Terminal Service Question

[mwiner]

If all I want to be able to do it remote administration do I need to add the Terminal Service role?

It is my understanding that remote administration is already turned on with a default installation and that the only reason to add the TS role would be for application serving. Am I correct?

If I am correct.... if I did add this role by mistake and then removed it why can't I term serv into the machine anymore? I see the TS service running and it is listening for RDP.

Thanks!

 

[mwiner]

got it!!!

Ok.... Here is what I figured out and boy do I feel like a dumbass. I guess I should have RTFM.

•‘Terminal Server’ mode (formerly Application Server mode in Windows 2000 Server).

•‘Remote Desktop for Administration’ (formerly Remote Administration mode).

So after I removed Terminal Services I just had to check the box that said "Allow Remote Connections to this server" under Control Panels > System > Remote (tab)

 

[bofhrevenge2]

RDP as remote admin is called in 2003 server is not turned on by default but you can enable it in system, it doesn't require Terminal Server to be installed.