All of a sudden for no apparent reason, everytime I remote desktop into my Server 2008 machine a login box appears for a 2003 Enterprise machine and does not let me log in. I dont have any 03 servers and this server was a fresh install and I cant figure this out, it is getting me so frustrated. I've tried stopping all the services and then trying again and it still doesn't work. I've tried disabling Remote Desktop and restarting the server and then re-enabling Remote Desktop and still the problem is there. Also I can no longer connect via ip address, I have to use the server name and I don't know why its doing that either but i've tested it on several machines remoting in and it does the same on all of them.

What does ipconfig /all on the server show? What does ping -a your_servername show? What does eventlog on the server show? What does tracert your_servername show? Has the server a statc ip address?

Ip config shows all the normal stuff With nothing out of the ordinary and I can ping the server as well and access the files on it through shared folders, tracert is normal cause it's on a LAN network so it just shows 1 hop. I can remote desktop it, it just gives me a 03 server not an 08 and I can't use that to login it just doesn't make any sense, right now I'm leaning toward a fresh install of the whole system

you sure, you dont have an active terminal session running on the 08 box to the 03 box that you access and it automatically redirects you?

"I have to use the server name and I don't know why " If you ping by server name is the ip address the same as the 08 server? To clarify you are doing this all on the lan. None of this is via the wan/internet? Are you on a shared network with other businesses? Where is your dns server?

I think your name resolution might be messed up. I would stop using the server name because that can point to anywhere. The only way to know what you are connecting to is to use the IP address. If you can't connect that way, I would guess you may not have remote desktop enabled on the 2008 server. Can you turn off the 2008 box and then try to connect by name? If you still can, then obviously you are hitting an entirely different server which is what I suspect is happening.