


Open the Control Panel and select Windows Defender Firewall.

By default, TCP port 3389 is used for RDP connections, and the latest Windows builds also use UDP 3389 (see the article about the case when a black screen appears instead of the desktop during an RDP connection). If Windows Defender Firewall is enabled on a computer, make sure that it allows incoming RDP connections. Here you can enable Network Level Authentication for your RDP connection (recommended). Make my PC discoverable on private networks to enable automatic connection from a remote deviceĬlick Advanced settings.Keep my PC awake for connection when it is plugged in.Note that by default two options are enabled when you enable Remote Desktop:
