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Windows: Enable Remote Administration
 
Run the following code locally in a VBScript. You can call the script through Group Policy to make life easier.
 
     Set objFirewall = CreateObject("HNetCfg.FwMgr")
     Set objPolicy = objFirewall.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile
     Set objAdminSettings = objPolicy.RemoteAdminSettings
     objAdminSettings.Enabled = TRUE
     Set objAdminSettings = Nothing
     Set objPolicy = Nothing
     Set objFirewall = Nothing