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How to enable Remote Desktop on Windows 2008 Server
Enabling Remote Desktop on Windows 2008 Server is slightly different to enabling it on Windows 2003 Server so this has been placed in a separate article. To enable Remote Desktop on Windows 2008 Server (Web, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter) use the following steps:
1. Right click on My Computer, and go to Properties.
2. Click Remote Settings.
3. Select the second option, Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure).
4. Click ok, and accept the change to allow the firewall exception.
5. If you have any issues, ensure you have created an exception for any third party firewalls you might be using, and allow incoming connections to port 3389.
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Filed under: Uncategorized by — aaron @ 8:34 am
My w2008 server is not accepting RDC — I deactivated all firewalls and I also did what you desmotrated above. Still the connection times out.
Internally I can RDC OK — my problem is form outside…. my router accepts all 3389 connections but it dies when it reaches the server.