A majority of ports are blocked at the firewall, however, this connection
isn't passing through the firewall. And if the port were blocked then why
would I be able to access Win2K3 Servers and not a WinXP Pro desktop.

"Lance" wrote:

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> Case Matrix thought carefully and wrote on 11/19/2005 6:57 AM:
> > I'm attempting to RDC to another WinXP Pro computer in my domain/network.
> > I've entered the name, the FQDN, the IP address and all i get back is the msg:
> >
> > "The client could not establish a connection to the remote computer.
> >
> > The most likely causes for this error are:
> > 1) Remote connections might not be enabled on the remote computer.
> > 2) The maximum number of connections was exceeded at the remote computer.
> > 3) A network error occured while establishing the connection."
> >
> > I've configured the connection setup on the remote computer as instructions
> > show, and from my computer I'm able to RDC into my company's Win2K3 Servers
> > with no difficulty. Any ideas to point me in the right direction?
> >
>
> If you've eliminated causes 1, 2 & 3, then another likely cause is a
> firewall blocking TCP port 3389.
>
> Lance
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