On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Jeff Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am in bad need of some help. I have numerous clients using remote > desktop in all kinds of configurations. I have one combination that is not > working at two different locations. I have Googled it and tried everything > suggested but still no luck. > Jeff: I Googled the error message and got 38 thousand hits. If you have "tried everything suggested" as you say, you have had a busy couple of days! > It is a Windows 7 computer trying to remote into a Windows 7 computer. > Are they: 1. Both up to date on patches, and (optional) Remote Access tools? IIRC, M$ modified RDP in the Win8 timeframe so some older machines can't access newer ones. 2. Is the target machine set to allow remote access? 3. Is there a 3rd party firewall involved, on either machine? 4. What's the network between the two? There are numerous suggestions and I have tried them all. I can't believe something that works so well on other versions of the OS are so difficult here. No two windows machines in the world are configured the same. You just need to work out what's blocking this one. Also, when I set a fixed IP address and name servers, Windows 7 keeps > changing it back to DHCP. Can you turn off DHCP for one computer? > Yes, you can. Perhaps you need to be logged in as the Administrator, or have some other god-like power. > Please help. I have spent several days trying to get this one working. > Please give us something to work with. How does the remote machine address its target? How are the two supposed to find each other? Can the remote machine ping the target? Can another machine within the target's local network access the target via RDP? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4vLyScPfu=siehsfn1utgffxtyzw52xnhy7pyxb69v...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
