Re: no RD connection, despite XP Pro on both

You normally can not "browse" for RD hosts in a work group environment. Call
using either the local LAN IP address or NetBIOS name of the PC you want to
access/control or apply this hack...

Reboot each PC after making the change...

READ THESE TWO KB ARTICLE FIRST!!!!!!

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;256986

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;322756

The registry hack...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281307

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"BorisS" <BorisS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:684FB4BF-A4B3-4915-8D89-102D23F14E53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Not sure what the problem is. I have XP Pro on two machines. The
> computers
> can see each other as part of the Microsoft Windows Network, Workgroups
> that
> they are both in. The receiving machine is set to allow RD connections in
> the Firewall settings. The RD is checked in Remote Desktop under System
> in
> Control Panel. In the client machine, I go to the RD Connection app, and
> when trying to find the host computer, I get "The Home domain/workgroup
> does
> not contain any Terminal servers." From what I've seen here in the posts,
> I
> understand that Terminal servers were the old, pre XP versions of remote
> desktop connections. So it makes me wonder whether something is wrong
> here,
> or MS just didn't update the terminology in the error messages. Either
> way,
> I am stumped as to why this isn't working. At one time, this all worked
> fine. But this was before several reinstalls over the past year or so, and
> updates to service packs and such.
>
> Any help?
> --
> Boris



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