Remote Desktop Connection problems

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
--
-=- penciline -=-

Chuck
Wed May 14 19:52:42 PDT 2008

On Wed, 14 May 2008 15:43:00 -0700, penciline
<penciline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/

penciline
Thu May 15 03:06:01 PDT 2008

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
--
-=- penciline -=-


"Chuck [MVP]" wrote:

> On Wed, 14 May 2008 15:43:00 -0700, penciline
> <penciline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >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
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
> http://networking.nitecruzr.net/
>

Chuck
Thu May 15 07:12:28 PDT 2008

On Thu, 15 May 2008 03:06:01 -0700, penciline
<penciline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/