Accept Remote Desktop Connections in Windows 7 Home Premium
RDP Wrapper is much more superior solution than dll patchers.
Advantages:
- supports Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10
- doesn't modify system dlls
- won't clash with future windows updates
- can be used for unattended installation
- has builtin
fSingleSessionPerUser
toggle - no reboot required
- doesn't affect currently logged on users
I was even able to install it via active rdp session. It just lost link for a moment and then reconnected again.
You can enable Remote Desktop (Terminal Services) on a Windows Home Premium machine. It involves overwriting your \Windows\System32\termsrv.dll file with a hacked version (or patching/hacking it in-place), which you can find from various search engines.
I can't find the exact site where I found my patch, but other sites exist, with either a patcher, or a version of the DLL to update. Also, for SP1, you may need a different file. (Sorry I can't protect against Link Rot, but these links contain executable/DLL files for download.)
My update came with a batch script, which may help with locating the exact files I used:
@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET WINVER=Windows 7 Build 7601
SET SET_PRODUCTNAME="Windows 7"
SET SET_CURRENTBUILD="7601"
SET SET_CSDBUILDNUMBER="1130"
SET SET_VERSION=%SET_CURRENTBUILD%.%SET_CSDBUILDNUMBER%
TITLE Concurrent Remote Desktop Sessions %WINVER%
:SHOWHELP
IF /I *%1 == *-? GOTO PRINTHELP
IF /I *%1 == *help GOTO PRINTHELP
GOTO PERMISSIONCHK
:PRINTHELP
ECHO This script enables concurrent remote desktop sessions
ECHO for %WINVER%
ECHO.
ECHO This script must be run as an Administrator.
ECHO To open an elevated command prompt with Administrator privileges
ECHO press WinKey, typ cmd, and hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Available commandline switches:
ECHO.
ECHO -? Show this help.
ECHO help Same as -?.
ECHO multi Enable multiple sessions per user.
ECHO blank Enable remote logon for user accounts that are not password protected.
ECHO.
GOTO END
:PERMISSIONCHK
REM Note: Mikinho, Updated admin right checks to a more appropiate method
SET HasAdminRights=0
FOR /F %%i IN ('WHOAMI /PRIV /NH') DO (
IF "%%i"=="SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege" SET HasAdminRights=1
)
IF NOT %HasAdminRights%==1 (
ECHO.
ECHO This script must be run as an Administrator.
ECHO.
ECHO Use switch -? to show help.
ECHO.
GOTO END
)
:VERSIONCHECK
REM Note: Mikinho, Improved checks...
FOR /F "tokens=3*" %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v ProductName ^| FIND "ProductName"') DO SET PRODUCTNAME=%%A %%B
REM IF /I NOT "%PRODUCTNAME%" == %SET_PRODUCTNAME% GOTO UNSUPPORTED
FOR /F "tokens=3" %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v "EditionID"') DO SET EDITIONID=%%A
IF /I NOT "%EDITIONID%" == "Ultimate" IF /I NOT "%EDITIONID%" == "Enterprise" IF /I NOT "%EDITIONID%" == "Professional" IF /I NOT "%EDITIONID%" == "HomePremium" GOTO UNSUPPORTED
FOR /F "tokens=3" %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v "CurrentBuild"') DO SET CURRENTBUILD=%%A
IF /I NOT "%CURRENTBUILD%" == %SET_CURRENTBUILD% GOTO UNSUPPORTED
FOR /F "tokens=3" %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v "CSDBuildNumber"') DO SET CSDBUILDNUMBER=%%A
IF /I NOT "%CSDBUILDNUMBER%" == %SET_CSDBUILDNUMBER% GOTO UNSUPPORTED
GOTO START
:UNSUPPORTED
ECHO.
ECHO Your operating system is not supported.
ECHO Only for %WINVER%
GOTO END
:START
CLS
IF /I EXIST %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64 (SET ARCH=64) ELSE (SET ARCH=32)
:DETECTARGUMENTS
SET SINGLESESSION=1
SET BLANK=1
IF /I *%1 == *MULTI SET SINGLESESSION=0
IF /I *%2 == *MULTI SET SINGLESESSION=0
IF /I *%1 == *BLANK SET BLANK=0
IF /I *%2 == *BLANK SET BLANK=0
:SETSOURCEFOLDER
REM This will get the folder the batch file was launched from since the current
REM directory will change if launched from a network share
SET SOURCEFOLDER=%~dp0
ECHO Source Folder is %SOURCEFOLDER%, Windows is %ARCH%-bit
ECHO.
:TAKEOWNERSHIP
ECHO Taking ownership of %SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll
takeown /a /f %SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll
ECHO Granting Administrators rights
ICACLS %SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll /Grant "%USERNAME%":F
ICACLS %SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll /Grant Administrators:F
:STOPTERMINALSERVICES
ECHO Stopping Remote Desktop Services
REM Update: Mikinho, changed to TermService for globalization
NET stop TermService /y
:BACKUPTERMSRVDLL
IF /I EXIST %SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll.%SET_VERSION%.bak GOTO PATCHED
COPY "%SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll" "%SystemRoot%\System32\*.*.%SET_VERSION%.bak"
:COPYTERMSRVDLL
IF /I NOT EXIST "%SOURCEFOLDER%%ARCH%_termsrv.dll" (
ECHO.
ECHO The %ARCH% version of termsrv.dll is not present
ECHO.
ECHO Use switch -? to show help.
ECHO.
GOTO END
)
ECHO Copying "%SOURCEFOLDER%%ARCH%_termsrv.dll" to "%SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll"
COPY /Y "%SOURCEFOLDER%%ARCH%_termsrv.dll" "%SystemRoot%\System32\termsrv.dll"
GOTO IMPORTREGKEYS
:PATCHED
ECHO ######################################
ECHO # Patched Already ,Config Editing... #
ECHO ######################################
:IMPORTREGKEYS
ECHO Enabling RDP
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:HOMEPREMIUM
IF /I "%EDITIONID%" == "HomePremium" (
NETSH advfirewall firewall delete rule name="Remote Desktop (TCP-In)"
NETSH advfirewall firewall add rule name="Remote Desktop (TCP-In)" program=System profile=public,private,domain dir=in localport=3389 protocol=tcp action=allow description="Inbound rule for the Remote Desktop service to allow RDP traffic. [TCP 3389]"
COPY /Y "%SOURCEFOLDER%%ARCH%_rdpclip.exe" "%SystemRoot%\system32\rdpclip.exe"
)
:SETSINGLESESSIONSETTING
ECHO Setting fSingleSessionPerUser to %SINGLESESSION%
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fSingleSessionPerUser /t REG_DWORD /d %SINGLESESSION% /f
:SETBLANKPASSWORDPOLICY
ECHO Setting LimitBlankPasswordUser to %BLANK%
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa" /v LimitBlankPasswordUse /t REG_DWORD /d %BLANK% /f
:CONFIGUREFIREWALL
ECHO Configuring Remote Desktop in Windows Firewall
NETSH advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote desktop" new enable=Yes
:STARTTERMINALSERVICES
ECHO Starting Remote Desktop Services
REM Update: Mikinho, changed from "Remote Desktop Services" for globalization
NET START TermService
:PAUSE5SECONDS
ECHO Pausing 5 seconds to give service time to start listening
CHOICE /n /c y /d y /t 5 > nul
:CHECKIFSERVICELISTENING
ECHO Checking if Service is listening on port 3389
SUBST
NETSTAT -a | find /i "3389"
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO SERVICENOTLISTENING
:SERVICEISLISTENING
ECHO Service is listening
ECHO Done
GOTO END
:SERVICENOTLISTENING
ECHO Service is not listening
:CONTINUE
ECHO Done
:END
ENDLOCAL
PAUSE
EXIT /B