A Quick Tip To Enable Terminal Services Access For Previous Versions of Windows

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Windows Server 2008 runs in higher security level. By default, Windows Server 2008 does not allow previous versions of Windows computers to access the Server Core via Terminal Services. You must turn off the higher security level to allow them to access via Terminal Services

  1. Enable the terminal services if it is not enabled already:

    Cscript C:\Windows\system32\Scregedit.wsf /ar 0

  2. Next, run the following command to turn off the higher security level:

    Cscript C:\Windows\System32\Scregedit.wsf /cs 0

About The Author

Nirmal Sharma is a MCSEx3, MCITP and was awarded the Microsoft MVP award in Directory Services and Windows Networking. He specializes in Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Directory Services, Failover Clusters, Hyper-V, PowerShell Scripting and System Center products. Nirmal has been involved with Microsoft Technologies since 1994. In his spare time, he likes to help others and share some of his knowledge by writing tips and articles on various sites.

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