RE: Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.0)
Hi Vear, I was able to connect to the link
The explantion on the post is as follows:
How to remove invalid pre-populated domain names
Some users have noticed that an invalid pre-populated domain name is placed
in front of the user name in the credential dialog. Users are frustrated at
having to delete this bad domain on every connection. The sequence of steps
causing this behavior is as follows:
User wants to connect to a machine via IP address, say 127.0.0.1.
He enters the correct password and username “Administrator”. He successfully
logs on.
The next time he attempts to connect to 127.0.0.1, he sees in the “User
name” field of the credentials dialog “127.0.0.1\Administrator”. The user
deletes the text “127.0.0.1\” from the user name field and logs on. On
successive connections, he is forced to keep deleting this extraneous text.
Answer: When a domain is not presented for the username, Remote Desktop
assumes by default that a local server account will be used and the domain
name is pre-filled accordingly. In this case, the server name entered was
“127.0.0.1”, and as a result, the domain entered was the same. This was done
for various reasons in Vista that are too complicated (and irrelevant) to go
into detail here.
The best workaround for this behavior is to always enter a proper domain
into the credentials dialog. If you are connecting to machine “MyMachine”
using the “Administrator” account, do not just enter “Administrator” as the
username, enter “MyMachine\Administrator”. From there on out, the proper
domain and username will be prepopulated in the credentials dialog.
Alternatively, if the user account is an account named “DomainUser” in the
domain “MyDomain”, use “MyDomain\DomainUser” instead of just “DomainUser”.
PROBLEM: thsi is nor a solution. What if the computer I am connecting to is
not a server, hence no domain, or a workgroup server, not domain server. I
need to know how to disbale this function completely. If that is not
possible, than provide instructions for uninstalling so I can install RDP 5.
Doug
"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
> Check this:
>
> Vista Remote Desktop Connection Authentication FAQ
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/2007/01/22/vista-remote-desktop-
> connection-authentication-faq.aspx
>
> and this:
>
> TS connection experience improvements based on RDP 6.0 client
> customer feedback
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/2007/03/28/ts-connection-
> experience-improvements-based-on-rdp-6-0-client-customer-
> feedback.aspx
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
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>
> =?Utf-8?B?REhM?= <DHL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 02 sep
> 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
> > I think I am having the same issue. When using the new RDP
> > client, when I type the host name or IP Address of the computer
> > I want to connect to, the computer host name or IP Address is
> > appended to the username when the "Enter Credientials" windows
> > is presented. Can someone help with this please. This is very
> > frustrating.
> >
> > "Q" wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a way to keep only the user name in the username field
> >> instead of servername\username?
> >>
> >> Thanks
>