Enable Aero for RDP “One or more of the themes has been disabled by Remote Desktop Connection settings”
Nov17

Enable Aero for RDP “One or more of the themes has been disabled by Remote Desktop Connection settings”

KB ID 0000647  Problem If you have enabled Aero on your remote machine, when you connect to it via RDP you will see this error, (if you try and change the theme to Aero). One or more of the themes has been disabled by Remote Desktop Connection settings Solution 1. Close your RDP session, and launch the RDP client software again > Options > Experience > Place a tick in “Menu and window animation”. 2. Reconnect to...

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Enable RDP via Group Policy
Nov17

Enable RDP via Group Policy

KB ID 0000043 Problem Rather than enabling on an ad-hoc basis, you want to turn on RDP for multiple machines via Group Policy. Solution Group Policy Location To simply enable RDP, change the following policy; Computer Configuration > Admin Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Connections Locate and change the “Allow users to connect remotely using Remote Desktop...

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