Purpose

Many times Systems Administrators (admins) find themselves needing to remotely connect to Windows 7 systems in geographically separated offices. In some cases, the admins find themselves unable to connect to the remote Windows 7 system, due to the fact that Remote Desktop connectivity never was enabled on the remote system. As a prerequisite to enabling Remote Desktop, admins must first ensure that the Remote Registry services is enabled, set to automatic, and started.

Assumptions

1) You have appropriate rights/privs to modify/administer the remote workstation

Enable, Set to Auto & Start the Remote Registry Service

To set the remote registry service to enabled, to automatically start, and to the started state, from the Windows 7 command prompt, type:
Where "remote-computer" is the name of the remote Windows 7 workstation for which you need to enable & start the Remote Registry Service.

Verify that the Remote Registry Service is Running

From the Windows 7 command prompt, type:


Where remote-computer is the name of the computer on which you just enabled/started the Remote Registry service.

The desired service state is shown in the following image:

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See Also

Enable Remote Registry Service on Windows 7

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