You have a need to enable RDP on an old machine running Windows 8 Home and discover that only Windows 8 PRO has RDP abilities.

The solution is to install RDPWrap created by these fine individuals:

https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap

“The goal of this project is to enable Remote Desktop Host support and concurrent RDP sessions on reduced functionality systems for home usage.”

If the new version does not work on your system, use 1.15.

Enable RDP on Windows 8.1 Home Edition