I want remote desktop enabled by default. I did a reg shot after enabling remote desktop, here are the keys that were changed, and the end results.

3 keys were changed by my av program defining last scanned file. these were omitted, since they are obviously not related:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server\fDenyTSConnections: 0x00000000
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Epoch\Epoch: 0x000004C8
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile\GloballyOpenPorts\List\3389:TCP: "3389:TCP:*:Enabled:@xpsp2res.dll,-22009"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\GloballyOpenPorts\List\3389:TCP: "3389:TCP:*:Enabled:@xpsp2res.dll,-22009"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\fDenyTSConnections: 0x00000000
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Epoch\Epoch: 0x000004C8
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile\GloballyOpenPorts\List\3389:TCP: "3389:TCP:*:Enabled:@xpsp2res.dll,-22009"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\GloballyOpenPorts\List\3389:TCP: "3389:TCP:*:Enabled:@xpsp2res.dll,-22009"

Do I need all of these for remote desktop to be enabled? Particularly I wonder what the Epoch keys do.

Thanks,

Gai-jin

Ok well I cannot tell you for sure but I will give it a try

1. This seems to be the Bit to enable/disable Terminal Server (IE remote Desktop)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server\fDenyTSConnections: 0x00000000

2. I have no clue about the epoch one.

3. All of the changes with port 3389 enable Terminal Server to listen on that port and also possibly deactivate windows firewall for that port?

So you will need at least the terminal server and ports.