1. Windows 7 Remote Desktop Program Missing
2. Remote Desktop Not Showing In System Properties Windows 7 Professional

If you RDP (remote desktop) to a Windows 7 or 8 PC and see only a black screen the computers involved appear to be arguing over screen resolution. UAC is the problem.

Windows 7 Remote Desktop Program Missing

That bullshit, yes. In my case the first login was successful and working, but any other consecutive attempt was not working. I was getting either a flickering(unusable) or completely black screen, on RDP or directly on the console of the 2012 R2 server. In the Application eventlogs there were lots of errors with eventID 1000(Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.3.9600.17415, time stamp: 0x54503a3aFaulting module name: unknown).UAC was disabled. I just enabled it, reboot the server, and then I was able to log in with multiple working sessions. I even disabled back UAC and reboot the server again and things were working normally.

Remote Desktop Not Showing In System Properties Windows 7 Professional

Beware of UAC 🙂.

Remote Desktop Services - Windows 7 Service. Allows users to connect interactively to a remote computer. Remote Desktop and Remote Desktop Session Host Server depend on this service. To prevent remote use of your computer, clear the checkboxes on the Remote tab of the System properties control panel item. This service also exists in Windows 10, 8, Vista and XP. How to Enable and Secure Remote Desktop on Windows Korbin Brown Updated July 11, 2017, 11:04pm EDT While there are many alternatives, Microsoft’s Remote Desktop is a perfectly viable option for accessing other computers, but it has to be properly secured.

Earlier tonight while working on a Windows 7 Ultimate server I needed to reboot the computer to complete some changes made on the server but the Restart/Shutdown capabilities are removed from the start menu for security reasons.