When I try to remote into a XP SP3 machine over internal company network it
does not work. When I hit "Connect" the machine name grays-out for a second
or so and then goes back to white (like it's ready for me to click "Connect"
again). It is only this 1 PC not working. Is there ...

I am running 32 bit XP SP2 on a Dell Optiplex 745.  I just updated the
BIOS today but am still having a vexing problem trying to connect to
it via RDP when it is in standby.  I am able to get the Dell to wake
up enough to give me a login screen via RDP but as soon as I enter

I have 2 xp pro media center pcs. I have connected from home to my office for
years with no problem. The office pc is a static ip. Recently, I have been
getting disconnects, even between key strokes. This does not appear to
disconnect completely as I do not have to log in again. ...

Does remote desktop secure /encrypt the login session protecting login and
passwords
Thanks
Harim

I have been trying for a week to get RDT to work.
I have a Desktop w/ Win XP Pro SP3 at the office on a small Lan behind a new
Linksys WRV210 Router (VPN Router). Trying to connect from home on a Desktop
w/ Win XP Home SP3.  Setup the XP Pro to accept a remote connection made sure ...

I can't get remote desktop to work on a pc within my lan!
Tell me what you think:

I use RDP to log into my XP SP2 machine at home.  The screen at home is
16:9 while the screen I sometimes remote into is 4:3.
The problem I have is my desktop icons keep getting moved all over the
place.Is there a way to remote in via RDP, and keep the desktop icons

Is there a Newsgroup just like this one but for Vista? I keep getting
directed to microsoft answers beta and i really don't like it at all.
So I'll ask my question in here in hopes that the procedure is similar. I've
properly setup my router so that I can connect into it remotely ...

If this is the wrong forum, please direct me to the correct one.
We have a remote employee connected via VPN whose machine was
disjoined from our domain.  We have gone through the process of
rejoining this machine to the domain and the machine itself appears to

Hello:  Until a week ago, RDC was working properly, connecting to SBS 2003
R2
server desktop.  It has now stopped working.  I get the Remote Desktop
Disconnected dialog,

I'm unable to remotely connect with my office desktop as I keep getting a
message that requires me to do something with my Active X control. I can't
find out if I have it installed and if I don't how do I install it. I'm using
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 and IE 8

I have this My Briefcase that points to a location on a shared drive.
Shortly after it was created, the network drive location was changed.
It used to point to \\drive\share and now it points to \\drive
\something-else.

I am gettting the following message when trying to connect using remote

I am trying to access my home (Dell XPS 420 w/ Vista Ultimate)computer from
work (HP wx4600 Workstation w/ XP Professional).  I went to the Windows Help
Center where it had instructions on how to set-up Remote Desktop.  I
followed all of the instructions from this website