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computer cannot be remote controlled

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by src-brian

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Ok, other computers cannot remote desktop my computer, however from my computer I can remote desktop others. It is XP Pro with remote control enabled, I'm an administrator so i'm already part of the user group, and there is no firewall to block the connection. What could be the problem?

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by david.wallis

have you got 'Allow users to connect remotely to this computer' ticked?

its in system-remote

by src-brian

yes, and although I'm an administrator I added my name to the allowed remote users just to see if it would work and it didn't.

by david.wallis

thats a strange one you got there!

have you looked on your router for settings ?

you could try creating a new admin account and logging into that one see if you have same probs

by david.wallis

about it is the user can remain logged in while you work... where as remote desktop kicks them off :)

by jiminpa

The comment I made about Brian screaming was not directed toward you. It was just funny, he had posted another thread about this problem and we went through all that. I can't say for sure but after everything I've been told, it almost seems like a GPO problem. Everything else checks out. I had also suggested Logmein. It is a great service. I have to agree.

by tintoman

I mean you say there is no firewall but it sounds like windows firewall could be stopping this, I always have to manually open port 3389 to make this work.

by xt john

Domain environment or workgroup? It does sound like a group policy issue. If you can sign on as 'administrator' on one of their machines, and successfully rdp into your pc, their profiles are being blocked from doing a remote desktop session to yours.

by src-brian

No, the only software firewall is the windows one, and its disabled. Remote connections are not a problem with any other computer except mine. port 3389 is forwarded also.

by src-brian

I have tried everything i could think of and still have no found a resolution to this problem. I reformatted the hard drive, and reinstalled windows and now my computer can be remote controlled. The time it takes me to restore my computer will probably be faster than trying to fix whatever was wrong with it. I appreciate all the comments and advice given.

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