Remote Deskop Connection works ok, then disconnects, can't..

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I broke my elbow a few weeks ago, so I have been accessing my home
desktop using RDC from my laptop (both XP Pro). This worked really well
for a couple of weeks, but recently I've found that if my connection
drops for some reason (hibernation of laptop, etc.), I have to reboot
the machine I'm connecting to before I can connect again. The error I
get is "Remote Desktop Disconnected", and the text in the box says "The
client could not establish a connection to the remote computer" with a
bunch of choices such as remote connections not enabled, maximum # of
connections exceeded at remote computer, and a network error occurred.

My network is otherwise working fine. I can ping the remote system, and
if I reboot it, I can connect again. Any suggestions? Is it possible
that Windows is not closing the connection properly? Is there a way to
increase the maximum # of connections on the remote system? Please, no
advice on checking to see if RDC is working properly; as I said, it
worked fine for a couple of weeks and still works ok now, except once I
get disconnected.

Bill

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There are Group Policies that define idle session timeouts and when to disconnect them...

Have you looked at the Group Policies. Run gpedit.msc on the Remote Desktop host machine and
navigate to the Local Computer Policy | Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows
Components | Terminal Services | Sessions policies.

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"Bill" <billrubin@prodigy.net> wrote in message news:ul7qDJTSFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I broke my elbow a few weeks ago, so I have been accessing my home desktop using RDC from my laptop
>(both XP Pro). This worked really well for a couple of weeks, but recently I've found that if my
>connection drops for some reason (hibernation of laptop, etc.), I have to reboot the machine I'm
>connecting to before I can connect again. The error I get is "Remote Desktop Disconnected", and the
>text in the box says "The client could not establish a connection to the remote computer" with a
>bunch of choices such as remote connections not enabled, maximum # of connections exceeded at
>remote computer, and a network error occurred.
>
> My network is otherwise working fine. I can ping the remote system, and if I reboot it, I can
> connect again. Any suggestions? Is it possible that Windows is not closing the connection
> properly? Is there a way to increase the maximum # of connections on the remote system? Please, no
> advice on checking to see if RDC is working properly; as I said, it worked fine for a couple of
> weeks and still works ok now, except once I get disconnected.
>
> Bill

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?)

Bill:

Are you running Spy Sweeper on the remote computer? If so, please read my
post in this newsgroup on April 26:

news:<116tt86i8dkscda@corp.supernews.com>

Hope this helps.

"Bill" <billrubin@prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:ul7qDJTSFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I broke my elbow a few weeks ago, so I have been accessing my home desktop
>using RDC from my laptop (both XP Pro). This worked really well for a
>couple of weeks, but recently I've found that if my connection drops for
>some reason (hibernation of laptop, etc.), I have to reboot the machine I'm
>connecting to before I can connect again. The error I get is "Remote
>Desktop Disconnected", and the text in the box says "The client could not
>establish a connection to the remote computer" with a bunch of choices such
>as remote connections not enabled, maximum # of connections exceeded at
>remote computer, and a network error occurred.
>
> My network is otherwise working fine. I can ping the remote system, and if
> I reboot it, I can connect again. Any suggestions? Is it possible that
> Windows is not closing the connection properly? Is there a way to increase
> the maximum # of connections on the remote system? Please, no advice on
> checking to see if RDC is working properly; as I said, it worked fine for
> a couple of weeks and still works ok now, except once I get disconnected.
>
> Bill