Remote Desktop won't accept a session

[ljoffe]

I support several thousand machines on a very large LAN/WAN. I am able
to connect to any machine I want via RD except for this one machine.
It is running our corporate image just like every other machine. I can
use this machine to control other machines via RD but I can't control
this machine.

I have both RD enabled and I have RD checked in the SP2 Firewall. It
is not an issue with the routers or switches... it is all open for
being able to do this.

I have tried both the local Administrator account as well as domain
accounts, none of them will allow an RD session to control the machine.

The message I receive is:

"The client could not connect to the remote computer.

Remote connections might not be enabled or the computer might be too
busy to accept new connections. It is also possible that network
problems are preventing your connections.

Please try connecting again later. If the problem continues to occur,
contact your administrator.
"

I am the admin and there is nothing wrong. Short of reimaging this
machine, what could it be?

Thanks.

Larry

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

There is some troubleshooting information near the end of this page that may
be of help...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.html

Beyond that there have been reports that NAV 2005 worm protection causes
similar issues. Also a few folks have reported the OneCare Live Beta causes
similar issues.

Of course this all presumes you calling the correct IP address.

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[ljoffe]

Thanks, turned out Terminal Services for some reason was disabled on
this one machine. Doesn't make sense... unless one of the guys I work
with turned it off.

Larry

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Thanks for the feedback...

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