Remote Desktop Connection on WinXP home - updated

From: Eric (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:49:49 -0800

>-----Original Message-----
>All of my older machines are fine. When I buy new XP Home
>or Pro and try to connect to my terminal server (which
>has a static and public IP) I get the same message on
>about 5 new systems I have bought and that is:
>
>The client could not establish a connection to the remote
>computer. The most likely causes are for this error are:
>1. Remote connections might not be enabled at the remote
>computer. (It is enabled and 10 people are currently
>connected)
>2. The maximum number of connections was exceeded at the
>remote computer. (This is not the case as I have
>unlimited number of connections and can login in several
>times on my older system)
>3. A network error occured while establishing a
>connection (yet IE works fine).
>
>Why do all the new systems I buy these days not connect
>properly to my remote server via RDC?
>.
>This is also happening on our computers which have XP
home (not XP pro) after doing a windows update -
unfortunately, we don't know which one. Hopefully the
MVPs do....

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