Remote Desktop with Vista?

BLK1985

BLK1985

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Im trying to set up a remote connection from an XP computer to my Vista Home Premium machine.

I have Port Forwarding set up in my Linksys router to use application RDP, port 3389 to 3389 Protocol is TCP. I have it set up to forward to my desktop which I have a static IP set up on(192.168.1.100). And I have it enabled.

On the Vista computer I have it set to Allow Remote Assistant connections and have the exception in the Windows Firewall to allow Remote Assistance.

When I get on the XP computer to try and connect I type in my Public IP(96.x.x.x) where it says computer. Then enter my username and password of the Vista machine.

When it comes back and tells me it did not work is says something along the lines of this: It just says computer may not have RDC may not be enabled on that compuer or to busy at this time. When I test it I get on a wireless network in my apartment, so Im not going from my network.

What am I missing?
 
from what i understand, you can set up remote desktop from a vista computer to an xp computer, but not from an xp computer to the vista one. i could be wrong, but i think i read that somewhere along the way.
 
I know you can go from XP to Vista. A guy at my last job did it all the time from our work computers to his vista at home. I dont have full internet at my new job so thats the only reason to do this.
 
thebigdintx said:
from what i understand, you can set up remote desktop from a vista computer to an xp computer, but not from an xp computer to the vista one. i could be wrong, but i think i read that somewhere along the way.
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You were partly right. You can go from XP to Vista if you have Ultimate or Business. Damnit.....:(
 
I had trubble with remoting vista to xp, and I found out that it was only that i never had file and printer sharing turned on. Hope it helps:D

nightmare.central
 
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