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Been experiencing a weird problem the last couple weeks after 6+months of easy remote access to my Vista client. It started when I was using a remote connection on 6/19 and an update came through as I was actively using it. The connection "broke" and I went to log back in. Problem is that I no longer see my usual Vista log-in screen!
I can properly log in to the MSS server, access Photo WebShare, see photos in WHIIST, see a (very preliminary) ASP.NET web page, log in to the server, access shared files and "see" my list of clients. When I try to access the Vista client (the only one that can be remotely accessed) I do not see my nornal log-in screen when I am remote. If I go in locally using the IP address (http://192.168.1.xxx) then all is normal.
Normally I would see a screen giving me two userids to choose from: John1 & John2. (Guest is disabled, John1 has Administrative privileges, John2 does not.) This is what I see on a local/ip connection but if I go in remotely (or through a loop-back) with the name then I see "Administrator" and "Other". When I go to the other selection I am allowed to enter name and ID but nothing works. Using John1 I get "invalid password" errors. Using John2 I get messages telling me it iss not in the correct group for remote access. I created a John3 ID (administrative) to see if that would work, but it doesn't.
Initially I thought it was something in the Vista user setups but that makes no sense as I can get in locally with IP addressing. I do not see anything obvious blocked in my Firewall (Windows Live OneCare) of in my router (Linksys WRT-54G v1.1) but those are my current areas of focus.
It is almost like I am trying to log into a different client than my own.
And it is definitely frustrating.
Anyone know what's going on here?
(This is also posted athttp://www.mediasmartserver.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1661 )
...JohnBick
MSS: HP EX475 + two 1TB WD (3TB total), 2 GB mmry, LE-1640, APC UPS, PP1
PC1: Vista/32 Ultimate SP1 w/150 GB Raptor RAID-2 (C) & 320x4 GB RAID-5 data (D)
PC2: Laptop, Win XP Home SP3
Linksys WRT54G v1.1
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Well I did get an answer to this over on the Vista Forum:
First, from Mark Ferguson:
I would try turning off remote access settings on the Vista client, then restart and turn it back on, to toggle the setting to on, if the update
changed it. Control Panel, System, Tasks pane, "Remote Settings" link. Uncheck, apply, restart, recheck, apply
I needed another RESTART at the end, but this got 2 of the 3 IDs working.
Then from Jonathan R. Portwood:
I think you need to check that your John1 User is still a member of the 'Remote Desktop Users' Group. To do that you will probably need to Log on locally to that administrator account and then go to the Computer Management App. From there expand the Local User and Groups and select Users. Then right click on your John1 account in the left hand pane and select properties. Now under the Member Of tab check whether you have the 'Remote Desktop Users' Group showing in the list. If not click the Add button and add that group. You will then need to reboot the system to make sure the new setting takes, but after that you should then be able to log in to the John1 account remotely.
This essentially got my last ID going although I still had a minor difficulty as the "Name" (BICK) was different from the "Fullname" ("John1") -- but a rename of the userid from within Computer Management seems to have fixed that.
All working at the moment...
Here is the link if you are interested:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx?dg...
...JohnBick
MSS: HP EX475 + two 1TB WD (3TB total), 2 GB mmry, LE-1640, APC UPS, PP1
PC1: Vista/32 Ultimate SP1 w/150 GB Raptor RAID-2 (C) & 320x4 GB RAID-5 data (D)
PC2: Laptop, Win XP Home SP3
Linksys WRT54G v1.1