Question : Problem connecting to Remote Desktop

I have just reinstalled a XP SP2 client computer on a Server 2003 domain with Windows XP Service Pack 3. During the reinstall I backed up his profile, did a clean installed of XP and other software, did all updates, rejoined the domain, copied his profile back and everything is fine except RDP.

I have enabled it under System, added his domain account, disabled the Windows firewall, and configured his port number (I'm using 3394 instead of 3389). When I try to connect to it the RDP client just blinks, no error message, just disappers, then comes back. If I try it without the correct port, I get the standard can not connect error. I have tried using the FQDN, internal IP address and external IP correctly forwarded through the router. Same thing each time. Netstat shows the computer is listening on the correct port but the event log is not showing any login success/failures.

Any ideas?

Answer : Problem connecting to Remote Desktop

Profile error on the conversion. Probably something to do with his ntuser.dat file. Best way to do this is to reboot, login as the local admin, rename his profile in doc/settings to name.old and then have him login and have a new profile get created. Copy over only the my docs, desktop items, favorites, etc that he needs. Clean profiles on a reinstall ensure that there are no registry conflicts from previous installs.