Hi, I cannot change allow connections from computers running any version of remote desktop (less secure) on our Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. Apparantly somebody had enabled the remote desktop GPO (everything was greyed out), so I changed it to "not configured" and it wasn't greyed out anymore, except allow connections from computers running any version of remote … Connect to the Database Engine. When looking at the RDP options, we see the remote option is enabled, but greyed out. There's no group policy active for RDP on this domain. 01 – open Server Manager Click Add roles and features. To revert to the earlier (pre-Windows Server 2016) behavior, here's what to do: The per-user Remote Assistance registry values are located in the following key: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Remote Assistance\ The location of the per-machine registry key for Remote Assistance has changed from previous versions of Windows. We try to connect through RDP, but we cannot connect succesfully. We've recently installed 2 new Server 2016 Virtual machines while we're awaiting the licenses. - change local group policy settings to allow desktop connections. On the Windows taskbar, click Server Manager.On the start screen, click the Server Manager tile.. In the Properties area of the Local Servers page, click the hyperlinked value for the remote management property.. Do one of the following, and then click OK.. To prevent this computer … In Object Explorer, right-click a server and select Properties. I recently rebooted the server and i tried to login after short time but i can not access it through remote desktop. Using Transact-SQL To configure the remote access option. Enable Remote Desktop using the GUI. From the Standard bar, click New … However, I went to look at them and found that both options are greyed out. Note: In Windows Server 2016 Essentials, Remote Desktop is enabled by default. I have phically connected the console on server and checked the Remote Desktop enable option is gred out and i cant enable it. I have checked the registry and DenyTSConnections value is already set 0. To avoid setting it manually in this case, you can configure the GPO itself on a computer that runs Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10, version 1607 or later and have it apply to all computers within the scope of the GPO because the same registry key exists on every computer after the corresponding KB is installed. Under Remote server connections, select or clear the Allow remote connections to this server check box. 03 – Choose Remote Desktop Services installation button and click next to proceed. Here, click Disable in the Remote Desktop field. However, by default in Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) in Windows Server, a full Remote Desktop Session is presented, and the application setup process in the profile doesn't start. Click the Connections node. However, there has been lots of complaint lately that the option to enable RDP on the computer is both greyed out and disabled. Of course, the “Allow remote connections to this computer” option in System Properties must be enabled for remote connection to work over the Internet or a local network. On the computer that you want to manage remotely, open Server Manager, if it is not already open. remote desktop services/remote desktop session host/connections/enable - tried enabling data collection and preview builds/allow telemetry - tried changing pc ownership from organization to me. 02 – Click Next to proceed. Still nothing works. My network engineer is … So I cannot select either "Don't allow remote connections to this computer" or "Allow remote connections to this computer". 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