Jethro

You readers probably are saying, Oh No - here he is again - and here I
am!

This is another try to make my Remote Desktop Connection work.

In the 'active connections' result from command 'netstat -a', I see
a line on my so-called RIGHT machine as:

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP RIGHT:3389 RIGHT:0 LISTENING

and, as I have said in the past, I can connect from my LEFT machine to
the RIGHT machine just fine. So, indeed, RIGHT machine is listening.

But, as I also have said, I cannot connect from my RIGHT machine to my
LEFT machine.

I don't have the above 'listening' line in the 'NETSTAT -a' on my LEFT
machine. I'm thinking maybe my problem is that my LEFT machine is not
listening' and it should be.

So, a simple question. How and where do I create that line so LEFT
machine is listening on port 3389?

Robert Moir

"Jethro" <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote in message
news:mamrb39q3f4papat26a61hsmjrmcpbhjiq@4ax.com...
> You readers probably are saying, Oh No - here he is again - and here I
> am!
>
> This is another try to make my Remote Desktop Connection work.
>
> In the 'active connections' result from command 'netstat -a', I see
> a line on my so-called RIGHT machine as:
>
> Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
> TCP RIGHT:3389 RIGHT:0 LISTENING
>
> and, as I have said in the past, I can connect from my LEFT machine to
> the RIGHT machine just fine. So, indeed, RIGHT machine is listening.
>
> But, as I also have said, I cannot connect from my RIGHT machine to my
> LEFT machine.
>
> I don't have the above 'listening' line in the 'NETSTAT -a' on my LEFT
> machine. I'm thinking maybe my problem is that my LEFT machine is not
> listening' and it should be.
>
> So, a simple question. How and where do I create that line so LEFT
> machine is listening on port 3389?

Not so simple. Talking about ports essentially means you're talking about
surgery when all that should be needed is a plaster. I'm assuming your
'left' machine is an XP Pro machine?

Right-Click My Computer, choose properties.
Click the 'Remote' tab.
In "Remote Desktop", ensure that 'Allow users to connect remotely to this
computer' is ticked, and press OK.

This 'should' be all you need to do. Are you saying you've tried this and
got nowhere?