Trouble with a few desktops

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I've been using Remote Desktop to connect to most of the
PC's on our small network to check updates on each
computer and other maintenance issues. So I've done the
basics of turning on Remote Desktop under System on each
computer. There are a few of our computers that just
won't connect. We are all behind the same firewall and
connect through the same router. Does anyone have an
idea of some other config setting that I'm missing that
wouldn't normally need to be set on all XP computers for
Remote Desktop to work?

ben
 
What errors messages, if any do you get? Are you sure of the IP addresses of the failing machines?

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If you are getting at all the machines from outside the intranet I am
surprised you could get at any but one since I thought routers would only
allow you to forward one port to one IP address.
I had to change the listening port on the other machines I wanted to open
from the outside and forward the new ports to their IP addresses.
You can find out how to do this at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306759
Once you change the listening port you would dial in using the
IspIPaddress:ListeningPort
Your router should then send you to that machine for the RDC
HTH
Tom
 
Well, I figured out what was wrong...On the advanced tab
of the connection properties, the Internet Connection
Firewall was on. What lead me to this was that I wasn't
able to ping the computer that I was trying to control
but from the computer I was trying to control I could
ping my computer. There always seems to be one more
place that can screw things up. Thank you to Al and any
others who took the time to look at my problem.

ben
 
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