I received a new computer at work about 4 months ago and I have been
using "Remote Desktop" to access my work computer from home. When I
come to work the next day my computer is locked and requires
Ctrl/Alt/Delete to unlock it. For the first couple of months everything

I have used pcAnywhere for years but now have a new computer
and can't get it to work correctly. My desktop PC is set up as
a host. If I attempt a connection while out of town I can
never get a connection - "cannot attach to this device" or

While I as an administrator can log in remotely to XP Pro SP2 workstation,
users, even though in remote users group and with allow remote connections
checked, can't log in getting the "the local policies of this computer do not
permit you to log in remotely..." message.  In ...

Main computer - Windows XP Pro, Laptop with Media Center. I want to remote
desktop to the Main from Laptop. On the Main computer under Remote Desktop
Users how do I add the Laptop users to be able to Remote Desktop.
Under Object Types there is only Users, with no way to add other ...

Is it possible to remotey connect to a computer and spy on what the
user is doing on that computer? At work, I find that at times my
computer freezes for a split second and my desktop backgrouind changes.
I do not have VNC running. Could the administrator be spying on me?

someone (Maxim) posted a link to rdp client 6 but.... the link does not work
for me..
any ideas where I can find it?

I found the following post from 2002. We are experiencing the same
issue and wonder if anyone has seen this or has any ideas on how to
solve it. Our only workaround is a periodic reboot of the machine.
Thanks

i have a problem in that i can get a dhcp address from my router to
both my LAN onboard NIC and my wireless nic along with subnet mask and
gateway. However i cannot ping the router.
I have connected my router to a laptop and can connect both ways using

I have two users defined in Windows XP e.g. UserA and UserB.
I connect from another machine to my computer using UserA login. But when
any of my family members logs into the computer directly with UserB login, my
UserA connection is dropped off.

I know remote desktop can be used however it does not allow me into user's
logged on session.
Say I want to remote control user's session without prompting the user and
having him/her clicking on "Yes", is there a way?  (e.g. registry hack?)

I run XP Prof, SP2 on my PC and on my Laptop.
When I try to establish RDC from my PC to the Laptop, the connection crashes just in this moment when the login screen should
appear. The connection exists for a short time only!
RDC from the PC to other XP Systems work fine!

there is no logon box when i connect to my computer.  It
is just the black screen with the tab at the top that shows my connection
name.

First the question, then the info:
Why can't I connect to machines other than the server?
Info:
I can VPN into the network. I can Remote Desktop into the server and

Can anyone please tell me how to access a Win 98 remote pc via Remote
Desktop connection.
thank you.

On my Linksys router, BEFSR41, I forward port 3389 to my destop. But I
could not find anywherer in Linksys router to prevent all public
external IP to remote desktop connection to my home desktop except one
public IP from office. Otherwise, anyone just lookup to my public IP