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Sunday, August 17, 2008

How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop

How to change the port that Remote Desktop listens on.
You can use the Remote Desktop feature to connect to your computer from another remote computer.

Go to the system in which you want to change the RD listening port.
Steps to follow.
1)Start Registry Editor.
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.
4)Type the new port number, and then click OK.
5)Quit Registry Editor.
Now when you try to connect to this computer by using the Remote Desktop connection, you must type the new port.

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