Can't RDP to Windows 7 machine


  1. Posts : 33
    7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Can't RDP to Windows 7 machine


    I have a headless Windows 7 machine that just sits and runs quietly. Occasionally I RDP in to make a change, but normally, it just runs with no issues.

    I lost power a week ago, and the machine went down hard. I am now just getting a chance to look at it. I brought it back up, but I can't RDP to it. I put a monitor and keyboard on it, and everything looks good, I can't see any issues, but I still can't RDP to it. I ran troubleshooting on the RDP process, and it came back with no issues, but I still can't RDP to it. I check my firewall, virus protection everything that I can think of, but I still can't RDP. I've run out of idea's.

    If someone can give me some hints or suggestions on what else to look at, I would appreciate it.

    Thanks

    Daryl

    P.S. I forgot to mention that I can ping the machine and I can also telnet to port 3389, so that tells me that RDP is listening and there is nothing blocking the port.

    Thanks

    Daryl
    Last edited by rosede; 14 Jan 2019 at 13:04. Reason: Added information
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  2. Posts : 3,785
    win 8 32 bit
       #2

    Try connecting via IP instead of name
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  3. Posts : 1,841
    Windows 7 pro
       #3

    Your specs say home premium. RDP connections are allowed on Professional, ultimate, and enterprise but not the home versions.
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  4. Posts : 33
    7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Hello everyone,

    Sorry for my late reply. And thank you to everyone who did reply and make suggestions. I finally found a setting in my RDP client that was the issue. Not sure how it got changed, but it did. I was blaming the Windows 7 machine because of the power outage, but it was really on the client.

    Daryl
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  5. Posts : 1,841
    Windows 7 pro
       #5

    Please share. It might help someone else.
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