Re: Remote Desktop connect fails after install MS AntiSpyware (beta)

From: george (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:43:26 +0100

Thanks for the link.
Out of curiousity, "Is there something you do not seem to like about my
configuration?" (given the hint about "Scroll through...")

george

"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXVIII.com> wrote in message
news:aZSdnUsU2Yekr4DfRVn-1g@comcast.com...
> Why not post this question in the Antispyware newsgroups?
>
> http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?ICP=spyware&sLCID=us
>
> Scroll through the "Welcome to ..." box for instructions on how to
> configure access by OE.
>
> --
> Nepatsfan
> "george" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:%23wur4NbGFHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Running xp pro-sp2 on two machines connected to the same switch, same lan
>> ip-subnet.
>> pc1 has windows firewall off.
>> pc2 has windows firewall on, Remote Desktop is checked on the Exceptions
>> page
>> pc1 connects to pc2. Has always worked great.
>> So far always used 3rd party AntiSpyware (AdAware and such) manually.
>> Thought I'd give the MS attempt a try.
>> Install MS AntiSpyware on pc1 configured to basically do nothing
>> automatically, no real-time stuff, etc.
>> I like to have control and *know* when something is taking place, so I
>> initiate things myself.
>> now pc1 trying to connect to pc2 results in:
>>
>> The client could not establish a connection to the remote computer.
>>
>> The most likely causes for this error are:
>> 1) Remote connections might not be enabled at the remote computer.
>> 2) The maximum number of connections was exceeded at the remote computer.
>> 3) A network error occurred while establishing the connection.
>>
>> as described in
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321624.
>>
>> However, this seems to describe the pre-sp2 situation, because my
>> termsrv.dll version reads: 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158),
>> which makes sense given I've got Sp2 running.
>>
>> So I uninstall / remove MS AntiSpyware from pc1 and all is well in
>> 'remote desktop connection land'.
>> Connects fine, as always before.
>>
>> This leads me to believe MS AntiSpyware is the culprit here.
>>
>> So basically my questions are:
>>
>> - does any else experience the same problem
>> - am I overlooking something (that is apparently not so obvious)
>> and most importantly
>> - how do I get this RDP to work/behave as expected (ie. like before, no
>> hasstle) *with* MS AntiSpyware present
>>
>> Thanks for any and all insight, suggestion, solution
>>
>> george
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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