Can't enable remote desktop on Windows 7 Professional

What is wrong with this PC? Windows 7 Professional N and all latest updates installed..

i've installed it from scratch last week. msdn iso en_windows_7_professional_n_with_sp1_x86_dvd_u_677328.iso

remote desktop services and remote desktop configuration services are started and running

this is the registry entry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server]
"RCDependentServices"=hex(7):43,00,65,00,72,00,74,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,70,00,\
  53,00,76,00,63,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,69,00,6f,00,6e,00,45,00,6e,\
  00,76,00,00,00,00,00
"NotificationTimeOut"=dword:00000000
"SnapshotMonitors"="1"
"ProductVersion"="5.1"
"AllowRemoteRPC"=dword:00000000
"DelayConMgrTimeout"=dword:00000000
"fDenyTSConnections"=dword:00000000
"StartRCM"=dword:00000000
"TSAdvertise"=dword:00000000
"DeleteTempDirsOnExit"=dword:00000001
"fSingleSessionPerUser"=dword:00000000
"PerSessionTempDir"=dword:00000000
"TSUserEnabled"=dword:00000000
"InstanceID"="e7e3d8d1-5b4f-4e66-ae61-4e900f9"

sfc /scannow did not find any integrity violations.

system properties screenshot

giammin

Posted 2012-03-15T20:04:29.550

Reputation: 350

1This is weird, since Win 7 Pro has RDP host. Try sfc /scannow in command prompt. You might be missing some files. – chmod – 2012-03-14T20:49:25.587

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itpronetworking/thread/d3d63b47-e758-481d-bc6e-cf69a9413f37 – Supercereal – 2012-03-14T20:54:31.977

thanks for the suggestion. i'm running it and i'll post results. – giammin – 2012-03-14T20:59:59.960

Sadly: Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations. – giammin – 2012-03-14T21:33:58.170

Has the computer previously been in a domain where the domain admins have pushed some gpo:s on their clients disabling the rdp host? – Mattias Åslund – 2012-03-14T22:28:12.117

@MattiasÅslund no, i've installed it from scratch last week. msdn iso en_windows_7_professional_n_with_sp1_x86_dvd_u_677328.iso – giammin – 2012-03-14T22:41:08.040

@giammin - Why did you go with that particular version of Windows 7 instead of the normal Professional version? In particular why the N version? – Ramhound – 2012-03-16T12:14:08.317

@Ramhound this problem affects all versions (professional, ultimate, enterprise) not only the N version. Anyway N version means that windows media player is not preinstalled – giammin – 2012-03-16T14:21:23.067

wow no one can help me??? – giammin – 2012-03-15T22:20:09.097

is the machine in a domain? could remote desktop be disabled by group policy? – Harry Johnston – 2012-03-16T04:23:47.847

no, there has never been – giammin – 2012-03-16T09:10:18.150

Can't enable remote desktop on Windows 7 Professional

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