Can remote desktop Win10 be remotely activated somehow?
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@Pete-S said in Can remote desktop Win10 be remotely activated somehow?:
Is it possible to remotely activate rdp on Windows 10 Enterprise?
I don't remember for sure but I think it's rdp sessions are disabled by default.
Yes, it's basically registry keys, so whatever method you can use to remotely change registry keys will work... powershell, device management software, via cmd, whatever.
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If you can do PowerShell remoting, or have SSH access, sure. Or something like TeamViewer, ScreenConnect, MeshCentral. Or something like Salt, Ansible, etc.
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I don't administrate the machine so I don't know what's on it. I just want to access it.
Which options are likely to be installed / activated by default?
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@Pete-S said in Can remote desktop Win10 be remotely activated somehow?:
I don't administrate the machine so I don't know what's on it. I just want to access it.
Which options are likely to be installed / activated by default?
By default, probably nothing. If it's on the domain, who knows.
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If the user is there - have them do a Teamviewer with you.
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@Obsolesce said in Can remote desktop Win10 be remotely activated somehow?:
@Pete-S said in Can remote desktop Win10 be remotely activated somehow?:
I don't administrate the machine so I don't know what's on it. I just want to access it.
Which options are likely to be installed / activated by default?
By default, probably nothing. If it's on the domain, who knows.
Likely a domain, being Enterprise. But you never know.
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Thanks guys. I tried accessing remote registry, remote powershell and ssh but without success. I have to find out how they do their remote administration and get them to enable rdp for me. It was worth a shot though.
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Do I detect shadow IT?
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@Pete-S said in Can remote desktop Win10 be remotely activated somehow?:
Thanks guys. I tried accessing remote registry, remote powershell and ssh but without success. I have to find out how they do their remote administration and get them to enable rdp for me. It was worth a shot though.
Try MMC and see if you can add Services for their computer. If you can add that successfully then you can enable Remote Registry and then from there enable rdp. Make sure you restart the rdp service after making the registry change.
Another method would be if you have PDQ deploy installed on another system at the location, you can try to push a ScreenConnect or similar install to the system.
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@syko24 said in Can remote desktop Win10 be remotely activated somehow?:
@Pete-S said in Can remote desktop Win10 be remotely activated somehow?:
Thanks guys. I tried accessing remote registry, remote powershell and ssh but without success. I have to find out how they do their remote administration and get them to enable rdp for me. It was worth a shot though.
Try MMC and see if you can add Services for their computer. If you can add that successfully then you can enable Remote Registry and then from there enable rdp. Make sure you restart the rdp service after making the registry change.
Another method would be if you have PDQ deploy installed on another system at the location, you can try to push a ScreenConnect or similar install to the system.
There are steps one needs to take to ensure remoteability in any kind of way you are hoping for. Either through specific group policies, in the base image, during deployment, via device management software, etc. It's something they would know they did. Any MMC snap in such as remote registry will have required specific steps be taken first to ensure access that way.
The best thing to do is ask, because it takes 2 minutes to write the question, then do other things while you wait for the answer, rather than wasting time and money throwing darts in the dark.
