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I'm trying to Remote desktop from Vista to Windows 7 to two machines on the same home workgroup.
On the Windows 7 box I have:
- enabled the 'remote assistance' check box under computer > properties > advanced > remote
- opened the firewall port
- started the remote desktop services
- rebooted
on the Vista client I have
- telneted to the IP address on 3389 and got no connection open - I tried repeating this and switching off the firewall on the server and got the same result
I still can't connect. (I can see the machine in my workgroup, and ping it on the command line, and explore it's file directory) (I don't see it in my list of terminal servers when browsing in terminal services client)
What else should I try?
hawkeye
Posted 2011-08-01T07:22:30.563
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Unless you have a particular need for 'Remote desktop' I might suggest trying one of the open source VNC programs (e.g. UltraVNC) - they offer more flexibility and, at least for me, have been easier to use and had a higher success rate. If your boxes aren't directly connected, check the (port-forwarding) settings on the network device (router?). – cyberx86 – 2011-08-01T07:30:16.327
In honesty I'm getting the same issues with UltraVNC - connection doesn't open. Any suggestions? – hawkeye – 2011-08-01T08:13:11.280
1It defiantly sound like firewall is telnet, rdp and vnc are all failing... try turning it completely off on both machines temporarily? – Windos – 2011-08-01T08:17:29.323
ok - shutting down firewall on client and server enabled ultravnc to work - but not remote desktop. Thanks for that. Any suggestions on remote desktop? – hawkeye – 2011-08-01T09:36:10.523
Is there any specific error message you get when trying to do the RDP connection? – Windos – 2011-08-01T10:25:53.270
The message I get is "This computer can't connect to the remote computer. Try connecting again..." – hawkeye – 2011-08-01T10:33:54.490