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How to remotely enable remote desktop

Here is a way to remotly enable the remode desktop thanks to psexec.

Configuration

Commands

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Enable remote desktop

PS C:\Users\Administrator> PsExec.exe /accepteula \\remote_computer -u administrator reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
PS C:\Users\Administrator> PsExec.exe /accepteula \\remote_computer -u administrator netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="RDP" dir=in localport=3389 remoteport=0-65535 protocol=TCP action=allow remoteip=any localip=any

Misc

PS C:\Users\Administrator> PsExec.exe /accepteula \\remote_computer -u administrator query termservice
PS C:\Users\Administrator> PsExec.exe /accepteula \\remote_computer -u administrator sc start termservice
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