Might be. Strange part is, I've rebooted laptop a few times and it's let me connect straight away even after a reboot. Come back later (ie next day) and can't connect again, until I teamviewer in and away it goes again. You might be right, perhaps it remembers for period of time then removes it. I was considering removing Comodo and seeing if that helps.
thanks! On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 10:34 AM, David Richards < [email protected]> wrote: > Stephen, > Just a quick thought as I go out the door... It may be way off the mark :) > > It sounds a bit like a dynamic firewall rule. Once the laptop initiates > some kind of connection, it's causing a temporary rule to allow you to > connect in. > > David > > "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes > will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" > -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama > > > On 19 April 2014 12:27, Stephen Price <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A bit more info. I think I've realised why its happening but not sure how >> to fix it. >> >> I suspect its something up with my router. If I ping my laptop it tells >> me "Reply from 192.168.1.163: Destination host unreachable" which is the >> computer i'm pinging FROM. If I attempt to connect to that laptop with the >> services mmc it fails, but I can then ping the laptop (as well as RDP). >> >> I'm a bit stumped why an attempted connection fixes the laptop's routing. >> Will do some searches now i've narrowed it down a little... I'm suspecting >> my firewall (Comodo) somehow. Thats the software you install that stops >> everything working. >> >> Happy Easter all! >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Stephen Price <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I'm using RDP to connect to my laptop (and use multiple monitors) and I >>> have a strange issue where when I first try to connect it gives me a >>> message showing the machine is not available. This happens if I am logged >>> out. I've set services that seem appropriate to start automatically but no >>> go. The weird part is if I use teamviewer to connect to the laptop, log in, >>> then I can successfully RDP in. >>> I thought I'd connect and check what services were running remotely >>> using the services mmc and it wouldn't let me connect but then my RDP >>> worked. >>> Perhaps there's a service I missed but if anyone has come across this >>> before, love to hear. >>> >>> cheers, >>> Stephen >>> >> >> >
