Re: Error trying to use GPRW on client

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From: Matthew Clark (MD-Clark+MSNG_at_wiu.edu)
Date: 11/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 07:38:48 -0600

All machines are Windows XP SP2 with the firewall turned off. I for the
life of me cannot figgure this out. Could this be a DNS issue by any
chance?

Matthew

Darren Mar-Elia wrote:
> Could be a couple of reasons. First off, you can only do GP Results against
> XP or Server 2003 machines--it not supported in Win2K. The RPC server
> unavailable typically means there is a firewall in the way of the client
> you're connecting to.
>

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