217519 - microsoft.com - "Windows remote desktop web connection" connect button does not function

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[Mark Stuhmer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030718
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030718

after establishing a VPN connection (L2TP IPSec), attempt to run a PC behind the
firewall via a URL to a page with the microsoft windows remote desktop web
connection.  This page has a box (labeled "server") to input the pc address (I
can do this), a drop list for screen size (this functions), a check box for
sending logon info (I can check/uncheck this) and a button to connect.  It is
this connect button that does not function.  I can click anywhere on or around
this button and nothing happens.  In IE6, clicking this button connects me to
the remote PC, allowing me to operate it remotely.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.establish vpn connection
2.launch browser
3.goto remote pc web address
4.type in remote pc address into the server box
5.click connect button

Actual Results:  
nothing happens

Expected Results:  
should establish a connection to the remote pc, bringing up the remote pc's
login screen.  

Both the PC I'm using to connect and the remote PC are running Windows XP pro.

Comment 1

[Bernard Alleysson]

let's try with tech evangelism
reporter, do you have errors in the javascript console ?

Comment 2

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/remotedesktop/ shows this is a ActiveX object
as I suspected. I don't think we can evangelize this although if we supported
ActiveX on Windows in Mozilla it would work.

Confirming and marking future.

Comment 3

[Adam Stevenson [:adamopenweb]]

I'm closing this as Windows XP is no longer supported.