Hasn't Windows 7 got that evil multi-layered firewall that Server 2008 has?
2009/7/28 John Aldrich <[email protected]> > Well, I can ping it. But when I try to RDP in, it says “this computer > can’t connect to the remote computer…” and I have myself in the “remote > desktop” group on the local machine up there, but I can’t even get that far. > Sorry for the lack of details earlier. As I said in another post, I’m pretty > sure I disabled the built-in Windows firewall… and I did NOT install another > firewall. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:36 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows 7 questions > > > > Have you trouble shot that? > > > > Is it enabled? > > > > Firewall? > > > > IP connectivity? > > > > As good as this list is at technical suggestions, mindless banter, and > apparently some Facebook games, we suck at mind reading. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:33 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows 7 questions > > > > Tried Remote Desktop. It won’t connect. Doesn’t even give me a prompt for > username/password > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:25 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows 7 questions > > > > 1 – Remote Desktop? > > > > 2 - http://tinyurl.com/lhyj74 > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:22 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Windows 7 questions > > > > I’m trying to figure out how to do a couple things on a Windows 7 box: > > 1) I want to remotely admin / access a Windows 7 box that I built > from a spare machine. It is on the WAN, and is part of the domain. I’ve > tried VNC, but can’t get it to run the server portion. The VNC folks say > that the viewer will run on Windows 7, but not the server, at least not the > free version. J > > > > 2) I would like to have it auto-log on (it’s a workstation in a “lab” > area where the users are not highly computer literate) at boot up. I know > how to do that using TweakUI on XP. I don’t know how to do that on Vista or > Windows 7. Will TweakUI work on that O/S? > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.34/2268 - Release Date: 07/28/09 > 06:00:00 > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.34/2268 - Release Date: 07/28/09 > 06:00:00 > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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