Remote Desktop Expired?

[Reg614]

I'm receiving a strange error when using Remote Desktop. I have been using
this successfully for 6 months. All of a sudden, I'm receiving an error
message stating."The pre-release version of remote desktop connection has
expired. To download the full version of Remote desktop Connection, go to
Windows Update or contact your system administrator."
I never installed a "pre-release" version. I tried uninstalliing, but
cannot. It just clones itself back. There is no uninstall option. I've
attempted to install a fresh version from Microsoft, but I get an error
stating, "Remote Desktop Connection cannot be installed because your
operating system already has a built in version."
Any help getting this back up & running?
I 'm running XP Home Edition, SP 3.

 

[Andrew E.]

Try downloading & installing the software,its
at:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b5-97ff-47bc-bacc-92283b52b310&displayLang=en

 

[albertkit]

Same case here....I'm runnning Windows XP Professional SP3

 

[albertkit]

I just find in somewhere there are a stupid way to fix it!
But it works!!

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20293958-XP-Pro-Remote-desktop-connection-software-has-expired

Big scare when I tried to remote into a system at work today.
I resolved the problem by copying mstsc.exe and mstscax.dll in "c:
\windows\system32" over from an XP SP2 Machine. Works great and I get
to keep SP3

 

[Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]]

While you may not have specifically downloaded a pre-release version of
Remote Desktop, it may have been included in the beta download of Windows XP
Service Pack 3, if you've applied that.