Sunday 10 July 2016

How to Check\Modify the listening port for Remote Desktop

How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop

By default, if you enable RDP on the server, it will use 3389 port number to establish the connection. For security reasons, you may change the this port number from Default value to some other port.

Below are the steps :

1.Open Registry using the command : regedit
2.Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber
3.On the Edit menu, click Modify, and then click Decimal.Type the new port number, and then click OK.
4.Quit Registry Editor and restart the computer.

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