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Enabling Remote Desktop in Windows XP Home Edition

This is a summary of step from http://www.geekport.com/2007/08/15/enabling-remote-desktop-in-xp-home/.

  1. Navigate the Windows registry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet00X/Control/ProductOptions (where ControlSet00X is the one with the highest number) and delete the "ProductSuite" key.
  2. Create a new DWORD key in this same folder called "Brand" and set it's value to 0.
  3. Reboot Windows. At startup mash F8 to bring up the boot options and choose "Last Known Good Configuration".
  4. Download and install DevCon from http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311272
    1. Run devcon.exe and extract its contents
    2. Open Command Prompt and navigate to the i386 folder made my the DevCon extract
    3. Type devcon.exe -r install %windir%\inf\machine.inf root\rdpdr
  5. Reboot Windows normally
  6. Run enableterm.bat to enable Terminal Service
  7. Restart Windows normally
  8. Optional: For passwordless logins, set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\limitblankpassworduse=dword:00000000
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