Enable Remote Desktop on a Windows 2008 Server Core System

Windows 2008 Server Core uses the SCregEdit.wsf script found in C:\Windows\System32 to configure Terminal Services (TS) behavior.

TS is the method of remote controlling your Server Core system through Remote Desktop (RDP).

To view the current Terminal Server settings for Vista/Windows 2008 clients, at the server command prompt:

 

c:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /AR /v

 

The following values correspond to the response generated by the scregedit.wsf script.

 

1 = Terminal Services Disabled (remote access disabled)

 

0 = Terminal Services Enabled (remote access enabled)

 

To enable Terminal Services access from Vista/Windows 2008, at the server command prompt:

 

c:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /AR 0

 

To disable Terminal Services access from Vista/Windows 2008, at the server command prompt:

 

c:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /AR 1

The /AR setting applies to Windows Vista/2008 machines.

If you want to allow Terminal Services connections to the Windows 2008 server from Windows XP machines, you have to use the /CS switch.

To view the current Terminal Server settings for Windows XP clients, at the server command prompt:

 

c:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /AR /v

 

To enable Terminal Services access from Windows XP, at the server command prompt:

 

c:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /CS 0

To disable Terminal Services access from Windows XP, at the server command prompt:

 

c:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /CS 1