| One thing that I love about all news
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| | problems that may require you to
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| windows products is the remote desktop
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| | reinstall your operating system.
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| features. I previously used PCAnywhere
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| | Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can
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| but I find that remote desktop is now
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| | solve problems that result from using
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| almost as good, would like to see a file
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| | Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry
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| transfer like PCAnywhere has, but remote
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| | Editor at your own risk.You can use the
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| desktop is free so that is a plus for
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| | Remote Desktop feature in Windows XP
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| it.One of the tasks that I face with my
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| | Professional to connect to your computer
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| network setup is forwarding ports through
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| | from another, remote computer. WARNING:
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| my router. There are two issues that I
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| | The Remote Assistance feature in Windows
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| came across when dealing with the RDP
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| | XP may not work properly if you change
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| forwarding. The first was what is the
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| | the listening port. To change the port
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| port number of RDP. With a quick search
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| | that Remote Desktop listens on:
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| on Google I found that the standard RDP
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| | Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
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| port is 3389.Now that you have the port
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| | Locate the following key in the
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| number you can simply go into your router
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| | registry:
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| and forward that port through and after
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| enabling your remote desktop feature it
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| | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSet
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| will work from outside your network as
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| | ControlTerminalServerWinStationsRDP-TcpPo
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| long as you either know your IP address
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| | rtNumberOn the Edit menu, click Modify,
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| or have a dynamic dns service like I use.
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| | click Decimal, type the new port number,
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| To enable remote desktop in Windows XP
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| | and then click OK.
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| and Windows 2003 go to the start menu,
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| | Quit Registry Editor.
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| find the my computer icon and right click
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| | NOTE: When you try to connect to this
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| on it. Select the properties option in
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| | computer by using the Remote Desktop
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| the drop down list and then click on the
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| | connection, you must type the new port.
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| remote tag in the window that appears.
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| | Keywords: kbhowto kbnetwork KB306759
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| There you will see the two check boxes,
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| | Technology: kbrdcMac100 kbrdcsearch
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| check the second box, and then click on
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| | kbrdcWin100 kbWinXPPro kbWinXPPro64bit
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| the remote user button. Make sure that
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| | kbWinXPProSearch kbWinXPSearch
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| the users you want to have access are in
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| | kbZNotKeyword*****The other option I had
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| the list and then click ok until you have
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| | was to go into my router and specify
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| exitted all of the windows. RDP is now
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| | another external port number and then
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| enabled on your machine.So this simple
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| | point that port to the 3398 on the IP
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| setup would have worked for my network
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| | address of the machine I wanted to go to.
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| but the issue then became I have several
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| | I chose this second option as it was
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| servers that I want access to along with
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| | less time consuming and did the trick for
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| my desktop. Now I could just remote to
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| | me. One appealing thing about the
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| my desktop and then remote to the other
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| | ability to change the port number of RDP
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| machines from there since they are all on
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| | is security. If you leave the standard
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| the local network. This would create a
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| | port number then anyone will know to
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| lot of data that needed to be transferred
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| | check that port to see if you have Remote
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| though, with limited upstream speeds on
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| | Desktop enabled and potentially
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| your broadband connection you don't want
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| | compromise your network. Let me know if
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| this, and will cause performance issues
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| | there are any issues with the registry
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| with RDP. So I had two options, I could
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| | fix though and if there are I will just
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| change the registry entry like was stated
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| | remove it from this article.Jason Fortner
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| in the article. I will paste that fix
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| | is co-founder of Total Productivity
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| here just in case that page has an issue
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| | Solutions, a company that specilizes in
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| at some point:*****
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| | SharePoint, Webpart and .NET development.
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| WARNING: If you use Registry Editor
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| | More tips on web development visit Total
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| incorrectly, you may cause serious
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| | Productivity Solutions.
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