MSTSC Remote Desktop XP not functioning

[jkru]

I have a really strange issue. I have two machines, both with XP Pro. I cannot TS into my upstairs machine. When I open mstsc and type the machine name or IP and hit connect the connect button grays out as if to connect and then activates again dislaying no error message. I checked the event logs on both machines and nothing. I have SP2 on both machines and I have enabled mstsc in the firewall settings. I have tried turning off the firewall settings. I have tried many things. Any ideas? Is there any log files associated with TS? Anything would be helpfull..

Thanks
JKru

 

[Serbtastic]

Try telnetting into port 3389 of the upstairs machine and see if you connect.

C:\>telnet computerupstairs 3389

If the screen goes all black, you've made a connection. If you get an error like 'Connecting To computerupstairs...Could not open connection to the host, on port 3389: Connect failed' then something is blocking.

Then, go to the upstairs machine, and run

netstat -an|find "3389"

and see if that port is in a listening state. If it is, then the firewall is blocking requests to it.

 

[jkru]

I tried what you said and the upstairs machine is in a listening state. I disabled the firewall and it still is in that state. The router I am using is in bridge mode and the firewall on it is disabled too. Any other ideas? Thanks for you help!!

 

[11009]

How do I find out that the firewall is blocking requests. I can telnet the machine (port 23). I can not telnet port 2238. I can't even telnet port 3389 from its own machine.