Remote Desktop cached credentials

Posted: 08-01-2007, 01:40 AM
In Win 2000 & Win XP, when I saved an RDP file that included my username and
password, RDP would use them when I double-clicked the file. And that was
useful, because as a system admin, I often have 2 or more user accounts to
use against the same server.

In Vista, it seems that credentials are cached on a per-server basis rather
than a per-RDP file basis. So if I have 2 RDP files for the same server,
they both use the same credentials: Whichever credentials I last used
against that server.

Is there a way to restore the pre-Vista RDP credentials functionality?

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Re: Remote Desktop cached credentials
Posted: 08-01-2007, 11:50 AM
"Jeff Vandervoort" <jeffv @ jrvsystems dot com> wrote in message
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> In Win 2000 & Win XP, when I saved an RDP file that included my username
> and password, RDP would use them when I double-clicked the file. And that
> was useful, because as a system admin, I often have 2 or more user
> accounts to use against the same server.
>
> In Vista, it seems that credentials are cached on a per-server basis
> rather than a per-RDP file basis. So if I have 2 RDP files for the same
> server, they both use the same credentials: Whichever credentials I last
> used against that server.
>
> Is there a way to restore the pre-Vista RDP credentials functionality?
>
> --
> Jeff Vandervoort
> JRVsystems
> http://www.jrvsystems.com
This may or may not provide help...

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/200...-feedback.aspx

Otherwise you might try one of these tools...

http://www.visionapp.com/141.0.html?

http://code4ward.net/CS2/Default.aspx

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Re: Remote Desktop cached credentials
Posted: 08-01-2007, 04:04 PM
Great answers...thanks, Al!

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"Sooner Al [MVP]" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Jeff Vandervoort" <jeffv @ jrvsystems dot com> wrote in message
> news:93F7376B-5691-437A-98D0-2293747D5CE1@microsoft.com...
>> In Win 2000 & Win XP, when I saved an RDP file that included my username
>> and password, RDP would use them when I double-clicked the file. And that
>> was useful, because as a system admin, I often have 2 or more user
>> accounts to use against the same server.
>>
>> In Vista, it seems that credentials are cached on a per-server basis
>> rather than a per-RDP file basis. So if I have 2 RDP files for the same
>> server, they both use the same credentials: Whichever credentials I last
>> used against that server.
>>
>> Is there a way to restore the pre-Vista RDP credentials functionality?
>>
>> --
>> Jeff Vandervoort
>> JRVsystems
>> http://www.jrvsystems.com
>
> This may or may not provide help...
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/200...-feedback.aspx
>
> Otherwise you might try one of these tools...
>
> http://www.visionapp.com/141.0.html?
>
> http://code4ward.net/CS2/Default.aspx
>
> --
>
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
> mutual benefit of all of us...
> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights...
> How to ask a question
> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>
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