Comments on: Remote Desktop Server on Windows XP Home

By: Vato way

Vato way — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:59:12 +0000

Seems most can not warn you enough as if you must be completely stupid. Technies like that need killing.

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[...] Remote Desktop Server on Windows XP Home May 26, 2008. Changing your XP Home to XP Pro is a violation of your Windows EULA, or at least MS. DO NOT do this under SP2 and then upgrade to SP3! Remote Desktop Server on Windows XP Home [...]

By: George

George — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:30:46 +0000

Thanks

By: Computer Man

Computer Man — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:16:48 +0000

I am a techie by trade and I have used this fix before. I have gotten it to work and then not been able to get it to work on several occasions. I am not sure why there is such inconsistency.

By: rac

rac — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:54:29 +0000

DO NOT do this under SP2 and then upgrade to SP3!!! It WILL kill your windows license, and refuse to let you log on due to “Licensing issues”!! (I found this out the hard way myself).

I have found that it IS possible to “undo” the change from XP Pro BACK to XP Home, by following the exact same instructions: going ito regedit, finding the control00x/productoptions key, and Removing the Brand and setting the one reg-multi back to “Personal”, then restarting, hitting F8 and reloading the last settings that worked, and Bingo you are back in XP Home, Except the RDP is disabled.

I’m TRYING to see if it is at all possible in any shape or form to do the RDP hack, then change back to XP Home (to keep within license) and have the RDP server still functional, but no luck so far.