Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.0)

[Guest Q]

Is there a way to keep only the user name in the username field instead of

servername\username?

 

Thanks

[Guest DHL]

RE: Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.0)

 

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

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

RE: Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.0)

 

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

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

 

=?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

[Guest DHL]

RE: Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.0)

 

Vera, niether of these links are valid. Please advise.

 

"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

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> =?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

>

[Guest DHL]

RE: Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.0)

 

Hi Vera, niethe rof these links are valid. Please advise.

 

"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

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> =?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

>

[Guest DHL]

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

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> =?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

>

[Guest TP]

Re: Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.0)

 

Hi Doug,

 

You can remove the new client through add/remove programs,

make sure Show updates is checked. The 6.0 client shows up

as KB925876 in the list.

 

-TP

 

DHL wrote:

> Hi Vear, I was able to connect to the link

>

> The explantion on the post is as follows:

> ...

>

> 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