cannot rdp

I freshly installed W7 Home Premium on two of my laptops. I was always able to RDP from one to the other remotely (IP still the same) when I had Ultimate Beta installed. My router is configured fine and I have "allow remote access to this computer" enabled on both. I also have "allow this computer to be controlled remotely" enabled as well on both.

I am unable to RDP, getting connection errors.

Any ideas? I did not modify firewall or router. It should work fine. My laptops are always one 24/7 and do not go into sleep mode unless I hit the power button.

The machine you wish to connect to needs to be Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise.
Windows 7 Home Premium, Home Basic and Starter cannot act as Remote Desktop hosts.

Is there a possible work around / alternative to RDP then?

I find logmein to be rather useful myself.

https://secure.logmein.com/US/home.aspx

Any free alternatives that also allow file sharing?

The comparison says nothing about remote connections
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...e/default.aspx

I don't have any further recommendations myself, hopefully someone else does.

Even the likes of Real VNC you would need to buy a license for Vista/2008 compatibility and for sharing files.

I agree that MS should mention this in their comparison chart!