Remote Desktop Preview - what am I doing wrong?

[sd173]

I installed Remote Desktop Preview a few days ago. I made sure that remote access was enabled on my Surface Prob better I did anything. First I tried to connect to my Surface Pro with the name and then the IP address after that didn't within l work. First, with three name, I got a 0x104 error. Then with the IP address I got a 0x204 error. I tried clicking the help link that the error window gives but the MS support page doesn't seem to have anything on it. When there was the article on the Remote Desktop Preview on WPCentral just recently I saw in the comments that a lot of other people weren't able to connect using the app. Does anyone who got Remote Desktop Preview to work know how I can successfully connect to my Surface Pro?

 

[pdelvo]

Do you have another PC to test if it's the so our your setup? Is rdp blocked by your firewall?

 

[sd173]

I I'm not sure if it's blocked by my firewall or not - how do I find out?

 

[Lumiamike]

What worked for me
Pc name, your pc name exactly as it is shown johnbrown-pc

Username, your Microsoft account email address
Password, your Microsoft account password

Worked for me

 

[sd173]

What worked for me
Pc name, your pc name exactly as it is shown johnbrown-pc

Username, your Microsoft account email address
Password, your Microsoft account password

Worked for me

I tired that too but it still didn't work.

 

[sd173]

What do I enable/what should I have enabled under the "allow an app through Windows Firewall" setting?

 

[sd173]

What do I enable/what should I have enabled under the "allow an app through Windows Firewall" setting?

I've allowed everything possibly related to remote desktop (with public and private checked) and still no connection. ):|

Could this just be a developer preview issue and not something I'm doing wrong?

 

[anon(123856)]

I initially had trouble with it as well. The only way it will work for me is using the IP of my laptop. The user name and password have to match an account on the device you are trying to access and remote access has to be enabled for that account.

 

[sd173]

I initially had trouble with it as well. The only way it will work for me is using the IP of my laptop. The user name and password have to match an account on the device you are trying to access and remote access has to be enabled for that account.

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So when you click "select users" to get to that second screenshot, say you only have an admin account, is that your admin account in the white box? On my Surface Pro I see the "(user) already has access." text below it but I don't see my user account in the white box.

 

[sd173]

Is it possible to get it to work by creating an ad hoc network and have my 1520 connect to it?

 

[anon(123856)]

Admin accounts should have access by default. My user account was the one listed in the box. You should also be able to create an account strictly for remote access, but it may be a pain to access your files that way. I guess it depends on what you want to use the remote access for. I just use my normal everyday user account.

 

[sd173]

I finally got it to work!

It turns out I put in the wrong IP address. I did Start > (typed) IP address and used what that brought up. I was able to fix it by doing right-click start button > Command Prompt (Admin) > (typed) ipconfig and used the IPv4 address under Wireless LAN Adapter.

Now if I could just have a better internet connection then I wouldn't lose connection so frequently, but that's out of my control since I have Time Warner Carp...

 

[anon(123856)]

Good to hear you got it going.

 

[Omar 11]

I am having same problem let me try again and see if I will get it going

 

[sd173]

I am having same problem let me try again and see if I will get it going

Have you gotten it to work?