I used to connect from my XP box to a windows 2000 server using Remote
desktop connection from my XP box and never had any problem. Yesterday
morning, Windows server 2000 stopped accepting connections. I can ping
my windows 2000 server machine from my XP box, I can even map drives
but when I try to connect using remote desktop connections, it
complains and says:

The client could not establish a connection to the remote computer.
The most likely causes for this error are:

1) Remote connections might not be enabled at the remote computer
2) The maximum number of connections was exceeded at the remote
computer
3) A network error occured while establishing the connection

I have tried everything but still doesnt work. I rebooted both the
machines alot of times but nothing works. Please help.

Thanks,
~B

Anything in the Eventlog on the server?
Is the server running Terminal Services in Remote Administration
mode, or in Application Server mode? If AS mode, do you have a TS
Licensing Server installed and activated?

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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
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(E-Mail Removed) wrote on 23 apr 2005 in
microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.clients:

> I used to connect from my XP box to a windows 2000 server using
> Remote desktop connection from my XP box and never had any
> problem. Yesterday morning, Windows server 2000 stopped
> accepting connections. I can ping my windows 2000 server machine
> from my XP box, I can even map drives but when I try to connect
> using remote desktop connections, it complains and says:
>
> The client could not establish a connection to the remote
> computer. The most likely causes for this error are:
>
> 1) Remote connections might not be enabled at the remote
> computer 2) The maximum number of connections was exceeded at
> the remote computer
> 3) A network error occured while establishing the connection
>
> I have tried everything but still doesnt work. I rebooted both
> the machines alot of times but nothing works. Please help.
>
> Thanks,
> ~B

Did you check the licence issue? If the licence has
expired, you won't be able to connect.


>-----Original Message-----
>I used to connect from my XP box to a windows 2000 server
using Remote
>desktop connection from my XP box and never had any
problem. Yesterday
>morning, Windows server 2000 stopped accepting
connections. I can ping
>my windows 2000 server machine from my XP box, I can even
map drives
>but when I try to connect using remote desktop
connections, it
>complains and says:
>
>The client could not establish a connection to the remote
computer.
>The most likely causes for this error are:
>
>1) Remote connections might not be enabled at the remote
computer
>2) The maximum number of connections was exceeded at the
remote
>computer
>3) A network error occured while establishing the
connection
>
>I have tried everything but still doesnt work. I rebooted
both the
>machines alot of times but nothing works. Please help.
>
>Thanks,
>~B
>
>.
>