Solved Can't RDP to Windows 8 desktop

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I am trying to remote desktop to my Windows 8 PC from a Windows 7 PC, but it's not working.

When I start the RDP client and click Connect, I am prompted for my credentials. The connection is then established, and I see the Windows 8 login screen with my username selected, and the little spinning dots are going. Then it either freezes or just drops the connection completely.

I have tried flipping on and off various options in the RDP client on the Windows 7 PC with no success. I followed one post's suggestion of turn off the "Printers" option on the Local Resources tab--no luck. I have enabled the "allow remote connections" option on the Windows 8 PC with the more permissive setting.

Can anyone suggest a fix for this problem?

Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    CPU
    Core 2 Duo E6600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte nForce 650i
    Memory
    2 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia 8600 GT
Are you running any third-party security applications on either the host or client?
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate/Windows 8.1/Linux
    CPU
    FX-8350
    Motherboard
    GA-990XA-UD3
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance
    Graphics Card(s)
    HD7860
    Sound Card
    Xonar Essence STX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Various
    PSU
    Corsair HX 850W
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian
    Cooling
    Thermalright
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    50/50
    Browser
    firefox
Hi there
Have you ENABLED remote access FOR THE W8 PC -- do this in the control panel.

Remember also if you are OUTSIDE your local LAN to open I think it's port 3389 and port forward via the router to the INTERNAL lan address of your W8 machine.

If you don't like the idea of opening port 3389 choose another one and "Tunnel" it using (FREE) putty.exe (Google for this as setting this up is beyond the scope of this post).

Outside your LAN also if you don't have a static IP address or domain name use one of the FREE services to provide a domain name so you can access your machine from OUTSIDE your router. Don't PAY for services like let me in etc.

Cheers
jimbo
 

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    Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
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    SSD's * 3 (Samsung 840 series) 250 GB
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Thanks for the replies.

@Calico, it's a fresh install. No security stuff installed. The client machine works fine for connecting to other machines.

@jimbo45 I have dynamic DNS set up and a port forwarded, so I can connect to the machine just fine. Other services (subsonic, utorrent) work fine through the firewall. It seems that just as the RDP session would open to the desktop, it freezes or crashes. I have verified that the machine is still on, and has logged me out on the console (just like if the RDP session had connected).

Since my original post, I have verified that the same behavior happens if I connect from a Windows 7 machine or even another Windows 8 machine.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    CPU
    Core 2 Duo E6600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte nForce 650i
    Memory
    2 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia 8600 GT
Thanks for the replies.

@Calico, it's a fresh install. No security stuff installed. The client machine works fine for connecting to other machines.
...

Since my original post, I have verified that the same behavior happens if I connect from a Windows 7 machine or even another Windows 8 machine.

You might check the Windows Security event logs for confirmation of logon, through RDP, on the PC you're trying to connect to, it might give us a further clue...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate/Windows 8.1/Linux
    CPU
    FX-8350
    Motherboard
    GA-990XA-UD3
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance
    Graphics Card(s)
    HD7860
    Sound Card
    Xonar Essence STX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Various
    PSU
    Corsair HX 850W
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian
    Cooling
    Thermalright
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    50/50
    Browser
    firefox
@Calico I checked the security log and there's definitely logon activity there. I am not really familiar with that log so I can't decipher it further on my own.

This also fails when trying to remote from an ubuntu desktop.

This might be a dumb question, but has *anyone* successfully RDP'd to a Windows 8 CP machine?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    CPU
    Core 2 Duo E6600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte nForce 650i
    Memory
    2 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia 8600 GT
@Calico I checked the security log and there's definitely logon activity there. I am not really familiar with that log so I can't decipher it further on my own.

This also fails when trying to remote from an ubuntu desktop.

This might be a dumb question, but has *anyone* successfully RDP'd to a Windows 8 CP machine?

I use Dameware NT Utilities so that's why I haven't said anything up until now.

Windows key + Pause/Break key | Advanced System Settings | Remote tab

You could check on it there. Also, must set Windows Firewall to accept and have user permissions allowed too (Select Users button).
 

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    MSI-7211
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    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
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    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up
OK I answered my last question myself -- I was able to connect to the *other* Windows 8 computer from the "problem" Windows 8 computer.

So at this point I have no idea why I can't connect to this Windows 8 machine.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    CPU
    Core 2 Duo E6600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte nForce 650i
    Memory
    2 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia 8600 GT
Well I found out there were a bunch of Windows Updates available, so I installed them, rebooted, and was able to connect after that. :-D

Thanks for all the suggestions, y'all!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    CPU
    Core 2 Duo E6600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte nForce 650i
    Memory
    2 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia 8600 GT
Well I found out there were a bunch of Windows Updates available, so I installed them, rebooted, and was able to connect after that. :-D

Thanks for all the suggestions, y'all!


None of the Windows 8 updates have anything to do with RDP up to this point, but very glad it's working now for ya.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8250 x86 + 7 SP1 x86 + Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
    CPU
    P4 3.4 GHz HT
    Motherboard
    MSI-7211
    Memory
    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up
Well I'm still having this problem; I can RDP from my Win 8 Test machine to my Win7 Ultimate machine, but not the reverse. Has anybody gotten any real idea on why the RDP session to Win 8 machine is dropping? The
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 consumer preview
Resolved!! : Port 3389 is not being listened on Windows 8

hi guys!


have tryed everything in this article - no success :( but FOUND THIS article:
here is some real workaround.

Resolved: Port 3389 is not being listened on Windows 8
Resolved: Port 3389 is not being listened on Windows 8 « port135.com


main idea is that RDP port 3389 isnt listening on target win8 machine :(
so workaround is to install some other rdp client and port 3389 becomes active!


Enjoy!
:)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
SOLVED WINDOWS 8 RDP connection problem!! :D

actually more good advice!

Try to follow these steps:
4. Go to: https://github.com/binarymaster/rdpwrap/releases
5. Download the package
6. Extract it with 7-Zip
7. Run install.bat

RDP Wrapper Library by Stas'M (update 2014.12.11) -
https://github.com/binarymaster/rdpwrap/releases

this RDP Wrapper Library v1.5 will make windows 8 start to listen on port 3389 so that RDP starts to work fine!
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Enjoy!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
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