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Remote Desktop has been one of the essential features of Windows from the days of Windows XP which got refined with newer versions. Although the feature is not that popular among average users and is considered to be more of a pro feature, it’s a nice tool for anyone who has to control multiple computers on a network simultaneously or even for someone who has to provide tech support to a distant friend or family and needs to take control of their computer.
Now with the support for tablets in Windows 8, Remote Desktop’s usage is likely to increase. Anyone who owns a Windows tablet can connect to his home or office computer from any location provided he has internet connectivity.
So before we plunge into how we can create Remote Desktop connection on Windows 8, lets us first have a look on how we can enable the feature to allow an incoming connection.
Enabling Remote Desktop on Windows 8
Step 1: Open Windows 8 desktop Control Panel and click on System and Security while viewing the Control Panel in Category mode. In System and Security, click on Allow remote access under System to open System Properties.
If you are comfortable using the Run box, you can run SystemPropertiesRemote.exe command to open the System Properties directly.
Step 2: Navigate to Remote tab in System Properties,check the radio button Allow remote connections to this computer and click on Apply button.
Step 3: If you are using your computer in power saver mode and your computer goes into sleep or hibernate mode when not in use, Windows will ask you to change the configuration in Windows Power Options. This will make sure you have a seamless connectivity while in the middle of remote connection.
That’s all, you can now use Remote Desktop from any computer to connect to your Windows 8 device.
Conclusion
That was how you can activate the Remote Desktop on your Windows 8 devices to allow an incoming remote connection request. Now, check our next post where we show you how to use Windows 8 to start a Remote Desktop connection using the Windows 8 Metro App. Hopefully these two posts will help you work with Remote Desktop in Windows 8 comfortably.
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Windows 8 Pro (as well as all previous Windows client OS version) allows only one concurrent user session. This means you can't connect via Remote Desktop if local user is already logged on. Normally it's not a problem on a client machine, but in some cases you may want ability to login concurrently. A good example is a Media Centre PC when somebody watches a movie and you want to access the machine without interrupting the movie.
To have multiple RDP sessions working your need to make some modifications to the termsrv.dll file. There are tools that do these changes automatically, but they often come from dubious sources and it's difficult to be sure that they are completely safe. This article shows how to modify termsrv.dll file yourself.
termsrv.dll file is normally located in C:WindowsSystem32 folder. Before modifying this file for the first time, you need to take ownership and assign yourself read/write permissions. You also need to stop Remote Desktop service (TermService).
Once this is done, it's simply a question of opening termsrv.dll with a HEX editor and changing small part of the file. Always backup the original file before making changes.
Certain Windows updates can replace your patched version of termsrv.dll. This doesn't happen very often, but if you let Windows update automatically, be prepared to loose multiple RDP sessions at any time.
Windows 8.1 (64bit)
In original version of Windows 8.1 (64bit), you need to replace:
8B 81 38 06 00 00 39 81 3C 06 00 00 0F 84 1B 70 00 00
with
B8 00 01 00 00 89 81 38 06 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
Here are the patched bits:
Readily patched version can be download from here.
If something goes wrong and you want to revert, original unpatched termsrv.dll v6.3.9600.16384 can be downloaded from here.
Note: This was tested and works with Windows 8.1 Pro RTM 64bit.
July 2014 update for Windows 8.1 (64bit)
One of the Windows updates installed on 9th of July updated termsrv.dll file from version 6.3.9600.16384 to 6.3.9600.17095. File size also changed from 1,032,704 bytes to 1,018,880 bytes. This naturally broke the previous termsrv.dll patch.
To restore concurrent RDP sessions, use any HEX editor and replace:
39 81 3C 06 00 00 0F 84 9E 31 05 00
with
B8 00 01 00 00 89 81 38 06 00 00 90
Or just download a patched version from here. You will need to stop Remote Desktop services and possibly take ownership of termsrv.dll before you can update it.
Original unpatched v6.3.9600.17095 can be downloaded from here.
Note: This was tested and works with Windows 8.1 Pro RTM 64bit.
November 2014 update for Windows 8.1
(64bit)
Windows updates now updated termsrv.dll file from version 6.3.9600.17095 to 6.3.9600.17415. File size changed from 1,018,880 bytes bytes to 1,114,624 bytes.
To restore concurrent RDP sessions, use any HEX editor and replace:
39 81 3C 06 00 00 0F 84 D3 1E 02 00
with
B8 00 01 00 00 89 81 38 06 00 00 90
Install Rdp 8.1 Windows 7
You can download a patched version from here. You will need to stop Remote Desktop services and possibly take ownership of termsrv.dll before you can update it.
Original unpatched v6.3.9600.17415 can be downloaded from here.
How To: Use The Remote Desktop App In Windows 8.1
(32bit)
I don't have any 32bit machines and haven't tested this myself, but guys on mydigitallife forums suggest to replace:
Rdp 8.1 Windows 10
3B 81 20 03 00 00 0F 84 2A D5 00 00
with
B8 00 01 00 00 89 81 20 03 00 00 90
Update May 2015
Windows 8.1 Rdp Client Download
As of 05.2015, the same November 2014 patch is still working on up to date Windows 8.1. termsrv.dll is still on version 6.3.9600.17415.
Rdp Windows 8.1 Pro