Remote Destkop into Server 2008R2 with Firewall On

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Published on 2012-10-17T16:19:39Z Indexed on 2012/10/17 17:04 UTC
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I've got a fresh install of Remove Server 2008 R2, 64 bit. The problem is I can't Remote Destkop into it.

  1. I clicked 'Enable Remote Desktop' inside 'Initial Configuration Tasks', and set it to: Allow connections only from computers running Remote Destkop with Network Level Authentication (more secure).

The thing is, this used to work just fine, and then it stopped. The only way I can get it to work now is if I turn of Windows Firewall completely off (Public network location settings).

Obviously I don't want to run the server with firewall off, so what specific settings in Firewall do I need to disable, or am I doing something wrong?

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