Win 7 Ultra x86 very strange there is not such rule in Firewall - advanced settings - inbound rules. Even I try: Firewall - restore defaults. How can I bring it back? if I try the following netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Remote Desktop (TCP-In)" program=System profile=public,private,domain dir=in localport=3389 protocol=tcp action=allow description="Inbound rule for the Remote Desktop service to allow RDP traffic. [TCP 3389]" the "Remote Desktop (TCP-In)" is create, but it doesn't belong to the Remote Desktop group, and not a predefined rule.

Hi, You can follow these steps to bring “Remote Desktop(TCP-In)” back: 1 Click “Start” 2 Input “Firewall with Advanced Security” and press Enter 3 Choose “Inbound Rules” then click “New Rule…” in the right pane 4 Select the third option “Predefined” and select “Remote Desktop” 5 Click “Next” 6 Choose the rules name and click “Next” 7 Click “Finish” Hope it works. Regards, Leo HuangPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

unfortunately, in step 4, no "remote desktop" item in "predefined" option. there is "remote assistant" but no "remote desktop" . I have double checked.

That’s strange, “Remote Desktop” item should under “Remote Assistance”. Maybe some files related with firewall missed or corrupted, try to perform an in-place upgrade to fix it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2255099 Hope that helps, Regards, Leo Huang Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

the following line help to open the rdp port, so I do not perform an in-place upgrade to fix it. netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Remote Desktop (TCP-In)" program=System profile=public,private,domain dir=in localport=3389 protocol=tcp action=allow

I followed ur cmd and I get the message ok. Well I check and the rule is added but when I try to start a remote connection I get a message saying it cannot connect to the remote computer to check to make sure everything is correct. Welle everything is ? What should I try next?