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I have installed VirtualBox on Win7, and created a new VM with Win2008. This seems to be working OK.

I'm now interested in remote desktop from my Win7 to the VM, but can't get that to work. Can anyone help me?

I tried to use 127.0.0.2:3389, as mentioned in the virtualbox doc: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch07.html#rdp-viewers

When I try to connect, it seems like the address is found, but can connect with the standard Administrator account.

I am thinking there are some network configurations here that I'm missing? Any help will be appreciated...

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Have you installed the extension pack? With VirtualBox 4.0 and beyond you need to install a pack to get the functionality you are expecting. The VirtualBox 4.1.4 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack is what you need

Support for USB 2.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards.

Grab it here:

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

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I've installed the extension pack - pretty sure. But I'll check it out again, and let you know tomorrow. tnx. – Rupal Oct 13 '11 at 13:06
I can confirm that it is there (guest additions). And checked box for remote display in settings. – Rupal Oct 14 '11 at 6:49
Do you have windows firewall ( or another ) enabled that is blocking connections to 127.0.0.2? – haXs Oct 14 '11 at 10:02
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