Remote Desktop & Local Drives

[RaginTajin]

i'm running XP Pro on two computers. i use one of the computers (the client) to remotely administer the second one (the server) via XP's built in remote desktop connection feature. before, i had it perfectly set so all of the drives of the client would appear on the server, whenever i connected the two via remote access.

last night, i tried setting up my LAN so i could connect to my school's inTRAnet, and that is when all of the client's drives disappeared from the server.

i've tried backtracking and setting everything back, but no avail. can anyone help me?

[Harley]

Disable the firewall and see if the drives are available.

[RaginTajin]

i'd remember fiddling with the built in firewall before i had the problem. i'd expect your proposal to work so i turned it off but still no luck... appreciate your input though.

i remember that right after i fiddled with the tcp/ip configurations so i could access the intranet (not internet, inTRAnet), that is exactly when the drives disappeared.

[XPerties]

What firewall were you using? And have you ever got a restart when you wanted to shutdown the computer....error?

-Chris

[RaginTajin]

I was using the built in firewall feature. Local Area Connection Properties, Advanced tab, Internet Connection Firewall.

I do not believe I have ever had that restart error before...

[XPerties]

Well altho Im not the XPert here on networking I can tell you one thing....XP FIREWALL SUCKS.....Try to go with another firewall app and disable XP. Sygate and Zone Alarm is getting good feed back.

-cHRIS

[young_chap80]

Hi,

This might be the problem with your settings

In the remote desktop connection window click on options select the "local resources" tab and check the disk drivers option

Hope this works

young chap

[RaginTajin]

been doin' that and still no luck...