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Remote Desktop Suddenly Stopped Working

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by eguhlin

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I have always been able to connect to my home PC from anywhere in the world using RDP. My drive crashed and I had to rebuild the PC. I have gone through all of the configuration options many times on both the PC and my router. Everything is properly configured and there is no firewall on the PC. The PC has a static IP and a dynamic DNS client (DYNdns. The router is configured to forward through port 3389.

The problem is this: when I try to connect to my pc using the dynamic DNS name through Remote Desktop, it just kicks me directly back to the logon screen after a couple seconds. I have searched the internet and tried every solution out there and nothing has worked. Does anyone have an idea as to why this is happening? I have even tried running a repair and this did not resolve the issue. Please help.

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by eguhlin

adding myself as a remote destop user under System Properties>Remote>Advanced, I absolutely have. The remote desktop was previously working after rebuilding the computer. It just quit working for no known reason.

by oh smeg

Additionally to the Windows install. You need to open the Control Panel and then Add Remove Programs on the left hand side there is a Box which says [b]Add Remove Windows Components[/b] you need to go here and install the additional Windows Components required by Remote Desktop. These should be the IIS and Networking Components.

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by eguhlin

As I replied previously, RD was working after the rebuild, it just quit working. I have also re-registered the DLL and gone through every trouble shooting step I could find on the internet. This is very strange, I have never had a problem like this before.

by dumphrey

virus/trojans? You need to rule out malware as a cause.

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