Re: RDP 6 Does not work

Steve,

There is a bug in the UsernameHint functionality of the new client. UsernameHint pre-fills the user name field when the *client* prompts the user for credentials in the case where no previously-saved credentials exist for the server name specified.

This bug will cause the user to send an incorrect value for their user name when connecting to a legacy server (2003, XP, 2000, etc.). It appears to not be applicable when connecting to Vista or Longhorn, although I am *not* certain becuase I have not done extensive testing againis them. (Connecting to Longhorn without using Network Level Authentication has its own user-confusion relating to usernames/domains--not related to UsernameHint)

You can work around the bug by having your users save credentials when connecting. They don't have to save both user name and password, simply saving their username with an empty password is enough. Then make sure that "Always ask for credentials" is unchecked so that they will not be prompted each time.

Naturally, if they save a blank password they will have to enter their password at the server logon screen. Also, you can set the server to "Always prompt for password" which will cause them to stop and enter their password at the server logon screen or you can set the server so that they will have to enter both.

Disabling CredSSP is not required for the above.

-TP

Steve Stuart wrote:
Thanks for the tip -- this also fixes the incorrect userid passed
through of userid@servername - since this is authenticating to the
local account, rather then the domain.

I presume theres a way to control this via GP? Sure not feasible to
have to update every file, nor would I want to just deploy a new
"default.rdp" file.

Thanks in advance...

Steve
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