Activate Remote Desktop Win11 23H2

[toredo]

Hallo together,

I have tryed to activate the setting "System/Remote Desktop" on a Win11 23H2 Pro but it does not seem to work. After Installation Remotedesktop is not activated in Windows. Any idea?

 

[toredo]

Ok, I solved it with an import of reg-files including activation and 2 Firewall-Rules. RDP ist working now, but the option in Windows-settings is deactivated furthermore. If someone can help me to activate it in a vieable way, i would appreciate.

 

[Hellbovine]

Your post is lacking too much information. Is this related to the NTLite tool at all, or are we talking about a general Windows issue where this particular build isn't working the way you expect? Attach any XML preset you used with NTLite and remove any personal information first, such as license keys. Also attach all registry files you used, batch files, and explain any other tools you used along the way so we can replicate this issue. Also, if you're using any kind of modified ISO as a base go download an official W11 23H2 ISO from Microsoft (link) and try that instead.

 

[garlin]

Enabling Remote Desktop requires both allowing TS connections, and opening the firewall.

1. Settings / System / Remote Desktop -> enabled
2. Add this Post Setup (Before logon) command:

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote desktop" new enable=yes

 

[Annie Ng]

If you know how to edit unattend.xml, I suggest you add the following to the Specialize pass and see if RDP would work:

        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RDP-WinStationExtensions" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <UserAuthentication>0</UserAuthentication>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <fDenyTSConnections>false</fDenyTSConnections>
        </component>
        <component name="Networking-MPSSVC-Svc" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <FirewallGroups>
                <FirewallGroup wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">
                    <Group>Remote Desktop</Group>
                    <Active>true</Active>
                    <Profile>all</Profile>
                </FirewallGroup>
            </FirewallGroups>
        </component>

 

[Windomatic]

Enabling Remote Desktop requires both allowing TS connections, and opening the firewall.

1. Settings / System / Remote Desktop -> enabled
2. Add this Post Setup (Before logon) command:

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote desktop" new enable=yes

Thanks, I'm trying to enable RDP by default on a Win 11 24H2 Pro install but NTLite only lets me select false or default (not enabled) under the Settings/System/Remote Desktop
Do I need to check something else?

Many thanks!

 

[garlin]

I guess back in June 2024, NTLite changed the options:

2024.6.9976

Fix​

• Settings: Disable ‘Remote Desktop’ should had no enable option

The actual registry setting is named "fDenyTSConnections". RDP is disabled when Deny = 1.

While NTLite is technically correct here, I agree this UI change makes it even more confusing. As a non-technical user, I would expect to see "Remote Desktop = enabled or disabled". The setting isn't presented as "Deny Remote Desktop".

+nuhi