Kinda OT: Cannot Remote Desktop to PC XP Pro upgrade

[Chris Gumm]

I recently installed XP pro upgrade over a 2000 pro machine that is on an
SBS2000 network. We did this to give the user remote access to the PC. The
upgrade went fine(no errors). Now when I try to remote desktop to that
machine, it says that the local policy of this system does not allow you to
log on interactively. I tried as the local admin and got the same message.
When I try to view the event log from my PC, I get access is denied. We are
all in the remote desktop allow group on the machine and I'm the domain
admin.

What gives?

 

[Woodie Sayles]

I just went through a few hours of the same aggravation and finally
figured out there is a setting in Local Security Policy called "Allow
logon through Terminal Services". Since this is what I'm using from my
W2K machine to the XP Pro machine, I added me as a user and logged on
with no problem.

Hope this helps.

Woodie