Re: Remote Desktop Issues

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From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/19/04

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    Is your office network behind a firewall/router? If so, you need to open and forward port 3389 to the IP address of the machine, on your office network, that you want to connect to remotely.

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    "M Griff" <M Griff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3AA96D8E-0017-43D8-9936-10D468E70F6C@microsoft.com...
    > I'm having trouble using remote desktop from my home.  I'm trying to connect 
    > to my office  computer (with XP pro) which is on a small network of 4 
    > computers.  When I try to connect I get an error message saying that the 
    > client couldn't be reached.  Everything I come across to try and fix this 
    > problem says to contact the "network administarator", since this is a small 
    > office by default that is me.
    

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