RDP fails

[Rich Raffenetti]

My RDP sessions from home to my office machine at work fail to connect. The
connection starts but fails during the final stages.

If I reboot my office machine, I can then connect again for awhile (a couple
of days or so). Normally I don't reboot my office machine nor do I logout.
I just lock my session. I have not tried just logging out instead of
rebooting.

I encounter the same failure to connect from a machine inside our corporate
firewall to my office machine.

I don't believe I had this problem before RDP 6.

Is there a way to go back to RDP 5 to see if that is the issue? I think RDP
6 was a Windows Update. Can I just remove the update?

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

This how to may help,

How to uninstall Remote Desktop Client v6.0. To 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 ...
http://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
My RDP sessions from home to my office machine at work fail to connect. The
connection starts but fails during the final stages.

If I reboot my office machine, I can then connect again for awhile (a couple
of days or so). Normally I don't reboot my office machine nor do I logout.
I just lock my session. I have not tried just logging out instead of
rebooting.

I encounter the same failure to connect from a machine inside our corporate
firewall to my office machine.

I don't believe I had this problem before RDP 6.

Is there a way to go back to RDP 5 to see if that is the issue? I think RDP
6 was a Windows Update. Can I just remove the update?

 

[Rich Raffenetti]

Thanks. Your directions are just what I need. My access to the office PC
is working now. I want to do the rdp 6 removal when it is not working.

Will removal of rdp by the removal of the update have the effect of
restoring rdp 5?
This how to may help,

How to uninstall Remote Desktop Client v6.0. To 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 ...
http://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
My RDP sessions from home to my office machine at work fail to connect. The
connection starts but fails during the final stages.

If I reboot my office machine, I can then connect again for awhile (a couple
of days or so). Normally I don't reboot my office machine nor do I logout.
I just lock my session. I have not tried just logging out instead of
rebooting.

I encounter the same failure to connect from a machine inside our corporate
firewall to my office machine.

I don't believe I had this problem before RDP 6.

Is there a way to go back to RDP 5 to see if that is the issue? I think RDP
6 was a Windows Update. Can I just remove the update?

 

[Rich Raffenetti]

Uninstalling RDP 6 solved the problem. After uninstall, RDP 5 is available
and connection to my office PC works. I used the add/remove programs for KB
925876.

More info: My remote office PC is a Fujitsu T4010 Tablet PC with XP Tablet
Version. I'm not sure if this makes any difference!

Before the uninstall RDP6 failed to connect a couple of times. After the
uninstall, the connect appeared more or less immediate.

I hear that RDP 6.1 is in the works. I hope/expect that this issue is
addressed.

 

[Rich Raffenetti]

I am withdrawing this posting. I have encountered the same issue with RDP
5. I conclude that the problem is not the RDP client but the target XP
workstation. And as far as I know, it is not happening on other
workstations and must be a software situation with my own workstation.