Help needed with Remote Desktop / Vista / XP...

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frankmcma

On my office machine I have Windows Vista Ultimate, on my laptop I have
Windows XP Home (on the laptop I have downloaded the most recent Desktop
Connection Program)

If I am within my wireless network, i can input my computer and password
into my laptop and remote desktop works great on my laptop, Vista screen
pops right up on my laptop. However when I am at a coffee shop and try to
dial in to my office computer, it does not work. I tried computer name, my
computers IP address, etc...nothing worked.

Any ideas? I want to log in remotely to vista at my office from my XP
laptop. Any settings I am missing?

Thanks!

Frank
 
Hmmm..how would I get around this? Is there some setting on my laptop I can
change?

I don't think Starbucks would be that involved to block a port. It's
T-Mobile by the way..and I have used other network services with it to reach
my main PC.

So Vista only supports RD?

Frank
 
Hi,

If it's port blocking, you can change the listening port in the system
registry. Before you do that though, I would first try from other hotspots
to see if this is truely the problem.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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