RDP and Vista

[Chris]

This might sound like a stupid question but on my Vista box when I connect to
a 2003 TS box with the RDP client it asks for Username and Password. Then,
once it connects to the 2003 box it again asks for the information.

Before it ever try's to connect it prompts me with a question that the
"Remote Desktop cannot verify the identiy of the computer..." blah, blah
however I figured out how to kill that messagebox with info from this page -
"http://weblogs.asp.net/owscott/archive/2006/11/10/Vista_2700_s-Remote-Desktop-Prompt.aspx".

RDP adds the IP address into the 'username' so it looks something like
66.7.243.91\Synergy. If I don't put any password in when I first click on the
RDP connect button it doesn't string the IP into the 'username' field.
However we like to keep the username & password in the RDP except I cannot
without the IP\Username begin populated. Is there a way around this?

 

[TP]

Re: RDP and Vista

Hi,

Please read this document:

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

If you want you can install and run the older Remote Desktop
Client on Vista. The install file for it is located on your 2003
server's drive here:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\clients\tsclient\win32\msrdpcli.msi

After it is installed make sure to launch it using the shortcut
under All Programs, not the shortcut under Accessories.

-TP

Chris wrote:
> This might sound like a stupid question but on my Vista box when I
> connect to a 2003 TS box with the RDP client it asks for Username and
> Password. Then, once it connects to the 2003 box it again asks for
> the information.
>
> Before it ever try's to connect it prompts me with a question that the
> "Remote Desktop cannot verify the identiy of the computer..." blah,
> blah however I figured out how to kill that messagebox with info from
> this page -
> "http://weblogs.asp.net/owscott/archive/2006/11/10/Vista_2700_s-Remote-Desktop-Prompt.aspx".
>
> RDP adds the IP address into the 'username' so it looks something like
> 66.7.243.91\Synergy. If I don't put any password in when I first
> click on the RDP connect button it doesn't string the IP into the
> 'username' field. However we like to keep the username & password in
> the RDP except I cannot without the IP\Username begin populated. Is
> there a way around this?