

None of these cause Remote Desktop to start listening on this port. Then enabling Remote Desktop and then restarting.ĭisabling Remote Desktop, then enabling it, then restarting. I tried this in various ways, including:ĭisabling Remote Desktop and then restarting.

Toggling the Remote Desktop checkbox (see above) and then restarting, per a suggestion I found using Google. I was able to find this information by running netstat -a | findstr 3389. As it turns out, Remote Desktop is actually NOT listening on this port (or apparently any port). Verified that Remote Desktop is attempting to listen on port 3389 by checking the registry value at Computer\HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-TCP\PortNumber (this value is indeed correct). Verified that both machines could ping each other successfully (they could). Use a wired, rather than wireless, connection.
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The Allow this computer to be controlled remotely checkbox under This PC -> Properties -> Remote Settings -> Advanced is indeed checked.ĭisabled Windows Firewall in case this is causing connection issues.

I have tried the following to attempt to solve the issue:Ĭhecked that the target PC has Remote Desktop enabled. The RDP connection fails when specifying either the hostname or the IP of the target machine. I've been trying to configure the machines for remote access but am having limited/no luck. I have two computers that came with Windows 8.1.
