Local Policy & Remote Desktop Connection

Our Network is composed of a Windows 2000 SBS Server and all Workstations are running Windows 2000 OS ...

Recently, we have purchased two workstations with Windows XP Professional and using a VPN connection, and then the Remote Desktop Connection the Windows XP Professional users can log to their Desktop with no problems when they are out-of-office ...

I have upgraded a couple of workstations from Windows 2000 to Windows XP Professional ... Then tried to log remotely using a VPN connection and access the upgraded workstions using Remote Desktop Connection, but I get the following message when I try to log to the workstation:

"The local policy does not permit you to logon interactively"

When I logged as a local Administrator to that specific workstation, I found that under Administrative Tools, Local Security Policy, Local Policies, User Rights Assignment, Log on Locally everything is set correctly in terms of the Users and Groups which are allowed to access this machine (Administrator / Users / Everyone ... etc.)

I have also checked the second workstation which I have upgraded to Windows XP Professional and the same problem presist ...

Also, I have used NTRights.exe to force the "Log on Locally", but no success ...

Kindly help me with that issue as I don't want to go through the route of clean installation of the Wondows XP Pro and all the applications ...

Thank you in advance for your cooperation ...

Reda Hanna

Try adding the appropriate users/group the "remote desktop users" group on those XP
machines. --- Steve


"Reda Hanna" wrote in message
news:BF126151-9FEE-4CDB-8245-CFAB00AF2819@microsoft.com...
> Local Policy & Remote Desktop Connection
>
> Our Network is composed of a Windows 2000 SBS Server and all Workstations are
running Windows 2000 OS ...
>
> Recently, we have purchased two workstations with Windows XP Professional and using
a VPN connection, and then the Remote Desktop Connection the Windows XP Professional
users can log to their Desktop with no problems when they are out-of-office ...
>
> I have upgraded a couple of workstations from Windows 2000 to Windows XP
Professional ... Then tried to log remotely using a VPN connection and access the
upgraded workstions using Remote Desktop Connection, but I get the following message
when I try to log to the workstation:
>
> "The local policy does not permit you to logon interactively"
>
> When I logged as a local Administrator to that specific workstation, I found that
under Administrative Tools, Local Security Policy, Local Policies, User Rights
Assignment, Log on Locally everything is set correctly in terms of the Users and
Groups which are allowed to access this machine (Administrator / Users / Everyone ...
etc.)
>
> I have also checked the second workstation which I have upgraded to Windows XP
Professional and the same problem presist ...
>
> Also, I have used NTRights.exe to force the "Log on Locally", but no success ...
>
> Kindly help me with that issue as I don't want to go through the route of clean
installation of the Wondows XP Pro and all the applications ...
>
> Thank you in advance for your cooperation ...
>
> Reda Hanna

Steven,

I have tried that too ... It still didn't work ... Thanks ...

Reda

"Steven L Umbach" wrote:

> Try adding the appropriate users/group the "remote desktop users" group on those XP
> machines. --- Steve
>
>
> "Reda Hanna" wrote in message
> news:BF126151-9FEE-4CDB-8245-CFAB00AF2819@microsoft.com...
> > Local Policy & Remote Desktop Connection
> >
> > Our Network is composed of a Windows 2000 SBS Server and all Workstations are
> running Windows 2000 OS ...
> >
> > Recently, we have purchased two workstations with Windows XP Professional and using
> a VPN connection, and then the Remote Desktop Connection the Windows XP Professional
> users can log to their Desktop with no problems when they are out-of-office ...
> >
> > I have upgraded a couple of workstations from Windows 2000 to Windows XP
> Professional ... Then tried to log remotely using a VPN connection and access the
> upgraded workstions using Remote Desktop Connection, but I get the following message
> when I try to log to the workstation:
> >
> > "The local policy does not permit you to logon interactively"
> >
> > When I logged as a local Administrator to that specific workstation, I found that
> under Administrative Tools, Local Security Policy, Local Policies, User Rights
> Assignment, Log on Locally everything is set correctly in terms of the Users and
> Groups which are allowed to access this machine (Administrator / Users / Everyone ...
> etc.)
> >
> > I have also checked the second workstation which I have upgraded to Windows XP
> Professional and the same problem presist ...
> >
> > Also, I have used NTRights.exe to force the "Log on Locally", but no success ...
> >
> > Kindly help me with that issue as I don't want to go through the route of clean
> installation of the Wondows XP Pro and all the applications ...
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your cooperation ...
> >
> > Reda Hanna
>
>
>

Hmm. So you are saying it works fine for the new XP Pro computers but not the
upgrades?? You might also want to check on the upgraded XP computers that the user
right for logon through Terminal Services includes the remote desktop users group and
there are no entries for deny logon through Terminal Services that would override
authorized access. --- Steve


"Reda Hanna" wrote in message
news:AC96D913-6C6A-46DA-A3F3-53DB6C21F19B@microsoft.com...
> Steven,
>
> I have tried that too ... It still didn't work ... Thanks ...
>
> Reda
>
> "Steven L Umbach" wrote:
>
> > Try adding the appropriate users/group the "remote desktop users" group on those
XP
> > machines. --- Steve
> >
> >
> > "Reda Hanna" wrote in message
> > news:BF126151-9FEE-4CDB-8245-CFAB00AF2819@microsoft.com...
> > > Local Policy & Remote Desktop Connection
> > >
> > > Our Network is composed of a Windows 2000 SBS Server and all Workstations are
> > running Windows 2000 OS ...
> > >
> > > Recently, we have purchased two workstations with Windows XP Professional and
using
> > a VPN connection, and then the Remote Desktop Connection the Windows XP
Professional
> > users can log to their Desktop with no problems when they are out-of-office ...
> > >
> > > I have upgraded a couple of workstations from Windows 2000 to Windows XP
> > Professional ... Then tried to log remotely using a VPN connection and access
the
> > upgraded workstions using Remote Desktop Connection, but I get the following
message
> > when I try to log to the workstation:
> > >
> > > "The local policy does not permit you to logon interactively"
> > >
> > > When I logged as a local Administrator to that specific workstation, I found
that
> > under Administrative Tools, Local Security Policy, Local Policies, User Rights
> > Assignment, Log on Locally everything is set correctly in terms of the Users and
> > Groups which are allowed to access this machine (Administrator / Users / Everyone
....
> > etc.)
> > >
> > > I have also checked the second workstation which I have upgraded to Windows XP
> > Professional and the same problem presist ...
> > >
> > > Also, I have used NTRights.exe to force the "Log on Locally", but no success
....
> > >
> > > Kindly help me with that issue as I don't want to go through the route of clean
> > installation of the Wondows XP Pro and all the applications ...
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance for your cooperation ...
> > >
> > > Reda Hanna
> >
> >
> >