[BNM] Remote desktop woes

[Joe Aliferis]

The connection needs a port number ?

my XP machine listens on port 3389

Joe



> Hi Guys,
>
> Ive just installed Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection for my Mac but I
> just cant get it to connect to my old XP box over my local network. Ive
> enabled remote desktop in the system settings on XP but whenever I try to
> connect from the Mac it just gives me the error: "Remote Desktop cannot
> verify the identity of the computer that you want to connect to." Then it
> gives me the option to "Connect" or "Cancel".  After clicking connect the
> error message disappears but nothing else happens.
>
> Im using the following settings in the RDC Mac program:
>
> Username: James
> Password: ********
> Domain: 192.168.0.16
>
> XP is not runnning on a domain, however it's not on the same workgroup as
> the Mac, this shouldnt affect it should it? Ive also tried appending the XP
> computer name to the username (e.g JAMESPC\James) but this hasnt worked
> either.  Ive tried scouring Google but have had no luck.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks,
>
>