Are there any messages in Event Viewer on the XP box he's trying to logon to?  
Did you setup login auditing?

-anthony

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 11:23 am, Charlie Bullen wrote:
> Hi, I have a windows XP box that I connect remotely all the time. Here
> is how. From my linux box, I forward local port 3389 via ssh to port
> 3389 on the XP box inside the firewall. I then use rdesktop to connect
> to localhost which is forwarded through the tunnel to the XP box. I get
> a login screen, login and it all works fine.
>
> I am trying to get a remote XP user into the same XP box. I had the user
> download putty and set up an ssh session with port forwarding to the
> remote XP box in question. He can definatly make it to the ssh server,
> as I can see him loged on to the server. He launches XP's remote destop
> connection client, which has been configured to operate in windows 98
> compatability mode. He then tries to connect to localhost, gets a login
> screen on the remote XP box, but can't login. I can login using the same
> user name and password that doesn't work for him.
>
> I even established an account with user name test and password test to
> try and eliminate typing problems. I can get in from my linux box and he
> still can't get in from his XP box.
>
> Any ideas appreciated.
>
> It's sort of ironic that a linux box can connect to an XP box, but an XP
> box can't.
>
> Charlie
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