Vat of Knowledge

So I figured I would start a blog on technical issues that I run across on a daily basis, so that I have a place to come back to, in order to find quick resolutions to problems that are bound to come back and bite me in the ass again soon.  Here’s one:

Remote Web Workplace won’t work when you install XP SP3 slipstreamed.  The fix:

Got the problem after a clean slipstreamed xp sp3 install. Couldn’t get the remote web access to work. There was no “Microsoft Terminal Services Client Control (redist)” in “Manage add-ons” to enable.

After a new search of the problem on the web I stumbled on this solution:

1. Copy the following two files from your slipstreamed xp sp3 installation media to a temp folder on your HDD (say c:..tsc):

tscdsbl.ba_
tscuinst.vb_

If you use a downloaded xp sp3 installation file look on the web how to extract the two files. I’m not sure here but I think it involves extracting the whole installation file to your HDD (usually by running the installation file in a comman prompt with the modifier -x) and then grabbing the two files.

2. Then in a command prompt standing in C:..tsc write the following:

expand tscdsbl.ba_ tscdsbl.bat [RETURN]
expand tscuinst.vb_ tscuinst.vbs [RETURN]

3. After that run the two files by writing:

tscdsbl.bat [RETURN]
tscuinst.vbs [RETURN]

4. Now start IE and try to remote access to your home server. You get the usual error message.

5. Go to Tools -> Manage Add-ons. In the list “Currently loaded add-ons” you will now find “Microsoft RDP Client Control (redist)” and it’s disabled. Enable it and try to remote access again.