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Title: Remote Access help
Post by: Pete on November 20, 2007, 13:46:06 PM
I got winXP pro and I wanna enable remote access, but the tab in RC->My Computer isnt there.

Is there another way of doing it, or does anyone know how to get the tab back?

Thx
Title: Remote Access help
Post by: Mardoni on November 20, 2007, 15:21:33 PM
I dont know of anyway to remove that tab, its something Ive been searching out for a very long time :o

I can tell you that I am fairly certain you have to be an Administrative user to see the tab so that could be your problem.

The tab is always there, even in XP Home which doesnt support direct RDP connections.
Title: Re:Remote Access help
Post by: Pete on November 20, 2007, 15:50:06 PM
Its odd. Ive tried a few fixes and Im gonna reboot in a sec and hope it works, otherwise Im gonna try a full repair with the original XP disk.
If that dont work Im gonna have to break the seal on the Vista box and unleash hell.

edit: Its more fecked that I thought. The Firewall wont turn on and the NW wizard craps out.

Title: Remote Access help
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on November 20, 2007, 16:07:46 PM
local policy??
Title: Remote Access help
Post by: Leon on November 20, 2007, 16:18:05 PM
Having fast user switching on often disables alot of these features (security issue). Turn it off in My Computer > Users, restart and then see
Title: Remote Access help
Post by: bear on November 20, 2007, 16:21:19 PM
Are the necessesary services turned on like RPC etc.
Title: Re:Remote Access help
Post by: Pete on November 20, 2007, 17:44:47 PM
yah all the services are on. I checked against a lappy and its all the same.

I tried repairing/reinstalling but my dvd drive is knackered now :/

Either that or both install cds are fecked. Cos I just installed AOE3 ok..

(http://www.palmer934.plus.com/serv.jpg)


edit: I got network resources back up but still no remote access. There must be another way  of enabling it. :/
Title: Remote Access help
Post by: Serious on November 20, 2007, 20:19:29 PM
Quote from: sdpI got winXP pro and I wanna enable remote access, but the tab in RC->My Computer isnt there.


Ta for reminding me, I forgot to switch that little burger off when I reinstalled :D
Title: Remote Access help
Post by: knighty on November 20, 2007, 21:48:38 PM
is it XP pro ?

the home version of XP misses some of this stuff out ?

(had a problem before when I couldnt connect out from someone elses computer because of this)
Title: Re:Remote Access help
Post by: Beaker on November 20, 2007, 22:58:59 PM
can you use logmein free?  

i know its not perfect, but its suitable for most folks.
Title: Remote Access help
Post by: DeltaZero on November 20, 2007, 23:05:29 PM
from a command prompt:

reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v "fDenyTSConnections" /d "0" /f


That wont get you your tab back, but you should be able to connect remotley.
Title: Re:Remote Access help
Post by: Serious on November 21, 2007, 00:30:24 AM
DeltaZero actually proving hes worth his salt there. Try it and see.

And give him some stars if it works ;)
Title: Re:Remote Access help
Post by: Pete on November 21, 2007, 00:35:06 AM
Ive got stars on standby ready for deployment but I cant test it until tomorrow now.
Title: Remote Access help
Post by: Mardoni on November 22, 2007, 17:24:42 PM
Did it work ?
Title: Re:Remote Access help
Post by: Pete on November 22, 2007, 17:50:09 PM
Nope, it wont even connect.

Ill get some VNC software later and make do with that.
Title: Re:Remote Access help
Post by: Cypher on November 22, 2007, 20:02:08 PM
The only thing I can find is using this command.

regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\remotepg.dll

If you need to extract the dll from an XP CD the command is

EXPAND X:\I386\REMOTEPG.DL_ -R C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32

X being the optical drive.