Attempt to Connect to Windows Media Edition from Windows H..

We are trying to set up a Remote Desktop Connection using the office computer
(small office) as the host (Windows XP Media Edition) and my home computer
(Windows XP Home Edition) We keep getting the error "This Computer Can't
Connect to the Remote Computer. Try connecting again if the Problem
Continues...".

Everything I have read regarding Remote Desktop Connection basically says
that the host computer must be running Windows XP Professional. Is it
possible to connect the way we have been attempting?

pepsilover wrote:
> We are trying to set up a Remote Desktop Connection using the
> office computer (small office) as the host (Windows XP Media
> Edition) and my home computer (Windows XP Home Edition) We keep
> getting the error "This Computer Can't Connect to the Remote
> Computer. Try connecting again if the Problem Continues...".
>
> Everything I have read regarding Remote Desktop Connection
> basically says that the host computer must be running Windows XP
> Professional. Is it possible to connect the way we have been
> attempting?

Windows XP Home is the only Windows XP that is generally consumer related
that does not have Remote Desktop host capabilities. Windows Media Center
Edition is Windows XP Professional with a little extra and a little less at
the same time - but the Remote Desktop host is still intact.

- Is the firewall (software) on the Windows Media Center Edition configured
to allow Remote Desktop through?
- If there is an Internet Router (NAT) device involved - is the proper port
(3389) forwarded to the proper machine (The Windows XP Media Center one)?
- Does the user you will be using remotely on the Media Center PC have a
password and is a member of either the administrators group or the Remote
Desktop Users group?
- Are you trying to connect to it over the Internet and therefore are using
the external IP address of the device that connects the Media Center Edition
PC to the Internet (whether it is directly connected with an external
address or connected using the router mentioned earlier) instead of any
private IP address (192.168.x.x, etc) it might be getting from the
aforementioned router device?


Again - this is all assuming you are at home on the Windows XP Home Edition
machine and are trying to connect to the work Windows XP Media Center
Edition PC. The other way is doomed to fail without using third party
software.

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