User cannot connect to Terminal Server

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I have a person who is unable to connect to a Terminal Server outside
of the LAN. By cannot connect I mean she clicks on the RDP file and
when it tries to connect the top bar with the ip address and
minimize/maximize/close options comes up but the logon screen does not
appear. After a minute or so an error message comes back and says: The
connection to the remote computer was broken.


I try had her try to connect to a server on the LAN and it works just
fine.

I then logged in as two different users with the same permissions level
as her and tried connecting to the Terminal Server outside of the LAN
and it connected immediately.

*Please note that I never receive the Terminal Server Logon Screen on
the server outside of the LAN so it is not a user permissions problem
for that user on the Terminal Server.

It is almost as if the profile on the local computer is corrupt for
that user; does anyone know what file it may be looking at within the
users profile that could have become corrupt and is no longer allowing
the connection. I was about to blow out her profile but wanted to see
if there was an alternative.

Thanks.
 
I have a person who is unable to connect to a Terminal Server outside
of the LAN. By cannot connect I mean she clicks on the RDP file and
when it tries to connect the top bar with the ip address and
minimize/maximize/close options comes up but the logon screen does not
appear. After a minute or so an error message comes back and says: The
connection to the remote computer was broken.


I try had her try to connect to a server on the LAN and it works just
fine.

I then logged in as two different users with the same permissions level
as her and tried connecting to the Terminal Server outside of the LAN
and it connected immediately.

*Please note that I never receive the Terminal Server Logon Screen on
the server outside of the LAN so it is not a user permissions problem
for that user on the Terminal Server.

It is almost as if the profile on the local computer is corrupt for
that user; does anyone know what file it may be looking at within the
users profile that could have become corrupt and is no longer allowing
the connection. I was about to blow out her profile but wanted to see
if there was an alternative.

Thanks.
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It seems you are comparing apples with pears in your test,
using one .rdp profile file in one case and a different file in
the other case. You should use neither while testing - run
this command instead in each case:

mstsc /v:YourServer:PortNumber

The PortNumber is by default 3389.
 
The RDP file was in the all user/desktop so it was apples to apples.
Also I had tried it through the run command... same results.
 
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