Re: Remote Desktop and Domain GPO

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Hi Bruce,
I have looked, and my Window 2000 server does not provide either of these
policy objects.
Bill
"Bruce Sanderson" <bsanders@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23YXhBGizFHA.3720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Maybe I'm missing something, but there are built in setting for enabling
> Remote Desktop.
>
> Computer Configuration
> Windows Settings
> Security Settings
> Local Policies
> User Rights Assignment
> Allow Users to connect remotely using Terminal Services -
> specify which user accounts can logon remotely
>
> and
>
> Computer Configuration
> Administrative Templates
> Windows Components
> Terminal Services
> Allow users to connect remotely using Terminal Services - turns
> on the Remote Desktop capability
>
> We use that for all of our Windows XP workstations and it works just fine.
>
> --
> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>
> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>
>
>
> "VMM" <VMM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1E8FDFE1-9E3D-4565-9D49-D3FFE5D975B5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> Use the following administrative template:
>>
>> ;-----------BEGIN CODE--------
>> CLASS MACHINE
>>
>> CATEGORY !!category
>> POLICY !!Remote
>> KEYNAME "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server"
>> EXPLAIN !!Remote_Explain
>> VALUENAME "fDenyTSConnections"
>> VALUEON NUMERIC 0
>> VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1
>> END POLICY
>> END CATEGORY
>>
>>
>> [strings]
>> category = "Custom Policy Settings"
>> Remote = "Remote Desktop"
>> Remote_Explain = "Enable to enable Remote Desktop. Disable to disable
>> Remote
>> Desktop."
>> ;-----------END CODE--------
>>
>> Regards,
>
>


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