Sorry. You wrote "that 2003 is where you are running the TS client from" and
I interpreted it that you were trying to connect to home. Anyway file
sharing does not have anything to do with RD.
"Amanda" <Amanda.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:75EF497B-A5DB-4688-81A7-BABC7BE84B60@microsoft.com...
> ?? I'm not trying to connet to a machine running xp home- that's my client
> machine.
>
> I am connecting to a 2003 network. I have tried using another 2003 server
> (on my home network) to connect as well as a machine (on my home network)
> running Xp home. I should be able to use either of these to connect but
> they
> both do the same thing: they connect, i get a black screen, time goes by,
> then a message saying the connection was broken try again. It's the same
> scenerio everyone else has described.
>
> "beb" wrote:
>
>> XP home does not allow RDC. Use a third party ulility or upgrade to Pro.
>>
>> "Amanda" <Amanda.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6E38B874-882C-4A73-8643-03E354F59614@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm having the very same problem and I'm also running a linksys
>> > wireless
>> > network. I saw that you disabled simple file sharing to fix this. But
>> > my
>> > question is how do you do this on a 2003 server OS? That's the machine
>> > I'm
>> > running the TS client from...I'm also running a XP home edition pc
>> > which
>> > does
>> > not allow you to disable simple file sharing. so I'm at a loss and
>> > really
>> > need to figure this out. Anyone have ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks so much,
>> > -Amanda
>> >
>> > "Alan White" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I resolved my problem by disabling simple file sharing.
>> >> Hopefully it might be as simple as that for you too.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "AKMedia" <AKMedia.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:60CB583A-406B-4180-8D1C-97CDC94FAF04@microsoft.com...
>> >> > RealVNC works great for me as well -- and I can use Apple Remote
>> >> > Desktop
>> >> > to
>> >> > control the PC but VNC is not as secure as MS RDC so.... back to the
>> >> > ol'
>> >> > drawing board. Could it have something to do with the wireless
>> >> > connection
>> >> > and that we are both using WPA-PSK? If I feel up to it today I may
>> >> > try
>> >> > to
>> >> > disable the wireless connection and see if using a wired connection
>> >> > on
>> >> > both
>> >> > ends makes any difference. I beleive it was on another thread that
>> >> > I
>> >> > saw
>> >> > that someone had success by disabling the drivers that came from his
>> >> > computer/wireless card manufacturer and using the MS WinXP wireless
>> >> > driver
>> >> > alone...
>> >> >
>> >> > "steetwolf" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I tried different resolutions on my notebook, color depths, and
>> >> >> also
>> >> >> set the DPI from Large to Normal. Didn't help at all. I really
>> >> >> don't
>> >> >> see anything else regarding my notebook's display setup that would
>> >> >> cause this problem. I suppose I could use the default VGA drivers
>> >> >> and
>> >> >> see if RD works with this configuration.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I grabbed a copy of RealVNC and that worked just fine both ways.
>> >> >> But
>> >> >> why run an extra program when the same feature is built in to the
>> >> >> OS?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
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