Run a script after a Windows 10 (non-Domain) Reset to enable RDP

Question

For the Reset function, I go to Settings > Updates and Security > Recovery > Reset this PC. So this is a choice that I make, and on that basis I want to choose for that system to run a script after the Reset - and we know that should be possible as we can create completely customised Windows installation ISOs that install apps and Features in a clean state, so can someone tell me how to do a quite simple things - to just get Windows to run a PowerShell script after that Reset?

Actually, I only want to run a couple of lines:

Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server'-name "fDenyTSConnections" -Value 0
Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup "Remote Desktop"

ie This will enable RDP and allow me to connect remotely and continue the configuration without having to plug in a monitor and keyboard and mouse all just to run the above two commands. As per title, this is a non-Domain scenario so accessing the system as Domain Admin is not possible (and really a Domain should not be necessary, these are my systems on my local.network).

The other reason that should make all of the above completely possible is that performing a Reset is not an absolute reset as it retains user information (my main user is still there with the password intact), so just enabling RDP would make everything possible post-Reset.

For reference, nothing in the following have helped me to achieve this goal so far: Run a powershell script on a remote system with elevated permissions to enable remoting https://interfacett.com/blogs/how-to-remotely-enable-and-disable-rdp-remote-desktop

Answer 1

The easiest way to do this is to download PStools from Microsoft and use psexec to give yourself remote access:

psexec \\machinename reg add hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\terminal server /f /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0

psexec \\machinename netsh firewall set service remoteadmin enable
psexec \\machinename netsh firewall set service remotedesktop enable

psexec will let you supply credentials with -u and -p