How to enable remote desktop access on windows 2003

Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Remote Desktop Services Terminal Services. Sign in to vote. Hello, I have a server which no one can RDP into and would like to hopefully find a solution.

Message that users get when trying to remote desktop to a Windows R2 server: "The client could not connect to the remote computer. Wednesday, June 9, PM. This problem is now fixed. We loaded windows updates and then rebooted the server, not expecting this to fix the rpd issue. But After the reboot we are able to RDP in normally.

Marked as answer by 4ndrew Monday, June 28, PM. Monday, June 28, PM. Checked if port is listening! Thanks very much for the reply! I tried the following command from another system telnet servername Connecting To Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. Any additional feedback? You can redirect the port in IIS so that it isnt using Then in your browser type the same URL: whatever port you used.

My home desktop is actually the host and I have my laptop at work as the client. I have been trying to set this up for the past week every day, getting nowhere. If you want to connect to your home desktop through the Internet, you need to have an static IP address for the home desktop. This worked like a charm! I read other posts that missed the part about NOT putting a server name in the login screen and had lots of trouble connecting. Leaving it blank…. Thanks Linglom!