Terminal Services - configuration help

I've just setup Windows 2000 Server to run on my home server. I want to
administer/control it via Terminal Services so I can hide it away. Should it
work straight out of the box?

I set the options to run in 'Remote Administration' mode but my other PCs
running WinXP can't access a session. I've tried connecting by hostname and
IP.

Any help would be appreciated. I've had a look at the options for the
service but can't find anything out of the ordinary.

Many thanks
Steve
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Without more information, best guess is that the XP user account does not
have the user right to logon locally to the Win2k Server. If this is a
workgroup environment, go to Administrative Tools/Local Security Policy.
Expand Local Policies and click on User rights assignment. Double click on
Log on locally and add the XP user's account. If the Win2k Server is a
domain controller, use Active Directory Users and Computers and configure
the same setting through Group Policy for the Domain Controller's OU - add
the domain user account used to log onto the XP machine.

If this doesn't do it, tell us what error you are getting when you try to
connect, any errors in Event Viewer, and describe how you installed Terminal
Services.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Netman ®" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've just setup Windows 2000 Server to run on my home server. I want to
> administer/control it via Terminal Services so I can hide it away. Should
it
> work straight out of the box?
>
> I set the options to run in 'Remote Administration' mode but my other PCs
> running WinXP can't access a session. I've tried connecting by hostname
and
> IP.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. I've had a look at the options for the
> service but can't find anything out of the ordinary.
>
> Many thanks
> Steve
> --
> [email: remove the SPAMTRAP]
>
>

Can you please provide us with the complete error message?

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"Netman ®" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've just setup Windows 2000 Server to run on my home server. I want to
> administer/control it via Terminal Services so I can hide it away. Should
it
> work straight out of the box?
>
> I set the options to run in 'Remote Administration' mode but my other PCs
> running WinXP can't access a session. I've tried connecting by hostname
and
> IP.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. I've had a look at the options for the
> service but can't find anything out of the ordinary.
>
> Many thanks
> Steve
> --
> [email: remove the SPAMTRAP]
>
>

Also are you trying to connect via the local LAN or over the internet?

Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking & Smart Display MVP)
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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:37:20 +0100, "Netman ®"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I've just setup Windows 2000 Server to run on my home server. I want to
>administer/control it via Terminal Services so I can hide it away. Should it
>work straight out of the box?
>
>I set the options to run in 'Remote Administration' mode but my other PCs
>running WinXP can't access a session. I've tried connecting by hostname and
>IP.
>
>Any help would be appreciated. I've had a look at the options for the
>service but can't find anything out of the ordinary.
>
>Many thanks
>Steve

>-----Original Message-----
>I've just setup Windows 2000 Server to run on my home
server. I want to
>administer/control it via Terminal Services so I can hide
it away. Should it
>work straight out of the box?
>
>I set the options to run in 'Remote Administration' mode
but my other PCs
>running WinXP can't access a session. I've tried
connecting by hostname and
>IP.
>
>Any help would be appreciated. I've had a look at the
options for the
>service but can't find anything out of the ordinary.
>
>Many thanks
>Steve
>--
>[email: remove the SPAMTRAP]
>
>
>.
>