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Since: Nov 16, 2005
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:33 pm
Post subject: HELP! PLEASE! Can't get Remote DEsktop Connection Client for Mac to work!
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FIrst off, Does Remote Desktop Conncetion Client for Mac work with
Windows XP Home edition, becuase that;s what I have and I have the
remote dekstop program on it. (it came with it). I downloaded the
program on My Mac OSX and did everything it said. I typed in the IP
Address of My windows computer, my login name for my windows computer
and my password for my windows computer. I have no clue what a Domain
is so I left that blank (its probably osmething obviuose that I am
realy stupid to miss) I click connect and get an error message that
said something about "Not being able to connect, make sure everything
is enabled, try again later or contact you administrator". I have tried
using different computer names, my workgroup name. Nada. Please help me
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:08 pm
Post subject: Re: HELP! PLEASE! Can't get Remote DEsktop Connection Client for Mac to work! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article <1132187601.386737.213630.RemoveThis@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
"Steve" <kidwiz92.RemoveThis@wi.rr.com> wrote:
> FIrst off, Does Remote Desktop Conncetion Client for Mac work with
> Windows XP Home edition, becuase that;s what I have and I have the
> remote dekstop program on it. (it came with it). I downloaded the
> program on My Mac OSX and did everything it said. I typed in the IP
> Address of My windows computer, my login name for my windows computer
> and my password for my windows computer. I have no clue what a Domain
> is so I left that blank (its probably osmething obviuose that I am
> realy stupid to miss) I click connect and get an error message that
> said something about "Not being able to connect, make sure everything
> is enabled, try again later or contact you administrator". I have tried
> using different computer names, my workgroup name. Nada. Please help me
> someone.
The RDC client will only work with Windows Server's Terminal Services or
with Windows XP Professional. It will not work with Home edition.
Hope this helps! bill
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William M. Smith
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Since: Nov 17, 2005
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:54 am
Post subject: Re: HELP! PLEASE! Can't get Remote DEsktop Connection Client for Mac to work! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Steve - just to amplify William Smith's answer:
There are two parts to Remote Desktop--the client portion, which is
available for any version of windows from Windows 95 and up, and for the Mac
under OS/X--and the host, or server portion, which is only available as part
of the OS in Windows XP Professional, and Windows 2000 Server versions, and
Windows Server 2003.
So--what you are missing in XP Home is the server or host part. There's no
way to add this in, except to upgrade to XP Pro.
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"Steve" <kidwiz92 RemoveThis @wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:1132187601.386737.213630@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> FIrst off, Does Remote Desktop Conncetion Client for Mac work with
> Windows XP Home edition, becuase that;s what I have and I have the
> remote dekstop program on it. (it came with it). I downloaded the
> program on My Mac OSX and did everything it said. I typed in the IP
> Address of My windows computer, my login name for my windows computer
> and my password for my windows computer. I have no clue what a Domain
> is so I left that blank (its probably osmething obviuose that I am
> realy stupid to miss) I click connect and get an error message that
> said something about "Not being able to connect, make sure everything
> is enabled, try again later or contact you administrator". I have tried
> using different computer names, my workgroup name. Nada. Please help me
> someone.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:35 am
Post subject: Re: HELP! PLEASE! Can't get Remote DEsktop Connection Client for Mac to work! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Nada,
The two replies you received are correct. On the server side you have
to have XP Pro or Windows Server. However, that's not the end of it,
though I hope in your case if you upgrade it will be. I have XP pro on
my server side. I have been unsuccessful in connecting my Mac with OS
10.3.9 using RDC as a client despite support from Cisco, the
manufacturer of my firewall. No one seems to be able to figure out why
I can not make the connection with RDC. If you do upgrade and have the
same connection problem and ultimately solve it, let me know. But I
hope if you upgrade you will be fine. For what it's worth many people
who use a Mac with RDC to connect to a XP Pro server say it works.
Dan Fass |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:12 pm
Post subject: Re: HELP! PLEASE! Can't get Remote DEsktop Connection Client for Mac to work! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In case it helps:
You need access through the firewall for port 3389, TCP. That's the only
port needed.
Additionally, in some situations, name resolution on a Windows network may
not work properly with a Mac--I ran into this today. I had to use the IP
address of the target machines, which worked fine.
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<dfass DeleteThis @klapperfass.com> wrote in message
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> Nada,
>
> The two replies you received are correct. On the server side you have
> to have XP Pro or Windows Server. However, that's not the end of it,
> though I hope in your case if you upgrade it will be. I have XP pro on
> my server side. I have been unsuccessful in connecting my Mac with OS
> 10.3.9 using RDC as a client despite support from Cisco, the
> manufacturer of my firewall. No one seems to be able to figure out why
> I can not make the connection with RDC. If you do upgrade and have the
> same connection problem and ultimately solve it, let me know. But I
> hope if you upgrade you will be fine. For what it's worth many people
> who use a Mac with RDC to connect to a XP Pro server say it works.
>
> Dan Fass
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