Enable Remote Desktop via registry

Ever installed a server for a remote location and once back in your head office you notice you forgot to check the checkbox "Enable Remote Desktop on this computer"? The server works, but it makes administration a whole lot harder.

Luckily, you can enable it via the registry:
1. open the registry and connect remotely to the registry of the server
2. browse to the following key:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server
3. Under the Terminal Server key find the value named fDenyTSConnection (REG_DWORD). Change the value data from 1 (Remote Desktop disabled) to 0 (Remote Desktop enabled).

Now close the registry editor and try connecting to your server via remote desktop(mstsc).

If it does not work immediately, you need to reboot the server.
To do this you open a command screen and type the following command:
shutdown -m \\ -r

Et voila...

Deleting mail profiles in the registry

The other day I created a new mail profile for a customer, but mistyped and added a non-numeric caracter on the end (µ).
It worked fine, but I decided to I wanted to recreate the profile without the annoying "µ" on the end.
When I tried to delete the profile, I received another clear error message from Microsoft saying: "Error in the application. The profile can not be deleted". So not only did it not delete, it was no also unusuable.

Of course, like almost everything else, it is still possible to delete that profile in the registry. You only have to know where to find it, so here it is:

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1547161642-1993962763-1957994488-8808\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles



This folder can also be exported and imported on a new PC to easily transfer all your created mail profiles.