Guest DaveG Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Remote Desktop Connection W2K3 - THE SOLUTION Just in case anyone is intereseted the solution the problem was the ATI graphics card drivers. I have a habit of always downloading and installing the latest drivers for Motherboards and Graphics cards etc as per all good advice. The latest version of ATI drivers give a problem. The drivers from the CD supplied with the card work just fine. Hope this helps someone else in the future, took me a controlled reinstall to find this and RDP test at each step to find this. > DaveG wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > Today I have reinstalled our Domain server due to fatal problems. > > Same softeware and disks as always used. Now I cannot access the > > server by remote desktop. I have never had a problem in the past. > > > > Installed on the server. > > Windows 2003 > > Active Directory > > Exchange 2003 > > SQL 2005 > > > > Yes we have a do everything server and only the one, normally very > > reliable. > > > > What I have tried. > > 1. Activated RDP in the Remote tab of System Prpoerties. No extra > > user Selected as I always connect as Administrator. > > > > 2. Tried to connect from both XP and Vista stations, both worked in > > the past. > > > > 3. Googled like crazy for solutions, nothing seems to work. > > > > What actually happens. > > When I try to connect, the server gives a little wirl on the hard > > disk as if it is going to execute the command. The Remote client > > then just returns to the default status and the connect button is > > alive again. No remote screen actually appears. > > > > The problem with the situation is that normally I administer the > > server from a distance, if I cannot correct this I will need to > > think about a complete reinstall just to cure this problem, harsh > > and drastic but might be the quickest. > > > > Any ideas on this problem would be welcomed. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Thanks for all the work guys but I think I will be going down the > reload road before I get to much back on the server. -- DaveG ------------ If things don't change... They will stay the same.
Guest Robert L [MVP - Networking] Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Remote Desktop Connection W2K3 - THE SOLUTION Re: Remote Desktop Connection W2K3 - THE SOLUTION Thank you for the update. Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "DaveG" <daveginorge@hotmail.com.nospam> wrote in message news:I9ydndOpq6Ocv3Db4p2dnAA@telenor.com... Just in case anyone is intereseted the solution the problem was the ATI graphics card drivers. I have a habit of always downloading and installing the latest drivers for Motherboards and Graphics cards etc as per all good advice. The latest version of ATI drivers give a problem. The drivers from the CD supplied with the card work just fine. Hope this helps someone else in the future, took me a controlled reinstall to find this and RDP test at each step to find this. > DaveG wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > Today I have reinstalled our Domain server due to fatal problems. > > Same softeware and disks as always used. Now I cannot access the > > server by remote desktop. I have never had a problem in the past. > > > > Installed on the server. > > Windows 2003 > > Active Directory > > Exchange 2003 > > SQL 2005 > > > > Yes we have a do everything server and only the one, normally very > > reliable. > > > > What I have tried. > > 1. Activated RDP in the Remote tab of System Prpoerties. No extra > > user Selected as I always connect as Administrator. > > > > 2. Tried to connect from both XP and Vista stations, both worked in > > the past. > > > > 3. Googled like crazy for solutions, nothing seems to work. > > > > What actually happens. > > When I try to connect, the server gives a little wirl on the hard > > disk as if it is going to execute the command. The Remote client > > then just returns to the default status and the connect button is > > alive again. No remote screen actually appears. > > > > The problem with the situation is that normally I administer the > > server from a distance, if I cannot correct this I will need to > > think about a complete reinstall just to cure this problem, harsh > > and drastic but might be the quickest. > > > > Any ideas on this problem would be welcomed. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Thanks for all the work guys but I think I will be going down the > reload road before I get to much back on the server. -- DaveG ------------ If things don't change... They will stay the same.
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