Comments on: How to setup Remote Desktop on Windows XP

By: Tekki

Tekki — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:18:29 +0000

Thanks! Great info, sorry if I am digging an old post. I am researching for different ways of remote desktop session.

By: C Mayo

C Mayo — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:15:44 +0000

Great tutorial, worked first time! Thanks for posting.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:19:56 +0000

Remote Desktop Connection from XP Professional (SP3) to Windows 7 Ultimate over the Internet.

Hi, thanks very much for your instructions, they are both clear and concise, certainly the best on the Internet and they got me much further than anything else I found. But I still couldn’t connect, so this is what I did to solve the issue.

I followed your instructions and went to the PC I wanted to CONNECT TO (Win7) and I made sure that the Remote Desktop side of things is set up correctly. Go to Control Panel, System.
Click Remote Settings link on the left hand side.

To connect from an XP machine, click the “Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop” radio button.

I didn’t follow every instruction in your guide because my setup was slightly different as I was going from XP to a Win7 PC. Next I logged into my Netgear Router, but it is a Netgear Wireless–N DGN2000, so it’s different from yours as it does not have port triggering or port forwarding and when I tried to connect to the Win7 PC I was getting the ‘Remote Desktop Disconnected’ error.

So I clicked on Services on the left-hand side and added a TCP service, I had choice but to call it RemoteDeskto and I made BOTH the start Port and the Finish Port 3389.

But when I tried to connect again I was still getting the ‘Remote Desktop Disconnected’ error message above so I knew I had to do something else, so I read the Router manual… and…

Clicked on Firewall Rules on the left hand side and added an Inbound Rule and added my newly created service ‘RemoteDeskto(TCP 3389)’. Action Allow Always. And I set the ‘Send to LAN Server’ to 192.168.0.2 which is the internal address of my Windows 7 machine that I want to connect to. Click Apply and click Apply again and job done.

I then started Remote Desktop from the roaming XP laptop and typed in the PUBLIC IP address of the Windows 7 desktop PC in my home office (which I got from http://www.whatismyip.com (you can also use http://www.whatismyaddress.com)).

I didn’t need to add the port number or anything I just typed in the IP address I got from the website and clicked Connect and I was in! Hope this helps someone that was stuck in the same place as me. Alan

By: Dennis Rose

Dennis Rose — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:43:07 +0000

I have set up Remote Desktop and VPN on my computers on my LAN and everything works just fine.

But…when I try to use REMOTE DESKTOP to connect to my XP Prof SP3 laptop(Host) using Trend Micro Internet Security USING my Vista Home laptop(Client) with McAfee, I get the message “Remote Desktop Disconnected. This computer can’t connect to the remote computer”.

I have followed your crystal clear instructions on this subject but can’t get it to work.. any Ideas????

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:40:28 +0000

I have been trying to enable one of my computers running windows xp to be the host for a remote desktop connection, but though all the configurations seems fine, from the client, I can not access the host. It’s been saying that remote desktop connection from the host is not enabled, but as I have said, all configuration seems fine.

Is there something more I have not done that is causing this?

Please someone help me.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:40:51 +0000

I have remote desktop set up for my VPN. I am able to connect to my business computer through the VPN but am unable to connect the remote desktop. If I am sitting at my desk in the office the remote desktop comes up but at home while using the VPN connection, the remote desktop will not connect, any suggestions.

By: Robert Duke

Robert Duke — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:32:24 +0000

My Head is now hurting!!(LOL) Thank you for such an in depth help. I still have some steps to do but with all this help I think I might actually get it done. I have been tryin’ for a couple of months! I have two oldies with xp and a late LT w Win 7. I will be back !!! Once again thanks for taking the time to do this.

By: Ron Brock

Ron Brock — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:19:50 +0000

When I connect to my desktop with my notebook computer on the LAN it allows the connection but brings up the login screen no my desktop and I can not use the desktop again without logging back in. In using my desktop to connect to my notebook the same thing occurs, any idea what the problem is? I’ve matched the settings on both computers in the remote desktop connection. The only difference between the 2 is desktop is running XP Pro SP 2 and notebook is running XP Pro SP 3.

By: Adrian Marley

Adrian Marley — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:06:18 +0000

Hello,

I would like to know the steps to setup remote desktop on a Window server. Please help! Send replies to iwuagwuemmy2001@yahoo.ca

Thanks,

Adrian

By: bell

bell — Fri, 14 May 2010 06:41:59 +0000

thanks a lot. Its realy works. But I have one problem. I am using Winxp Professional SP3. Both end Client & host.. When i try to connect host is log off (e.g. after restart) and client can not connect to host. Pl guide me what to connect to host if it is not yet logged in. Thanks!

By: kim

kim — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:28:07 +0000

I’m using a d-link router, how to configure it for remote desktop.. plzz help

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:18:10 +0000

i cant get it to work i did everything it says and i got a port checker im not sure if im trying to conect to the right ip address external i think like the one from comcast can someone help? email me if you want yz80477@gmail.com thanks

By: Lakshmi

Lakshmi — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:57:23 +0000

Thanks for the clear instructions on how to use remote desktop. I was able to get it working.

By: Wirey

Wirey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:38:16 +0000

Two days ago I could remote desktop to my server, but today i can’t access it. I get some error about a license. Can anyone help me solve this problem?

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:25:25 +0000

@danh – Most Windows PCs come with remote desktop already installed. If you don’t have it on the computer, just go to Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and click on Windows Components. There you can choose to install remote desktop.

@puji – You cannot monitor employees using remote desktop because only one computer can be connected at a time.