Re: Testing Remote Desktop Connection

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I am saying that testing over the local LAN fails. I haven't even got to
testing remotely thru my router. I have been through the troubleshooting
help page earlier with no luck. There has got to be a "gotcha" here
somewhere.

"Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote:

> 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?
>
> --
>
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
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>
> "Harry" <Harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:50391AFE-2F2B-493D-A8AB-2C69C83A48D8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >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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