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The Remote Desktop feature isnt enabled by default on Windows 7. Heres how to enable it.
By default, the ability to RDP or Remote Desktop into Windows 7 is disabled. I discovered this today when I was in a conference room at work and tried to RDP into my Windows 7 RTM box. With a room full of people, I tried in vain for several minutes. Then I realized the problem wasnt network-related. I had forgotten to enable RDP when I built the machine a few days earlier.
Enabling Remote Desktop for Windows 7 is simple, so this will be a real quick article. Its worth mentioning that these steps are virtually identical for Windows Vista, too.
Update: Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft. For the latest, greatest, and most secure OS, make sure youre running Windows 10. For more, please read our article on how to use RDP on Windows 10.
Enable RDP on Windows 7
1. Click Windows Start Button, right-clickComputer >Properties.
2. Click Remote Settings
3. Under the Remote Desktop heading, click the middle bullet. This choice will allow both old versions of Remote Desktop [RDP] to connect to your Windows 7 machine, including Windows XP, etc.
Note: By default, only users with Administrator access on the Windows 7 machine can Remote Desktop/RDP into the Windows 7 machine. To add non-administrators, you need to click the Select Users button on the screen above and Add the user.
1 Comment
John
Hello,
This doesnt particularly work for me. Im trying to keep it simple and RDP my laptop to view my PC. They are both on the same network but it doesnt work. I did your instructions on my PC to enable it for RDP. Is there something I need to do on my laptop to enable that to use RDP as well?
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