My wife's Vista Ultimate computer has stopped allowing remote desktop connections into it.
I can ping the machine's local IP.
Remote desktop connections are enabled.
It appears to not be listening or accepting the connection.
If I telnet to that machine on port 3389, I get a connection failed message. EVEN if I do it from that machine to the localhost.
A little history: She was running a version of Trend Micro PC-Cillin that expired. The firewall was enabled on Trend. She bought a newer version of Trend, uninstalled the previous version, and attempted to install the latest Trend Internet Security suite. The install bombed, tried to install some windows update or another, and now will not install at all. It has been removed completely. I think it is running AVG (the free version).
Prior to that a/v change, it was working fine.
Windows firewall is disabled.
Now to make it more interesting - I had her install tightvnc on the machine and it doesn't work either. It connects and even allows me to telnet to port 5900 and gives me the TightVNC header, but if I connect with the tightvnc client, it asks for the password, then disconnects me. If I type the password incorrectly, it tells me it was incorrect.
Any ideas on this one? hehe
Thank you!
John
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