Remote desktop from Vista to Windows 7 - steps to try

I'm trying to Remote desktop from Vista to Windows 7 to two machines on the same home workgroup.

On the Windows 7 box I have:

• enabled the 'remote assistance' check box under computer > properties > advanced > remote
• opened the firewall port
• started the remote desktop services
• rebooted

on the Vista client I have

• telneted to the IP address on 3389 and got no connection open - I tried repeating this and switching off the firewall on the server and got the same result

I still can't connect. (I can see the machine in my workgroup, and ping it on the command line, and explore it's file directory) (I don't see it in my list of terminal servers when browsing in terminal services client)

What else should I try?

Solution 1:

You need to enable Remote Desktop, not remote assistance. The option is on the same page as remote assistance.

Solution 2:

Telnet to it from the other system at port 3389. If it fails to connect, then check your Windows Firewall configuration.

Solution 3:

What option do you have set under the remote options?

In that group should be three options, the default set to "Don't allow connections to this PC". Try changing it to "Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure)". This will mean you other PC can connect no matter what version of RDP it has.

It'll also pay to go into "select users" and make sure the account you wish to remote in as is present and if not add it/them.

It maybe easier to look into VNC if this fails.