Steps to allow logon with Services group policy and Remote Desktop Users group

kumkumsharma

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If you ever tried to login through Remote Desktop Services but you don’t have non-Admin account then surely you will get below error.

Error Message

To log on to this remote computer, you must be granted the Allow log on through Terminal Services right. By default, members of the Remote Desktop Users group have this right. If you are not a member of the Remote Desktop Users group or another group that has this right, or if the Remote Desktop Users group does not have this right, or if the Remote Desktop Users group does not have this right, you must be granted this right manually.

How to resolve this error:

If you want that your collegues or friends (non-Admin users) want to login in remote desktop services which Windows Server does not allow then you can check further steps. From below steps you can allow users to access remote desktop service without admin rights.

  • First of all click on “Start” button >> Open the Run.
  • Now type secpol.msc and click on “OK”.
  • You will get Local Security Policy window, here expand all Local Policies by clicking on it.
  • Now click on User Rights Assignment and after that double click on “Allow log on through Terminal Services or Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services.” which is on right hand side.
  • You will find another option “Add User or Group”, enter your user and click on OK.
  • Open command prompt with administrator rights and run below command:
Code:
Run gpupdate /force
 
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