Wow. Thanks for the info. After further research, I found Screwdrivers v3 on my machine. I uninstalled it, rebooted, and MSTSC.EXE runs perfectly. I think there is a new version (screwdrivers v4) that I will test. Thanks again for your input.
-----Original Message----- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Installed XP SP3 now Remote Desktop doesn't work Just fixed this issue on my machine. http://www.castlecops.com/p1077579-windows_xp_remote_desktop_pre_release _ver sion_expired.html "Installing MSTSC 6.0 (Remote Desktop) on Windows XP SP1 (Works for this SP3 RC expired version too) Since it is not officially supported, and the installer croaks under SP1, I had to hack my way around it a bit, and discovered that the programmers actually did code the program, and even their installer to work under SP1 maybe even with no SP, but the installer package manager itself was doing the check for SP2 before the actuall program installer gets run... I PROVIDE NO WARRANTY THAT THIS WILL NOT BREAK YOUR ENTIRE SYSTEM, EAT ALL YOUR POTATO CHIPS, OR DRINK YOUR BEER. 1. make a backup copy of mstsc.exe and mstscax.dll from your windows\system32 put them somewhere safe (you can still run them separately after the 6.0 install) 2. delete mstsc.exe and mstscax.dll from your windows\system32 and windows\system32\dllcache. both files must be deleted from both locations very quickly, or the Windows File Protection will notice, and copy them back again. You will get an warning window about unrecognized files, just click Cancel. 3. run the MSTSC6 installer for XP (downloaded from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925876) Watch closely to see where it is unpacking the files, usually the root of some drive, with a really long directory name like 04d6787f2a5930bc357d631f3a. When you get the error message about your SP level, DO NOT close the window! 4. Find the directory where it unpacked everything (EX: C:\04d6787f2a5930bc357d631f3a) If you can't find it, search all local drives for LHMSTSC.exe 5. Copy the directory SP2GDR to somewhere safe, like \temp. 6. Close the error message window. The really-long-named directory will be deleted. 7. copy the single file from SP2GDR\ip to SP2GDR\ 8. using Windows Explorer, from SP2GDR, right click on lhtsc.inf and select Install. TA DA! You now have the ability to automatically share your drives, or to copy and paste entire files, not just clipboard text." Worked for me. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -----Original Message----- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 08:27 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Installed XP SP3 now Remote Desktop doesn't work Thanks for the reply. I have the following results when I search for mstsc.exe: mstsc.exe C:\windows\$ntservicepackuninstall$ (398KB) mstsc.exe-39B7CECA.pf C:\windows\Prefetch (67KB) mstsc.exe C:\Windows\system32 (662KB) lhmstsc.exe C:\Windows\servicepackfiles\i386 (662KB) mstsc.exe.mui C:\windows\system32\en-US (48KB) -----Original Message----- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Installed XP SP3 now Remote Desktop doesn't work I would look to see how many different mstsc.exe's can be found on the C: drive of this computer. Bet there's more than one... and you're using a different one depending on who you are at the time. Carl -----Original Message----- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Installed XP SP3 now Remote Desktop doesn't work Additionally... If I am logged into my computer as myself, and "runas" mstsc as a domain admin - it works fine. -----Original Message----- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Installed XP SP3 now Remote Desktop doesn't work Here's an update... If I log on to my computer as the domain admin, mstsc.exe works perfectly and allows me to connect to other machines. If I log on with my domain account, DEP stops the application, and after I close that, I get mstsc.exe caused an error and needs to close. I set my "local administrators" group to include "authenticated users" - thus making my domain account a local admin on the machine when I log in. Strange..... -----Original Message----- From: Free, Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Installed XP SP3 now Remote Desktop doesn't work I thought the MUI caused xpsp3 setup to throw an error and abort and the issue was with one of the pre-release candidates, 6.1 some thing or other, but my recollection could be fuzzy. The article you cited seems to confirm what I read in the release notes, since the OP indicate he got it installed, I thought of the other issue- Windows XP SP3 cannot be installed if you have the following updates installed on your computer: * Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit * Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) 6.0 MUI pack (Update 925877 for Windows XP) -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Installed XP SP3 now Remote Desktop doesn't work On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Free, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recall a KB or readme somewhere mention if you had upgraded the stock XP > RDP client to one of the newer versions, IE- RDP 6.0, you had to remove it > prior to installing XPSP3. As I understand it, it isn't the main MSTSC 6.0 update that got pushed out to everyone via Windows Update that's the problem, but the "Multilingual User Interface" pack (MSKB 925877). 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