Why Remote Desktop does not work...

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Even inside a home network, Remote Destop will not work. The port 3389
(er whatnot) on the host is open, firewall is off, Terminal Services is
up and running. No other firewall present. Only 2 PCs on gateway's
network, no doubt the IP is correct for the host. Both PCs are
Ethernet, not wireless. No firewall present on client PC.

Client computer's Remote Desktop client states the host is unavailable
etc etc.

What other services are associated with a host's Remote
Desktop/Terminal Services?

Any idea?

Thanks,
D

 

[R. McCarty]

Fast User Switching is required.
Have you edited the ticket and checked the IP addressing ?
Also have you tried a Remote Desktop in reverse order from
your current Guest/Host attempt ?

 

[R. McCarty]

Opps - Disregard the Ticket part of my previous post. I seemed to
have mixed Remote Assistance info into a Remote Desktop issue.

 

[Dave]

I'll make suer Fast User Switching functionality works and/or is turned
on.

Don't know what "the ticket" is. IP addressing works, everyone is on
the same net, subnet, gateway, etc

The reverse order Remote Desktop works perfectly.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

In addition to Fast User switching, did you right click My Computer, Properties, Remote and ensure that Remote Desktop was enabled?

 

[Meat Plow]

Even inside a home network, Remote Destop will not work. The port 3389
(er whatnot) on the host is open, firewall is off, Terminal Services is up
and running. No other firewall present. Only 2 PCs on gateway's network,
no doubt the IP is correct for the host. Both PCs are Ethernet, not
wireless. No firewall present on client PC.

Client computer's Remote Desktop client states the host is unavailable etc
etc.

What other services are associated with a host's Remote Desktop/Terminal
Services?

Any idea?

Thanks,

Download Real VNC.

 

[Dave]

I'm a dumbass. I had no idea or forgot that checkbox was even in
there. I don't think anyone realizes how stupdily exciting this is;
this has been one of those gnawing issues in the back of my peabrain.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Happens to the best of us, Dave!