R D value named f D e n y T S C o n n e c t i o n. Double-click on that value to open the E d i t DWO R D Value box and change the value data from 1 (Remote
Desktop disabled) to 0 (Remote
Desktop enabled), as in Figure 6
below. Figure 6. Set f D e n y T S C o n n e c t i o n s to 0 to enable Remote Desktop on SRV220. The remote machine needs to be
rebooted for the change to take effect,
so open a command prompt and type
the following command: s h u t d own - m \ \ s r v 2 2 0 - r After the remote machine reboots,
Remote Desktop should be enabled
on it. To test this from your
workstation, open Start --> All
Programs --> Accessories -->
Communications --> Remote Desktop Connection, enter the name of the
remote server in the Remote Desktop
Connection logon box, supply your
administrator password when
prompted, and you're in.
Enjoy!!! :D
remotely log on to and work at a machine as if you were seated at the
local console (in Windows 2000
Advanced Server, this feature was called Terminal Services in Remote
Administration Mode). Remote Desktop can be a lifesaver for fixing
problems on servers at remote sites, but what if you forgot to enable the
feature before you shipped the server out to Kalamazoo? Enabling Remote
Desktop is easy if the server is in front of you: just log on as an administrator,
open System in Control Panel, select the Remote tab, and under Remote
Desktop select the checkbox labeled "Allow users to connect remotely to
this computer." Unfortunately, you can't use the System utility to enable
Remote Desktop on a remote machine, though you can access some
properties pages of System using Computer Management by first
connecting the console to a remote computer, then right-clicking on the
root node and selecting Properties.
Unfortunately, as you can see in Figure
1 below, the Remote tab is not available when you access System
properties this way on a remote
machine (here named SRV220). Figure 1. System properties for a
remote machine does not have
Remote tab. Fortunately, there's a workaround. Sit
down at your desk and log on to your
Windows XP workstation using your
administrator credentials and start
Registry Editor by Start --> Run -->
regedit --> OK. Then select the Connect Network Registry option under the File
menu (Figure 2). Figure 2. Connecting to the Registry on
a remote machine. This opens the Select Computer search
box. Either browse Active Directory to
locate the remote server, or type its
name in the textbox (Figure 3). Figure 3. Connecting to the Registry on
a remote server named SRV220. Click OK and a node will be displayed
in Registry Editor for the remote
machine (Figure 4). Figure 4. HKLM and HKU hives on
SRV220. Now browse H K L M on SRV to find the following Registry key (Figure 5). H K L M \ S Y S T E M \ C u r r e n t C o n t r o l S e t \ C o n t r o l \ T e r m i n a l Figure 5. Registry key for Terminal
Server on remote machine. Under the Terminal Server key, you'll
find a R E G _ DWO R D value named f D e n y T S C o n n e c t i o n. Double-click on that value to open the E d i t DWO R D Value box and change the value data from 1 (Remote
Desktop disabled) to 0 (Remote
Desktop enabled), as in Figure 6
below. Figure 6. Set f D e n y T S C o n n e c t i o n s to 0 to enable Remote Desktop on SRV220. The remote machine needs to be
rebooted for the change to take effect,
so open a command prompt and type
the following command: s h u t d own - m \ \ s r v 2 2 0 - r After the remote machine reboots,
Remote Desktop should be enabled
on it. To test this from your
workstation, open Start --> All
Programs --> Accessories -->
Communications --> Remote Desktop Connection, enter the name of the
remote server in the Remote Desktop
Connection logon box, supply your
administrator password when
prompted, and you're in.
Enjoy!!! :D
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