Remote Access help

Pete · 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

Mardoni · 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

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.

Pete · 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.

M3ta7h3ad · November 20, 2007, 16:07:46 PM

local policy??

Leon · 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

bear · November 20, 2007, 16:21:19 PM

Are the necessesary services turned on like RPC etc.

Pete · 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..

edit: I got network resources back up but still no remote access. There must be another way of enabling it. :/

Serious · 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

knighty · 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)

Beaker · November 20, 2007, 22:58:59 PM

can you use logmein free?

i know its not perfect, but its suitable for most folks.

DeltaZero · 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.

Serious · 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

Pete · November 21, 2007, 00:35:06 AM

Ive got stars on standby ready for deployment but I cant test it until tomorrow now.

Mardoni · November 22, 2007, 17:24:42 PM

Did it work ?

Pete · November 22, 2007, 17:50:09 PM

Nope, it wont even connect.

Ill get some VNC software later and make do with that.

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