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gecko_au2003
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gecko_au2003 asked in Computers & InternetOther - Computers · 1 decade ago

Remote Desktop?

I have a friends computer who has windows xp home on it and is with orange that uses an orange livebox.

I want to remote into my computer at home that has windows xp pro and I am with virgin media behind a linksys router ( I have already port forwarded 3389 on both TCP and UDP ) and I know it works as I can remote into my home machine from work and else where.

I have port forwarded both ports on TCP and UDP on port 3389 for the orange livebox and I can not connect to my home machine, can someone please enlighten me as to why not.

I think its because virgin media must be a different domain and I need to enter the domain ip address or something along those lines, I am now using MSTSC version 6.0 for windows xp

Please help

Update:

the orange livebox has the firewall set to medium and so im assuming when you port forward you open up the port to allow the application through the firewall, am i missing something ?

I just dont want to put the firewall off otherwise i might as well put my machine on the DMZ which I have also tried and that did not help either as it still wouldnt let me connect to my home machine remotely

Update 2:

that doesnt explain how come i can remote into my home machine with xp pro from other machines and not from here ???

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  • Del Piero 10
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Is there a firewall somewhere filtering out everything other than Port 80?

  • shawnbure
    1 decade ago

    Try this:

    Right Click My Computer and select "Properties". In this you will find a "Remote" tab, select it. Make sure that the allow remote desktop functionality is enabled, and a valid user is in the user list. Of course, the machine admin will have access automatically without adding them.

    Hope this helps.

    Source(s): Brain.
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