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Cannot Remote Desktop - but not usual issues.

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by markbagus

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Hi,

I have a SBS2003 server network. All works fine. People can RD to their PC either locally or via VPN fine - except for one workstation.

This one says cannot connect and when I try a telnet to it on port 3389 it does not work - so thats the problem.

I have checked the usual - firewalls, RD tick box, IPConfig, RPC & Terminal services., etc - and all seems ok as it should be - so why is it port 3389 not available?

Can RD to all other workstations fine - just this one refusing.

I would really appreciate any advice on this - are there other things that could cause this?

Thanks

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by thumbsup2

Sure there are! It's entirely possible the NIC is already bad or going out. Parts fail. It's a fact of life. It's also possible the cat5/cat6 cable is bad or even the port on the switch/hub/router has gone South for the Winter. Try isolating the computer to an area on your workbench where you can test with a known good cable and switch/router port. If it still doesn't work, I would replace the NIC.

by markbagus

Thanks for that - but the pc in question works fine itself - it connects to the network/server/internet fine, can be ping'd, can do everything a normal network workstation should do - except receive an incoming remote desktop connection.

So I doubt its the router or cable or even the NIC - or could it still be one of those - even though all other traffic flows fine in and out. ?

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