RPC server is unavailable
I have a newly installed 2003 SBS Proffessional with 2 NICs public/Private IP's assigned and a 2003 Enterprise member server with 2 NICs also running Terminal Services in application mode. When I use a local user on the enterprise server to log on to terminal services it works fine. When I use a domain user from active directory in the remote desktop group to log on to the terminal server I get "The system cannot log you on due to the following error: The RPC server is unavailable" I also get an event ID 1219 winlogon. I need to use the active directory users.
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Typically enough, 5 seconds after posting the above i found where it was. This didn't fix the problem I have. Windows is so unreliable :(
I wanted to thank you for this solution, I never would have though of the NIC binding order causing this problem on our server. Another symptom we were seeing is extremely slow response to in a VNC session, as if the CPU usage was pegged. Again, thanks.
"Open Network connections and go to Advanced Settings. Examine the connections window on the Adapters and Bindings tab. Ensure that the NIC you have set RDP to answer on is the top NIC in the order."
You can't do that unless it is not applicable to Windows 2003 R2.