Remote install of SP2 and Remote Desktop dies

[Grant]

Hi, I am currently investigating deploying SP2 remotely
to approx. 130 laptops in the field. The users on these
laptops only have user access. After installing SP2 the
Remote Desktop function is disabled, which doesn't allow
me to log back in and finish the setup. Is there any way
to have Remote Desktop enabled when installing SP2? We
can't give out the admin password for obvious reasons and
can't have them shipped in for even more obvious reasons.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Grant.

[bkaler]

It left it enabled for me, I used the network install file directly from a
network share.

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/05/04/serverhacks_remote.html

- guide for how to enable remote desktop remotely

you should be able to perform this since 139 is enabled as an exception by
default (once again, for my simple out the box SP2 install)

"Grant" wrote:

> Hi, I am currently investigating deploying SP2 remotely
> to approx. 130 laptops in the field. The users on these
> laptops only have user access. After installing SP2 the
> Remote Desktop function is disabled, which doesn't allow
> me to log back in and finish the setup. Is there any way
> to have Remote Desktop enabled when installing SP2? We
> can't give out the admin password for obvious reasons and
> can't have them shipped in for even more obvious reasons.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Grant.
>