I can't connect remotely to XP at all :-(

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Dirk68 - 30 Jan 2004 16:17 GMT

Hello,

I'm trying for some hours now to connect to a computer running Window
XP Pro without any success:

- I have a Dell Precision 360 PC with preinstalled Windows XP Pro. Th
system is nearly "as delivered" without many additional installations
Neither has it been used for some time.
- I activated remote desktop access under "System/Remote" as describe
in the help files and other documentations.
- The XP built-in firewall is disabled.
- The systems are on the same local network 10.0.1.x and are able t
communicate (sharing files works for example).

BUT

- I can't connect to this PC using Remote Desktop Client on Win2K ode
Mac.

I have allready read EVERY ;-) hint and documentation the internet ha
to offer on this topic but all I found until now, is that I only hav
to enable remote desktop connections in "System/remote" ... as I did.

I have no ideas any more what to try next.

Please: Does anyone have any idea which obscure setting on the X
machine may prevent the whole thing from working???

Thanks,

Dir

Dirk6

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Sooner Al - 30 Jan 2004 15:35 GMT

Any error message when you try to connect? Are you trying to connect using an IP or NetBIOS name?

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jim - 31 Jan 2004 19:22 GMT

Did you install the client portion that allows you to
connect to an XP machine from older OS'?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/rdclientdl
.asp

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Dirk68 - 31 Jan 2004 09:40 GMT

Hello,

Sooner Al wrote:

> [B]Any error message when you try to connect?

The error message was not very helpul. Something like "the client could
not connect to the host. This could have two reasons..."

> Are you trying to connect using an IP or NetBIOS name?

I tried both and neither worked.

In the meantime I found the solution. It was a misconfiguration in my
DHCP server. As a result the host I tried to connect to had a different
IP than I expected.
Strange though that the connection to the shared files on the host
worked.

Sory for the trouble,

Dirk

Dirk68

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