Initially after deploying our XP image, RDP continued to refuse connection using the credentials given in the VCL web interface. We later found this link (not mentioned in the wiki), that requires you to enable remote connection. (Perhaps this should be added to the wiki?)
http://vcl.ncsu.edu/help/applications-images/creating-windows-xp-base-images 3. Setup environment (most of following are recommendations just to create default configuration): - go to Start->My Computer->right click and choose "Show on Desktop" - in "System Properties" (Start->My Computer->right click->Properties) under "Remote" tab, check "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer" - IMPORTANT! After enabling this setting and redeploying, we encountered a new error where admin logs you in momentarily and quickly logs you out of the account. I tried this several times, even redoing the image to ensure I followed the steps in the wiki, but I see the same result along with some inconsistencies in between. I've encountered 2 different scenarios more than once (with the same base image unchanged): Scenario 1: Once the VM is booting, root gets logged in and it runs its scripts. Because of the VCLprepare.cmd script, it should automatically log off root, but in this scenario, this does not happen. Thus, I go and log off root manually. I then see the "admin" account in the gui. I try to RDP with the credentials (and try the downloaded rdp file), and it will quickly log me in and out. Scenario 2: VM boots up and root logs in, runs scripts and logs out. The gui only shows root and does not show an "admin" account. I try to RDP with the credentials (and try the downloaded rdp file), and it will quickly log me in and out. When I reboot the VM, the admin account now shows up in the gui. Using the downloaded rdp file, it gives me an error connecting to the VM. I then try using RDP manually, I'm able to login to admin, but it quickly logs me out. What scripts are being run at admin logon? Is there a script or a setting I forgot to implement? -- Melba Lopez milo...@gmail.com
