Internet Connection Sharing - Error

[Guest]

Hi All,

I am attempting to set up Remote Desktop Connections so I can see my Vista
(Business) box at home from my XP box at work.

When I go to Internet Connection Sharing and tick the 'Allow other network
users to connect through this computer's Internet connection' and then OK.
There is a pause before I get the message:

"An error occured while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled."

I am logged in as administarator and can't seeany reason that I can't turn
this on? Any ideas, suggestions, solutions would be appriciated.

TIA

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

Are you want to use remote desktop or Internet Connection Sharing? They are different. To enable remote Desktop, this how to may help,

remote desktopTo use Remote Desktop, you need a WinXP Pro as the host and a remote computer running Win9x or a more recent version of Windows as the client that must have ...
www.howtonetworking.com/rdesktop.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Hi All,

I am attempting to set up Remote Desktop Connections so I can see my Vista
(Business) box at home from my XP box at work.

When I go to Internet Connection Sharing and tick the 'Allow other network
users to connect through this computer's Internet connection' and then OK.
There is a pause before I get the message:

"An error occured while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled."

I am logged in as administarator and can't seeany reason that I can't turn
this on? Any ideas, suggestions, solutions would be appriciated.

TIA

 

[Guest]

Thanks for this. All I want to do is use Remote Desktop Connection to
connect to my Vista box from my XP box, over the Internet. I have recently
updated to Vista, it worked fine when both boxes were XP so I think the
firewall is set up correctly.

I can connect to other machines (XP) on my home network using Remote Desktop
Connection but cannot connect to my Vista machine from outside.