Remote Desktop Connection problems

[penciline]

http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/advanced-file-sharing-tweaks-in.html#NTRights

I looked at the above link for help on connecting my home network's "Remote
Desktop Connections".

I have 3 Windows PCs (one XP Pro SP2 and the other 2 Windows Ultimate). I
can see all machines from all machines on the home network (Network
Places/Entire Network). I can RD into my Vista machines from my XP Pro
machine but cannot RD into my XP Pro machine from my Vista machine.

I tried looking at secpol.msc but do not understand how to use it. It has
several options to set security policies but I do not want to touch those in
case they would allow foreign intrusion through my Windows firewall. I have
matching user accounts/passwords on each machine and can ping without loss.

What is the problem with the Remote Desktop Connection?
Thanks in advance for your help.

Sincerely,
penciline

 

[Chuck [MVP]]

http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/advanced-file-sharing-tweaks-in.html#NTRights

I looked at the above link for help on connecting my home network's "Remote
Desktop Connections".

I have 3 Windows PCs (one XP Pro SP2 and the other 2 Windows Ultimate). I
can see all machines from all machines on the home network (Network
Places/Entire Network). I can RD into my Vista machines from my XP Pro
machine but cannot RD into my XP Pro machine from my Vista machine.

I tried looking at secpol.msc but do not understand how to use it. It has
several options to set security policies but I do not want to touch those in
case they would allow foreign intrusion through my Windows firewall. I have
matching user accounts/passwords on each machine and can ping without loss.

What is the problem with the Remote Desktop Connection?
Thanks in advance for your help.

Sincerely,
penciline

RD is, unfortunately, a security hole. If you want to use it, you will have to
open each hole, and find out if that was the problem. Make one change, then
test. Then, make another change, and test. Find out what works, then remove
changes until it stops working. After you know the minimum required, figure out
how to mitigate the exposure.
<http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html

 

[penciline]

It was a simple matter really. Much less involved than the great links you
pointed me to. I failed to have Remote Desktop option selected under My
Computer>System>Remote Properties tab. Now that it's checked I can RD to all
computers. I think I had done that before I reinstalled my XP OS but forgot
about this crucial step

Thank you.

Sincerely,
penciline

 

[Chuck [MVP]]

It was a simple matter really. Much less involved than the great links you
pointed me to. I failed to have Remote Desktop option selected under My
Computer>System>Remote Properties tab. Now that it's checked I can RD to all
computers. I think I had done that before I reinstalled my XP OS but forgot
about this crucial step

Thank you.

Sincerely,
penciline

That's great news. Thanks for letting us know.