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Have an issue with a Windows 2003 Standard X64 host. I have enabled remote desktop, I am part of the administrators group and am unable to remote into the machine from my Windows 7 X64 bit desktop. I check the windows 2003 server host to see if 3389 is up and listening and the odd thing is I dont see it @ all. This server is running with service pack 2, just cant put my finger on whats causing the issue. I have tried connecting from a 32bit Windows XP machine as well and same problem occurs.

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  • is Terminal Services service started at all?
    – andrws
    Feb 24, 2010 at 2:19
  • Yes. Check the pictures that he posted.
    – Wesley
    Feb 24, 2010 at 2:35
  • duhaas, did you ever get your answer? There are a lot of nice responses here but no accepted answers and very few upvotes.
    – Wesley
    Mar 3, 2010 at 20:01

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If you're not even seeing 3389 open, then something in the system is wrong with RDP. I would try re-applying Service Pack 2 to see if that fixes whatever is wrong with the Terminal Services service.

Do you have anti-virus on the machine that might have "cleaned up" some files it shouldn't have?

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Do you have any group policy or registry tweaks that might have changed the default port for terminal services? Check the following registry key:

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber

By default it's a REG_DWORD value set to D3D in hex, which is 3389 in decimal.

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  • yeah, everything is fine there, its just the weirdest thing, cant say I know where to start looking: imagebin.ca/img/CD0qLpeX.png
    – duhaas
    Jan 14, 2010 at 17:04
  • Do you have a hardware firewall blocking traffic between the machines? Or a software firewall on either side?
    – Ryan Bolger
    Jan 14, 2010 at 19:08
  • nothing site in between the network FW wise. arrgghhhhh, its just so frustrating
    – duhaas
    Jan 14, 2010 at 22:10
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Disable the Windows Firewall, make sure that Remote Desktop is enabled (Right click on "My Computer" > Properties > Remote Tab).

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  • Check the server's event logs for pertinent errors
  • Try to connect to the server but make sure that no drives, sounds or anything is brought over from the connecting client. Also do not connect in full screen mode.
  • Restart the Terminal Services service just for luls and try some more.
  • Try remoting into the console session

Also, would you mind listing the applications that are running on that server? BackupExec, perchance?

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