Help needed with Remote Desktop / Vista / XP...

[frankmcma]

On my office machine I have Windows Vista Ultimate, on my laptop I have
Windows XP Home (on the laptop I have downloaded the most recent Desktop
Connection Program)

If I am within my wireless network, i can input my computer and password
into my laptop and remote desktop works great on my laptop, Vista screen
pops right up on my laptop. However when I am at a coffee shop and try to
dial in to my office computer, it does not work. I tried computer name, my
computers IP address, etc...nothing worked.

Any ideas? I want to log in remotely to vista at my office from my XP
laptop. Any settings I am missing?

Thanks!

Frank

 

[Jabez Gan [MVP]]

Maybe the coffee shop blocks port 3389 (which is used for RD)?

 

[frankmcma]

Hmmm..how would I get around this? Is there some setting on my laptop I can
change?

I don't think Starbucks would be that involved to block a port. It's
T-Mobile by the way..and I have used other network services with it to reach
my main PC.

So Vista only supports RD?

Frank

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

If it's port blocking, you can change the listening port in the system
registry. Before you do that though, I would first try from other hotspots
to see if this is truely the problem.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org