Changing the Default Remote Desktop (RDP) Port 3389 in Windows

When choosing a non-standard RDP port, please note that it is not recommended to use port 1-1023 (known ports) and dynamic RPC port range 49152-65535.Let’s try to change the port of Remote Desktop service to 1350. To do it:Open the Registry Editor and go to the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp;Find the DWORD parameter with the name PortNumber....

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Disable TCP port 445 in Windows 7/10 or 11

 Use this tried and tested one to disable TCP port 445 in Windows 10 or 11.Run Command Prompt as AdministratorType following two commandssc stop lanmanserver sc config lanmanserver start=disabledReboot systemTo check whether port 445 is listening by the system or not, if you get an empty result then you successfully blocked it.netstat -n -a | findstr "LISTENING" | findstr ":445"Of course, the above method should be used if you don’t require...

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