TECH installed another hard drive, now RDP will not work, WTF?

[dorkultra]

added a terabyte hard drive to my server, thats all i did. all i did was format it as ntfs in another computer and then plugged it into the server. server recognizes it just fine. it runs xp pro

now i can't connect to the server with rdp. i tried the computer name, the ip address, even the dyndns address. also tried connecting from a mac and vista pc.

on vista it will ask for a password, then confirm you really want to connect. then it does nothing...just go back to the connect box.

on my mac, it tries to connect for a second, then stops.

i plugged in a keyboard and monitor to the server, it can remote desktop into my vista machine just fine.

i can view my shares on the server just fine. i stopped and restarted the rdp service several times and the computer also.

adding an additional hard drive has nothing to do with rpd...whats up with this?

 

[5Gen_Prelude]

Well, I'm guessing you shut down the computer to install it, so it may just all be a coincidence. Pull the drive and find out.

 

[deusexaethera]

Make sure remote desktop is enabled in System Properties.

 

[dorkultra]

pulled out the new drive, problem still exists

turned off remote desktop under system properties, then turned back on. also made sure the user was selected

i'll try a couple of things when i get home. i may just reimage the drive