"5string" <5str***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE7A449B-48A4-4C19-955F-241C6230B990@microsoft.com...
> pls excuse the long post but this is as short as i can make it.
> have laptop w xp home and desktop w xp prof and a router (Network
> Everywhere
> model NR041-wm)
> (on the laptop) I open RDC and get a dialog box with 5 tabs.  In the box
> that says computer, i type the ip add of my desktop.  my own name appears
> in
> the user name box.  i type a pw in the password box and type ms home for
> domain. when i
> click "connect", i get em: "the system could not log you on. make sure
> your
> user name and domain are correct...." (there are only about 3 passwords
> and
> user names that i use for EVERYTHING.  it's not likely i would have used
> anything else when the pw was originally entered).  none of these work.
> Some observations:  when i try to connect to the laptop (from the
> desktop),
> it's a different situation-- i get an em box labeled "remote desktop
> disconnected" with an em: "the client could not connect to the remote
> computer.  remote connections might not be enabled or the computer might
> be
> to busy to accept...."  there doesn't seem to be a pw issued logging on to
> windows with the desk top.  The issue seems to be pw related with the
> laptop.
> Several weeks ago i was attempting to network these 2 computers without a
> router (my ignorance).  I appearantly used a pw, which i dont remember, on
> the laptop.  I am the system
> admn of both computers-- surely, there's a way to undo this mess.
>
> ANY help would be appreciated. tks for suffering thru such a long post.
>

"Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote:

> See this page for help with Remote Desktop...
>
> http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.html
>
> The user Id and password that you use to login with is local to the PC your
> connecting to. Note that you also don't need to fill in the domain
> information in a home workgroup environment.
>
> --
>
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
> benefit of all of us...
> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights...
>
> "5string" <5str***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AE7A449B-48A4-4C19-955F-241C6230B990@microsoft.com...
> > pls excuse the long post but this is as short as i can make it.
> > have laptop w xp home and desktop w xp prof and a router (Network
> > Everywhere
> > model NR041-wm)
> > (on the laptop) I open RDC and get a dialog box with 5 tabs.  In the box
> > that says computer, i type the ip add of my desktop.  my own name appears
> > in
> > the user name box.  i type a pw in the password box and type ms home for
> > domain. when i
> > click "connect", i get em: "the system could not log you on. make sure
> > your
> > user name and domain are correct...." (there are only about 3 passwords
> > and
> > user names that i use for EVERYTHING.  it's not likely i would have used
> > anything else when the pw was originally entered).  none of these work.
> > Some observations:  when i try to connect to the laptop (from the
> > desktop),
> > it's a different situation-- i get an em box labeled "remote desktop
> > disconnected" with an em: "the client could not connect to the remote
> > computer.  remote connections might not be enabled or the computer might
> > be
> > to busy to accept...."  there doesn't seem to be a pw issued logging on to
> > windows with the desk top.  The issue seems to be pw related with the
> > laptop.
> > Several weeks ago i was attempting to network these 2 computers without a
> > router (my ignorance).  I appearantly used a pw, which i dont remember, on
> > the laptop.  I am the system
> > admn of both computers-- surely, there's a way to undo this mess.
> >
> > ANY help would be appreciated. tks for suffering thru such a long post.
> >
>
>

"5string" <5str***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F0923E1E-DFB0-4ADE-A80B-646F27F2F7C8@microsoft.com...
> thanks for the quick reply, Sooner Al. The info about not using a domain
> was
> helpful.  looks like i have a bad pw, or user name. is there a way to go
> back
> in, start fresh and reset the pw and user name ?  I;d assume you'd open
> rdc,
> click on options and when the big dialog bx comes up, type in
> pw and user name, and click connect. when i do this i get the em: "the
> system cannot log you in.
> make sure your user name and domain are correct....etc"  if you know of
> another way to reset the user name/pw, pls let me know.  a step by step
> would
> be MOST appreciated
>
> thanks
> --
> 5string
>
>
> "Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> See this page for help with Remote Desktop...
>>
>> http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.html
>>
>> The user Id and password that you use to login with is local to the PC
>> your
>> connecting to. Note that you also don't need to fill in the domain
>> information in a home workgroup environment.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>>
>> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
>> benefit of all of us...
>> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights...
>>
>> "5string" <5str***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AE7A449B-48A4-4C19-955F-241C6230B990@microsoft.com...
>> > pls excuse the long post but this is as short as i can make it.
>> > have laptop w xp home and desktop w xp prof and a router (Network
>> > Everywhere
>> > model NR041-wm)
>> > (on the laptop) I open RDC and get a dialog box with 5 tabs.  In the
>> > box
>> > that says computer, i type the ip add of my desktop.  my own name
>> > appears
>> > in
>> > the user name box.  i type a pw in the password box and type ms home
>> > for
>> > domain. when i
>> > click "connect", i get em: "the system could not log you on. make sure
>> > your
>> > user name and domain are correct...." (there are only about 3 passwords
>> > and
>> > user names that i use for EVERYTHING.  it's not likely i would have
>> > used
>> > anything else when the pw was originally entered).  none of these work.
>> > Some observations:  when i try to connect to the laptop (from the
>> > desktop),
>> > it's a different situation-- i get an em box labeled "remote desktop
>> > disconnected" with an em: "the client could not connect to the remote
>> > computer.  remote connections might not be enabled or the computer
>> > might
>> > be
>> > to busy to accept...."  there doesn't seem to be a pw issued logging on
>> > to
>> > windows with the desk top.  The issue seems to be pw related with the
>> > laptop.
>> > Several weeks ago i was attempting to network these 2 computers without
>> > a
>> > router (my ignorance).  I appearantly used a pw, which i dont remember,
>> > on
>> > the laptop.  I am the system
>> > admn of both computers-- surely, there's a way to undo this mess.
>> >
>> > ANY help would be appreciated. tks for suffering thru such a long post.
>> >
>>
>>