Remote Desktop Connection question

[Linn Kubler]

Hi,

I recently installed the Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 for Windows XP. I
like it for the most part but I have one complaint. I launch the RDC,
select my server and click Connect. The authentication dialog box pops up
and the user name is always: myserver name\admninistrator. This is nice but
not completely helpful. I always connect to my servers remotely using a
domain administrator's credentials. The problem is, is that it tries to
authenticate with a local account, not the domain account I want.

Does anyone know how I can change this behaviour? Make it so the default
user name is the last user name used?

I'm running Windows XP Pro and connecting to Windows 2000 and 2003 servers.

Thanks in advance,
Linn

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Hi,

I recently installed the Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 for Windows XP. I
like it for the most part but I have one complaint. I launch the RDC,
select my server and click Connect. The authentication dialog box pops up
and the user name is always: myserver name\admninistrator. This is nice
but not completely helpful. I always connect to my servers remotely using
a domain administrator's credentials. The problem is, is that it tries to
authenticate with a local account, not the domain account I want.

Does anyone know how I can change this behaviour? Make it so the default
user name is the last user name used?

I'm running Windows XP Pro and connecting to Windows 2000 and 2003
servers.

Thanks in advance,
Linn

Linn,

See this blog entry by the Terminal Services team for help with this
issue...

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/2007/01/22/vista-remote-desktop-connection-authentication-faq.aspx

Good luck...

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[Linn Kubler]

Linn,

See this blog entry by the Terminal Services team for help with this
issue...

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/2007/01/22/vista-remote-desktop-connection-authentication-faq.aspx

Good luck...

Thanks Al, that did explain it.
Linn