Re: Testing Remote Desktop Connection

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This page has some troubleshooting help...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.html

Are you saying that testing over the local LAN fails? Or is it failing when
you try to connect from a remote location?

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"Harry" <Harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I use to connect my home XPP computer using remote desktop connections, but
> now I can't. I have gone thru every step by step configuration
> instruction
> that I can find including the article
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx.
> I have tested the connection on the local LAN using the local IP address
> and
> computer name. I tried using the Remote Desktop Connection and the Remote
> Desktop Web Connection. Nothing seems to work. I definely have the
> "allow
> users to connect...." selected on the host computer. I have added all
> the
> users that I can. I always get the error "The client could not connect to
> the remote computer." Is there some new security feature here that I am
> not
> aware of? I have the firewall exceptions configured as per articles.
> Thanks for any help as I am now to the frustration phase of this project.


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