RE: Tunneling Terminal Server Client on WinXP?

> > I'v had the same problem. I'v copied the 'old' terminal client (that
> > comes with Windows2000 server), and put it in a separate directory.
> > This client allows a connection to localhost -> problem solved.
> 
> Just copied mstsc.exe from one of our W2K Servers and tried it from
> both \Desktop and C:\ -- running "mstsc /v:etc" from the command
> prompt displays nothing; you just get a new line and the command
> prompt appears again.

For the benefit of the archive, I've just revisited this one more time
after a long period, and got the solution to this.

If you're on XP and are hitting the "XP terminal services client refuses
to connect to localhost" problem, the answer is (and thanks to all the
people whose work pointed me in the right direction):


Copy the files "mstsc.exe" and "mstscax.dll" from a Windows 2000 Server
(WINNT\system32) to your XP box in a temp folder

Set the compatibility mode for "mstsc.exe" (Properties | Compatibility)
to either Windows 95 or Windows 98/ME (NT4 or 2000 does not work)

Start Zebedee listening locally on some port other than 3389
    zebedee 10000:remotehost:3389

From the command line and the folder into which you've copied mstsc from
your 2000 box
   mstsc /v:127.0.0.1:10000

And so long as you've got Zebedee running on the remote host and
configured to allow 3389/tcp, you should get a remote login screen.


Hope this helps, and thanks again to all those who advised and Neil for
some great s/w    :-)

-- 
Aidan Whitehall   [email protected]
Macromedia ColdFusion Developer
Fairbanks Environmental   +44 (0)1695 51775

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