Unable to Remote Desktop from XP Home to XP Pro

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all firewalls have been turned off on the XP home computer. Able to connect
to VPN; but Remote Destop times out and fails to connect. When tried on an
XP Pro computer with same login information there is not problem- it is
specific to the XP Home computer. What could be the problem?
 
jessica said:
all firewalls have been turned off on the XP home computer. Able to
connect to VPN; but Remote Destop times out and fails to connect.
When tried on an XP Pro computer with same login information there is
not problem- it is specific to the XP Home computer. What could be
the problem?
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Let's make sure of something..

You are trying to connect to the REMOTE system (Windows XP Professional)
while logged into the LOCAL system (WIndows XP Home Edition) and are unable
to do so?

If that is so - then questions to ask:

- Why would it matter if the firewall was on the Home system or not.. You
are local to it and requesting the information from the remote. It'll pass
through. It is the remote system you need the firewall properly configured
for - so the XP Pro system according to your subject.

- Is there a router/NAT box in between you and the remote system? Is it
properly configured for pass-through for the remote desktop traffic?

- Have you tried grabbing the latest Remote Desktop Client from the
Microsoft web page and "installing" that on the Windows XP Home machine and
using that client to connect to the Remote Windows XP Professional PC?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/tools/rdclientdl.mspx
 
The two computers with XP home on them have been updated to the most recent
version of remote desktop. Everyone else with remote access and XP Pro has
no problems connecting to the computers. It is only the people with XP home
that have this problem. The people with XP Home have no problems getting on
the VPN but are unable to connect on remote desktop. Is there some
configuration within XP home that needs to be changed that is unique to that
OS?
 
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