Internet Connection Sharing - Error

Posted: 08-23-2007, 08:06 AM

Matthew

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Hi All,

I am attempting to set up Remote Desktop Connections so I can see my Vista
(Business) box at home from my XP box at work.

When I go to Internet Connection Sharing and tick the 'Allow other network
users to connect through this computer's Internet connection' and then OK.
There is a pause before I get the message:

"An error occured while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled."

I am logged in as administarator and can't seeany reason that I can't turn
this on? Any ideas, suggestions, solutions would be appriciated.

TIA

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Robert L [MVP - Networking]

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Re: Internet Connection Sharing - Error

Posted: 08-23-2007, 05:42 PM

Are you want to use remote desktop or Internet Connection Sharing? They are different. To enable remote Desktop, this how to may help,

remote desktopTo use Remote Desktop, you need a WinXP Pro as the host and a remote computer running Win9x or a more recent version of Windows as the client that must have ...
www.howtonetworking.com/rdesktop.htm

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Matthew" <Matthew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FF6A08B1-7514-4BD5-A09A-A4BC02362BF6@microsoft.com...
Hi All,

I am attempting to set up Remote Desktop Connections so I can see my Vista
(Business) box at home from my XP box at work.

When I go to Internet Connection Sharing and tick the 'Allow other network
users to connect through this computer's Internet connection' and then OK.
There is a pause before I get the message:

"An error occured while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled."

I am logged in as administarator and can't seeany reason that I can't turn
this on? Any ideas, suggestions, solutions would be appriciated.

TIA

Matthew

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Re: Internet Connection Sharing - Error

Posted: 08-23-2007, 11:22 PM

Thanks for this. All I want to do is use Remote Desktop Connection to
connect to my Vista box from my XP box, over the Internet. I have recently
updated to Vista, it worked fine when both boxes were XP so I think the
firewall is set up correctly.

I can connect to other machines (XP) on my home network using Remote Desktop
Connection but cannot connect to my Vista machine from outside.

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Are you want to use remote desktop or Internet Connection Sharing? They are different. To enable remote Desktop, this how to may help,
>
> remote desktopTo use Remote Desktop, you need a WinXP Pro as the host and a remote computer running Win9x or a more recent version of Windows as the client that must have ...
> www.howtonetworking.com/rdesktop.htm
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Matthew" <Matthew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FF6A08B1-7514-4BD5-A09A-A4BC02362BF6@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I am attempting to set up Remote Desktop Connections so I can see my Vista
> (Business) box at home from my XP box at work.
>
> When I go to Internet Connection Sharing and tick the 'Allow other network
> users to connect through this computer's Internet connection' and then OK.
> There is a pause before I get the message:
>
> "An error occured while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled."
>
> I am logged in as administarator and can't seeany reason that I can't turn
> this on? Any ideas, suggestions, solutions would be appriciated.
>
> TIA
>

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