Setup is a wired/wireless router. I'm attempting to open a
Remote Desktop connection to an XP pro machine (wired) from
a wireless HP laptop running Vista Home Premium.

When I try to connect, there is a pause of about 10 seconds
and the Vista machine reports that it cannot complete the
connection with a message that conveys nothing about why it
failed.

The strange part is that I have a second HP laptop of the
same model running the same software with all the same
updates applied etc etc... and that one connects without a
hitch. The user name and pw are the same on both, and match
the name/pw on the XP machine.

How can I debug this?

Thanks,

Jason

Hi
Check the Firewall to make sure that it is Not blocking the Remote
connection port.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...top-Connection
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).

"Jason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Setup is a wired/wireless router. I'm attempting to open a
> Remote Desktop connection to an XP pro machine (wired) from
> a wireless HP laptop running Vista Home Premium.
>
> When I try to connect, there is a pause of about 10 seconds
> and the Vista machine reports that it cannot complete the
> connection with a message that conveys nothing about why it
> failed.
>
> The strange part is that I have a second HP laptop of the
> same model running the same software with all the same
> updates applied etc etc... and that one connects without a
> hitch. The user name and pw are the same on both, and match
> the name/pw on the XP machine.
>
> How can I debug this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason

In article <e#(E-Mail Removed)>,
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The rejection is coming from the XP end. The firewall there
is configured to permit RDC, and the other, identical HP
laptop can connect to it just fine.


Jason


> Hi
> Check the Firewall to make sure that it is Not blocking the Remote
> connection port.
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...top-Connection
> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).