I am running XP on this machine, but i have a computer downstairs running
2000. i lately have been exploiting the CMD commands, but i still cannot
remote shutdown the computer. it tells me "access is denied". any reason why?
any way to fix?

I am getting that error message about Network Level Authentication when
trying to connect to Vista.  I am running th refresh version of SP3 but still
no go.  What can I do?

Is it possible to establish a remote desktop connection from windows 2000
professional to windows xp professional, ie, 2000 is the host & xp is the
client. I know the other way round works. But i couldn't find any info on
this way through web search.

I would like to know that if there is anyway that you can script so that the
novice would only need to click on exe and a RA invite can be generated.  I
am trying to avoid send keys.
thank you

I just started to have a problem on my XP Pro machine that I am not sure how
to fix. I am trying to use the TS Client for XP to connect to a remote
computer but am getting the error "The pre-release version of Remote Desktop
Connection has expired. To download the full version of ...

I enable remote desktop one one computer (runs XP Professional) and
successfully log onto that computer from another computer via LAN.  But I
cannot see the task bar at the bottom for me to click the "Start" button.  
How do I make it appear on my remote desktop?

I've had XP SP3 for a while now and just today I started receiving a message
when I try to use Remote Desktop on both my desktop and my laptop.  The
message says...."The pre-release version of Remote Desktop Connection has
expired......"  I tried going back to a previous version, ...

I am trying to remotely help my Dad with his PC. In the past when he was on
dialup I was able to connect to his PC by going to Start->Help and
support->Offer Remote Assistance. In the ORA window I would enter my Dad's
current IP address, he would accept my offer and I was in.

Please consider the following scenario.
1) User is logged into Computer A.
2) User remote desktops to Computer A into the existing session from step
1 - this locks Computer A.

I am using Cisco VPN from home.  When using this, the connection gets the DNS
settings from my company's DNS server.  I am able to RDP into vselected pcs
at work but not my own.  The only way i can get into my work pc is to RDP
into another machine at work, then from there, RDP ...

There is this problem that I have been wrestling with for a few days.
I have a PC with WIN XP installed in my domain. This PC is only used
remotely by 5 users using Remote Desktop Web Connection. The thing is that
only one user is allowed to be logged on at a time, and that's how ...

I have some users that regularly refuse to log off their RDP sessions and
leave me wondering at midnight whether they are still working when I need to
do a server update.
Is there a way to force an idle timeout for RDP? All PC's are XP Pro in a

My client has an XP Home Edition PC acting as a server.
The router port forwards VPN traffic to it.
When I VPN in from a Vista Client I can successfully map a network drive.
However when using any XP client the VPN connects but I am unable to map the

I have setup a VPN successfully so my friend can VPN into my computer,
works fine, he sees my local drives.
My question is: how can make it so he can see the other 3 computers on
my LAN?

Recently, I have been unable to log in using remote desktop.  I have received
the following problem on the same day each of the last three weeks.  And it
requires a reboot of the remote computer, and then it works fine.  The
problem is that someone isn't always available to ...