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Remote Desktop is a nice feature of Windows 2003, XP, and 2000 server that lets you remotely login to, and work on the system as if you were there. By default, Remote Desktop is turned off. Many times you find that you need it enabled but the machine you are trying to access is far across your network where it is tough to reach. Turning it on all the time poses a security threat because if someone could just use brute force to try to crack the password and gain access to the computer that has Remote Desktop turned on all the time. How you wish you can turn it on when you need it and turn it off when you’re finished using remote desktop.

To enable Windows built-in Remote Desktop, right click on My Computer, select Properties and click on the Remote tab.
Check on the box where it says “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer” and your computer will start listening for remote access connections on the default port 3389.

There is nothing within windows that will allow you to enable this feature remotely. However, thank goodness IntelliAdmin has created a freeware enables you to turn Remote Desktop on or off remotely.



IntelliAdmin Remote Desktop Enabler is a totally free utility that does not need an install, extra dlls or runtimes. Just download and immediately you are able to disable, or enable Remote Desktop across your LAN.
I’ve tried it on Windows 2003 server, it works like a charm. However, tried on a Windows XP Pro SP2 with firewall turned off, I got an error message saying “Error: Remote Desktop not on COMPUTER“. I will try to contact the author to see what’s causing this error. In the meantime, you can try it yourself by downloading Remote Desktop Enabler at the link below.

[ Download IntelliAdmin Remote Desktop Enabler ]