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Old 10-17-2007, 02:24 AM
groovyCrew Offline
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Originally Posted by GuardianKing
Hello,
When I start the Remote Desktop Client I get "Cannot connect to remote computer" but if I type \\computername in the run box I get promted for my User Name and password and I can see the shared folders. Any Idea whay may be wrong with the Remote desktop client? I have the Firewall to allow remote desktop to run but I am also running Norton 2007.
Thanks,
Steve

Many times the problem is related to DNS. For the Remote Desktop connection, are you typing in JUST the host name or are you using the full FQDN? In other words, try server.company.com or whatever the full FQDN or DNS name is.

That should rule out DNS.
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