Re: Cannot RDP after applying XP SP2

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From: Ron Bogart (ripSPAM_at_SUXtbit.net)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:21:24 -0600

In news:ee6DfZE1EHA.3468@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Kelly <kelly@mvps.org> did some thinking and came up with these words:
> Hi Tom,
>
> Do some reading here:
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&q=SP2+Remote+Desktop&meta=group%3Dmicrosoft.public.windowsxp.*
>
>
> "Tom Jones" <TomJones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:886C0A96-4BA4-4B30-8701-6755AF8AD73F@microsoft.com...
>> Hello all-
>>
>> I just applied XP SP2 and now I cannot Remote Desktop into my
>> computer remotely. Does anyone know what changes need to be made to allow
>> this? I have
>> a Linksys router that is already forwarding port 3389 as it was
>> before and working just fine tuntil I applied SP2. I have checked my
>> Windows
>> Firewall Settings to allow RDP through and I have also tried it with the
>> Windows Firewall disabled. I would appreciate any suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom

If you end up with an error message stating that this didn't find anything,
go up into the address bar and add the ".*" at the end and press Enter. You
will then get all the sites you should have seen to get you the info. For
some reason, the link wasn't quite complete. I am posting it again in a
different format to help it get found in one click.
http://tinyurl.com/5gogp 

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Ron Bogart {}  τΏτ¬
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