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Noreltny
I must be missing something after trying to read up on Remote Desktop for
the last several hours. Here's my situation:
I have a LAN, with all of my PCs (3 XP-Pro machines) connected to a Linksys
router. The router is connected to my cable modem for internet access.
However, the Remote Desktop connection I am struggling with is between the
computers on the LAN. The LAN (which is working fine for sharing the
internet access, files, printers, etc.) was set up using the defaults within
XP's 'Network Setup Wizard'.
I have enabled Remote Desktop access on all 3 machines. On the host machine,
I only have two user accounts - Administrator (which is password protected)
and my name Norman Eltny (which is not password protected). Both the
Administrator and Norman Eltny accounts are in the Administrators group. The
host machine automatically boots into the Norman Eltny account without
prompting a logon. I'd like to leave the Norman Eltny account running, and
then logon to it from the client machine to remotely run a media player
which is connected to my home audio system. On the host machine, Norman
Eltny is listed as having access as the only Remote Desktop User.
From the client machine I cannot logon to the Host using the 'Norman Eltny'
user name. Whenever I use 'Norman Eltny' (without a password), I get the
message:
"Unable to log you on because of an account restriction."
Is this because I was already logged on at the Host machine? If so, I tried
logging off the 'Norman Eltny' account, but it still wouldn't let me logon
from the client using 'Norman Eltny'. I CAN logon using the Administrator
account.
Why can't I logon to the Norman Eltny account??
What account restriction is this referring to?
Thanks for your help!!
the last several hours. Here's my situation:
I have a LAN, with all of my PCs (3 XP-Pro machines) connected to a Linksys
router. The router is connected to my cable modem for internet access.
However, the Remote Desktop connection I am struggling with is between the
computers on the LAN. The LAN (which is working fine for sharing the
internet access, files, printers, etc.) was set up using the defaults within
XP's 'Network Setup Wizard'.
I have enabled Remote Desktop access on all 3 machines. On the host machine,
I only have two user accounts - Administrator (which is password protected)
and my name Norman Eltny (which is not password protected). Both the
Administrator and Norman Eltny accounts are in the Administrators group. The
host machine automatically boots into the Norman Eltny account without
prompting a logon. I'd like to leave the Norman Eltny account running, and
then logon to it from the client machine to remotely run a media player
which is connected to my home audio system. On the host machine, Norman
Eltny is listed as having access as the only Remote Desktop User.
From the client machine I cannot logon to the Host using the 'Norman Eltny'
user name. Whenever I use 'Norman Eltny' (without a password), I get the
message:
"Unable to log you on because of an account restriction."
Is this because I was already logged on at the Host machine? If so, I tried
logging off the 'Norman Eltny' account, but it still wouldn't let me logon
from the client using 'Norman Eltny'. I CAN logon using the Administrator
account.
Why can't I logon to the Norman Eltny account??
What account restriction is this referring to?
Thanks for your help!!