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Recent content by Flatulator
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XP Pro Remote Desktop Hell!
..it was the Nvidia video driver. Rolled back to 169 from 175 and all is well. Who knew.. Not a wasted effort, though. I learned lots, especially about this board. Thank you to all who helped!- Flatulator
- Post #18
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP Pro Remote Desktop Hell!
I'll try the crossover this weekend, as well as a different NIC. Thanks.- Flatulator
- Post #17
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP Pro Remote Desktop Hell!
I give up.. I even uninstalled Bitdefender, thinking there may be something there that's blocking, but still no luck. I can ping and telnet fine, it just won't take any f***ing RDC connections!! Thanks to all for giving sound advice. This is a great board, the attitude and aptitude is...- Flatulator
- Post #15
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP Pro Remote Desktop Hell!
Unfortunately, my problem started BEFORE I "upgraded" to SP3. I was hoping that a fresh install with a clean SP3 would fix it. What was I thinking...- Flatulator
- Post #14
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP Pro Remote Desktop Hell!
I stopped & disabled the Nvidia service, but still couldn't connect from another machine at home. Windows firewall is definitely off. Haven't tried the ping or crossover, but I will later tonight when I'm home.- Flatulator
- Post #11
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP Pro Remote Desktop Hell!
Got a linksys linux router running DD-WRT and a gigabit switch. The kicker is, I can't even RDC to this box from another inside my network, even when I remove the switch! I downloaded the ethernet driver from ASUS & will downgrade. Also will check for Nvidia service, but I'm running the...- Flatulator
- Post #7
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP Pro Remote Desktop Hell!
Nope.. saw that one, that RDC "expired" on some XP3 release candidates. Used the latest XP3 from Microsoft updates as of May 18..- Flatulator
- Post #5
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP Pro Remote Desktop Hell!
Format plus clean install of XP Pro SP2 then the SP3 update. I took the latest Windows driver for my card, as well as rolled it back to see if the older one would work. No go.- Flatulator
- Post #3
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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XP Pro Remote Desktop Hell!
RDC stopped working all of a sudden! It worked fine up until 2 weeks ago. I can't even connect INSIDE my network, forget about from externally, which I have been doing for months... I have: 1) checked and rechecked port forwarding; 2) telnet ok to host; 3) checked all firewalls & turned off...- Flatulator
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
