What in XP would block an Remote Desktop Connection?

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I posted this, slightly different, in a Vista newsgroup but

there is very little activity in it - perhaps that reflects

the relative popularity of Vista v XP :)



I have an HP laptop, wireless, that can connect without a

hitch to my XP Home Professional system (hardwired to the

router). I have another one, identical, that fails to

connect. When I try, there is a delay of about 10 seconds

followed by an error that tells me nothing and recommends

that I talk to my network administrator... That would be me.



Both laptops are running Vista Home Premium. They are the

same model, purchased at the same time (for my business).

Both have the same software installed and all the MS

updates. All three machines have the same user id and

password.



Any idea why one can connect and the other one can't?



TIA,



Jason
 
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>I posted this, slightly different, in a Vista newsgroup but

> there is very little activity in it - perhaps that reflects

> the relative popularity of Vista v XP :)

>

> I have an HP laptop, wireless, that can connect without a

> hitch to my XP Home Professional system (hardwired to the

> router). I have another one, identical, that fails to

> connect. When I try, there is a delay of about 10 seconds

> followed by an error that tells me nothing and recommends

> that I talk to my network administrator... That would be me.

>

> Both laptops are running Vista Home Premium. They are the

> same model, purchased at the same time (for my business).

> Both have the same software installed and all the MS

> updates. All three machines have the same user id and

> password.

>

> Any idea why one can connect and the other one can't?

>

> TIA,

>

> Jason



Second laptop doesn't connect to XP, LAN or WiFi Router? IOW does it connect

to the internet or the other laptop? Can you ping between the four devices?

Details of the "meaningless" error, and what you do to get it, might be

helpful. Does Vista have a wizzard to set up a disk/thumb drive to setup the

other PCs network? Tried that?
 
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> I posted this, slightly different, in a Vista newsgroup but

> there is very little activity in it - perhaps that reflects

> the relative popularity of Vista v XP :)

>

> I have an HP laptop, wireless, that can connect without a

> hitch to my XP Home Professional system (hardwired to the

> router). I have another one, identical, that fails to

> connect. When I try, there is a delay of about 10 seconds

> followed by an error that tells me nothing and recommends

> that I talk to my network administrator...



What is the exact message, which tells you nothing ?



Bernd
 
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