AboutHrire Mikaelian Expertise Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista workstation and Windows 2000/2003 server networking, Group Policy and wireless configurations. Have knowledge about workstation Ghosting, and also the ins and outs of hardware troubleshooting.
Experience 15 years of experience as a hobbyist and Senior Systems Administrator
Education/Credentials BA, BCom in Information Technology Management. No IT certifications. However, I have taken several Windows, Novell and Networking courses.
I have a home peer-to-peer network with 3 computers, 2 of them are running WinXP and 1 is on Win2K. They are connected by a Netgear DG834 router. I want to run Remote Desktop to access the Win2K PC from on of the XP PCs, but when I open Remote Desktop I get the error message "The WORKGROUP domain/workgroup does not contain any Terminal servers."
Can you help me?
Thanks
ANSWER: Hi Neil
Windows 2000 (out of the box) never automatically installs Terminal Services. XP automatically installs it, so it was easy to connect in.
For Windows 2000, you need to manually add the service to your workstation. This is how you would do it:
-Start Control Panel (Start - Settings - Control Panel)
-Select Add/Remove Programs
-Select Configure Windows in the left hand pane
-Click the Components button
-Click Next at the wizard
-Check the "Terminal Services" and "Terminal Services Licencing" components. Click Next
Click Finish
The machine will reboot
These instructions are approximate. I don't have a Windows 2000 workstation here, only a Windows 2000 server. It should be very similar though.
If you have any problems with this, don't hesitate to contact me again.
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QUESTION: Thanks for that. Unfortunately, when I go to the 'add Windows components wizard' I don't find Terminal Services in the list - its in alphabetical order and goes from Script Debugger to Windows Media player. Do you have any other ideas?
ANSWER: Hi there.
What I can do is get back to you in a few days. I'm visiting a friend who has Windows 2000 workstation, I will see if I can look at that station and get back to you.
How does that sound?
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QUESTION: Yeah, that's great. I much appreciate you trying to help me out, but please don't go to too much trouble.
Answer Hi Neil:
Sorry for the delayed reply, but I tried digging for information and apparently there is no Windows remote desktop that can be applied to Windows 2000 Workstation (not that I know of anyways).
However, if you go to http://www.realvnc.com/ you can install the free version of the software and I believe it will allow you to remotely connect to the Windows 2000 workstation.
