No, there is no firewall set up at his office. He can connect with the local name, local IP, but not outside IP.
He can do the same with another computer on site, local but not outside IP I can connect from home to his office server using XP. There must be a setting on his VISTA laptop that I don't know about. Maybe a trusted zone setting, maybe a remote desktop client setting on the VISTA client, He supposedly disabled his software firewall. ************************************************* Join the OBAMA RESISTANCE MOVEMENT! http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/6181419 --- On Tue, 7/28/09, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> wrote: From: Stephen Russell <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NF] Issue with connecting via remote desktop To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 3:02 PM On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Michael Madigan<[email protected]> wrote: > I can connect to a remote connection with no problem using Windows XP Pro. A > client on his VISTA laptop can't connect to the same connection. He can > connect using the local segment 192.168.1.6 but he cannot connect via the > outside IP connection. > > It sounds like a trusted zone issue, but is it? > > Where is the setting located so I can talk him through it over the phone? I > have no vista machines here. ------------------------------------- Is he using the M$ VPN <very poor network> to come through the firewall? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
