Remote Desktop Connection

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Susan.h

I'm new to this forum, so hopefully I've got this question in the right place!
I have 3 computers that are all in different locations, one at work, one at
home, and one at another office.
Remote desktop connection has always worked for me from the 3rd location
(office), no matter what computer I need to connect to, I've never had
problems connecting to other computers from this location.
However, now, my home computer & work computer will not remote connect to
the office computer. I have windows firewall on all three computers, with
exceptions (Remote Desktop). One thing I have noticed though about my office
computer, is when I bring up System Properties (under My Computer), and I
click Remote, only the Remote Assistance (allow remote assistance invitations
to be sent from this computer) is showing, nothing about Remote Desktop
Connection (allow users to connect remotely to this computer). Also, each
computer has a password for each user.
The error message I get when I try to connect to the office computer 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 connection.
Please try connecting again later. If the problem continues to occur,
contact your administrator.
I have reset all three modems, as well I have restarted all three computers.
I have also called my internet provider about connections, they have checked
all three locations, and everything seems fine. All three computers have the
same type of internet service.
Also, the work computer is windows xp, home computer is windows vista,
office computer is windows xp.
Oh, and for the office computer, the sleep/hibernation mode is set to never.
Sorry this post is so long!
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!
Thank-you.
 
From your description it looks to me like the office PC is running XP Home
which can not act as a Remote Desktop (RDC) host. Is that PC running XP
Home? To find our login to that PC and from the "Start -> Run" command
window type the winver command.

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I forgot to add that an alternative remote access/control program for a XP
Home machine is UltraVNC with its encryption plug-in and XP mirror video
driver.

http://www.uvnc.com/

UltraVNC support forum...

http://forum.ultravnc.info/

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Thank you for the info-I have to check the office pc later on-I think,
though, that it is XP home (of course this is the computer with the important
info on it!)
One last question, do I need to install UltraVNC on all three computers, or
just the office computer?
Thank you again!
 
Install UltraVNC as a server on the XP Home office PC and the viewer on the
other two.

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Hello to everyone:

How secure is UVNC vs Windows Remote Desktop Connection.
Should be complemented with ssh or vpn?

What if i have a linkys WiFi router, and does not have vpn feature, how
could i secure the connection ?

Kindest regards

PabloE
 
UltraVNC has an encryption plug-in that you can use. Personally for home
users I recommend running VNC (any flavor) or Remote Desktop (RDC) through a
SSH because you can use a private/public key pair protected by a strong
password versus password only authentication. You can run a SSH server on a
XP or Vista desktop or if your router is supported use third-party firmware
like DD-WRT which includes a built-in SSH server function.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/SecureShell.html

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Thanks Sooner

What about a small business site? which will be your suggestion?

Regards

Pablo
 
I would do the same again because of strong authentication, ease of
installation and configuration, it supports a lot of user connections, you
can run VNC or RDC through the tunnel easily, access to shard files/folders
on the SSH server machine, etc, etc, etc...etc...

You might also look at OpenVPN or SSL-Explorer as alternatives. You can try
a free two user version of SSL-Explorer to try it out. The nice thing about
SSL-Explorer is that any user with a web browser like IE can connect and
access shared files/folders on PCs on your network. So called clientless
access to your network via the SSL VPN. SSL-Explorer also supports a web
based RDC and VNC access to desktop PCs on your network. Note that
SSL-Explorer is *NOT* free if you have more than two users. OpenVPN is
completely free like SSH.

I take it your not running any type of server on your network now, ie. SBS
or W2K3/W2K, etc?

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Excellent Sonner thank you very much!
I was looking for a website that will tell me how strong was my password.

Regards

PABLOE
 
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