I am having a devil of a time getting Remote Desktop to work from the internet.
I have a Windows 2008 R2 machine configured as a web server, dns server, active directory server, print server, file server and remote application server (don't really need that last one, just hoped it would make a difference - it didn't).
I have a fixed IP address. The IIS home page comes up when I go to the fixed IP address. The HTTP, HTTPS and Remote Desktop 3389 ports are open and forwarded by the router. When I log into the 192.168.1.3 (fixed IP of the server on the LAN), it works no problem with administrator or any of the remote desktop users I configured (I had to much with the remote desktop group because some permission it needed had been disabled because the machine was also a DNS server). I get access denied after logging in - it looks like it's working; the screen comes up with the remote desktop widget at the top and then it says access is denied and kicks me out.
I tried changing the port, no dice. I tried turning off the firewall entirely, no dice. I read online again and again, no dice. The log files are unenlightening, something about lsass.exe the login service not having some permission.
I don't think it's my ISP (embarq), or the firewall. I think its some esoteric windows 2008 r2 security permission thing, or some registry setting.
I have a Windows 2008 R2 machine configured as a web server, dns server, active directory server, print server, file server and remote application server (don't really need that last one, just hoped it would make a difference - it didn't).
I have a fixed IP address. The IIS home page comes up when I go to the fixed IP address. The HTTP, HTTPS and Remote Desktop 3389 ports are open and forwarded by the router. When I log into the 192.168.1.3 (fixed IP of the server on the LAN), it works no problem with administrator or any of the remote desktop users I configured (I had to much with the remote desktop group because some permission it needed had been disabled because the machine was also a DNS server). I get access denied after logging in - it looks like it's working; the screen comes up with the remote desktop widget at the top and then it says access is denied and kicks me out.
I tried changing the port, no dice. I tried turning off the firewall entirely, no dice. I read online again and again, no dice. The log files are unenlightening, something about lsass.exe the login service not having some permission.
I don't think it's my ISP (embarq), or the firewall. I think its some esoteric windows 2008 r2 security permission thing, or some registry setting.