Remote Desktop Problem

[Peter G]

Hi everyone!

I have a small network setup at home with the following PC's:

1. My first PC with WinXP Pro (SP1) - English

2. My second PC with WinXP Pro (SP1) - English

3. My girlfriends Laptop with WinMCE - German

These are all connected using a D-Link ADSL router. Now the problem is that my PC's are configured with English language and international keyboard, but my GF's laptop is configured with German language and German keyboard. Now if I log on to her laptop using Remote Desktop (from my English WinXP Pro to her German WinMCE) and login with her login-data, she CAN'T log back in after I disconnected Remote Desktop. She get's the message that her password is wrong, even after a restart it doesn't work. I have to start her laptop in SafeMode, get in through the Administrator Account (which does NOT have a password) and first of all delete the English language which is suddenly installed (probably because my PC is configured in English and I logged on to her PC using Remote Desktop) and secondly I have to reset her password . Now this is quite disturbing and I believe it should be more easely doable to connect to another PC with a different language using Remote Desktop.

Can anybody help me??

Thx!!

[Takeshi]

This may be a long shot, but some characters on the German KB are on different places compared to the UK or US KB, like the Y and Z are interchanged.

So before even considering German characters and accents, there is some room for possible errors.

The logical step to take, assuming this is the case, would be to use only letters and symbols that are on the same keys on both keyboards.

[Peter G]

This may be a long shot, but some characters on the German KB are on different places compared to the UK or US KB, like the Y and Z are interchanged.

So before even considering German characters and accents, there is some room for possible errors.

The logical step to take, assuming this is the case, would be to use only letters and symbols that are on the same keys on both keyboards.

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You're right about that! But we thought of this aswell and also tried it with a password like: '007' but that didn't work either.

Point is that as soon as a different (English in this case) language is installed next to the German language, she can't login anymore, although when you log on you see the 'DE' (for German language) on the right next to the password box.

[Takeshi]

Umm...I've at various times installed different lang IMEs in additional to En, including German and French (when using MUI) and E Asian languages on desktop computer and never have any problems logging on with different languages installed.

I've also installed E Asian lang on my laptop using XP Pro En and Remote Desktop from LT to DK worked OK (with both using EN at the same time) with no logging on problems afterwards.

Have you tried installing both EN and GER IMEs on both computers permanently and see if there are any problems logging on without RD and with RD? And try switching to the same lang on both computers first.

I've not tried MCE and don't know if there is a bug with MCE.

[brian873]

The keybord is the key here I think.

Does it work if both pc's are setup with the same lanuage and keyboard ?

Although using 007 as the password I think that the different keyboard setups map keys differently. So 007 on one pc is different on another.

You could setup your pc with the two lanuages and use the switcher when your burd wants to rD to her laptop ?

Let us knnow how you get on

hail hail

[Cartoonite]

Now the problem is that my PC's are configured with English language and international keyboard, but my GF's laptop is configured with German language and German keyboard. Now if I log on to her laptop using Remote Desktop (from my English WinXP Pro to her German WinMCE) and login with her login-data, she CAN'T log back in after I disconnected Remote Desktop. She get's the message that her password is wrong, even after a restart it doesn't work. I have to start her laptop in SafeMode, get in through the Administrator Account (which does NOT have a password) and first of all delete the English language which is suddenly installed (probably because my PC is configured in English and I logged on to her PC using Remote Desktop) and secondly I have to reset her password  . Now this is quite disturbing and I believe it should be more easely doable to connect to another PC with a different language using Remote Desktop.

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If I'm reading your posts correctly, the English language pack is getting forcefully installed onto this PC when you remote in from your English language XP Pro machine. Have you tried, as Takeshi suggested, installing both languages on all PCs involved (or at least installing English onto your girlfriend's laptop) before attempting to connect via Remote Desktop?

[Peter G]

Now the problem is that my PC's are configured with English language and international keyboard, but my GF's laptop is configured with German language and German keyboard. Now if I log on to her laptop using Remote Desktop (from my English WinXP Pro to her German WinMCE) and login with her login-data, she CAN'T log back in after I disconnected Remote Desktop. She get's the message that her password is wrong, even after a restart it doesn't work. I have to start her laptop in SafeMode, get in through the Administrator Account (which does NOT have a password) and first of all delete the English language which is suddenly installed (probably because my PC is configured in English and I logged on to her PC using Remote Desktop) and secondly I have to reset her password  . Now this is quite disturbing and I believe it should be more easely doable to connect to another PC with a different language using Remote Desktop.

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If I'm reading your posts correctly, the English language pack is getting forcefully installed onto this PC when you remote in from your English language XP Pro machine. Have you tried, as Takeshi suggested, installing both languages on all PCs involved (or at least installing English onto your girlfriend's laptop) before attempting to connect via Remote Desktop?

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No I did not try that yet, but will as soon as possible!!

Thx in advance!!

[Cartoonite]

Your welcome for the suggestion, although that is all it is. I can't say for sure that this will work, was just something I thought would be worth trying. Please post back with results, even if the results turn out to be that it doesn't work.