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Don Anderson
Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) behavior has changed recently. I don't know
if this came with SP3 or a recent Security Update but now it wants a login
name and password BEFORE it looks for the target computer.
This is bad for me because I am a support tech and often have to verify that
a computer is accessible via RDC when a user has a problem connecting. But I
don't want to actually log in to the box. I just want to see that I can get
to the login dialog on the box. But if I put my domain login name and
password into RDC before it connects to the box, it will log me into the box
without stopping at the login dialog on the box.
Is it possible to disable this requirement to enter a login name and
password before connecting? Failing that, is it possible to go back to the
old version that doesn't do this? I know that if I intentionally enter an
incorrect login name or password then RDC will behave as before but I don't
want to have to do this.
if this came with SP3 or a recent Security Update but now it wants a login
name and password BEFORE it looks for the target computer.
This is bad for me because I am a support tech and often have to verify that
a computer is accessible via RDC when a user has a problem connecting. But I
don't want to actually log in to the box. I just want to see that I can get
to the login dialog on the box. But if I put my domain login name and
password into RDC before it connects to the box, it will log me into the box
without stopping at the login dialog on the box.
Is it possible to disable this requirement to enter a login name and
password before connecting? Failing that, is it possible to go back to the
old version that doesn't do this? I know that if I intentionally enter an
incorrect login name or password then RDC will behave as before but I don't
want to have to do this.