Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) always has the wrong domain name, IP address or always prompting me about security - here are the fixes

re: Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) always has the wrong domain name, IP address or always prompting me about security - here are the fixes

Kenty — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:08:39 GMT

Thank you! u have no idea how helpful this article was to me! I couldn't log on to my server because the domain was not right.

Now it works perfectly. Thankyou again!

re: Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) always has the wrong domain name, IP address or always prompting me about security - here are the fixes

Soren Werk — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:13:08 GMT

Thanks!

re: Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) always has the wrong domain name, IP address or always prompting me about security - here are the fixes

xyleneuk — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:43:02 GMT

most useful many thanks for the information

much appreciated. found you via google.

re: Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) always has the wrong domain name, IP address or always prompting me about security - here are the fixes

Lewis — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:50:25 GMT

Re: issue #1: How can this behavior be stopped when the remote machine is not on a domain?

What I see is:

Attempt 1: I manually enter the username

Attempt 2: IP\username is automatically filled in and works to authenticate

Attempt 3: username@IP is automatically filled in and does not work to authenticate

re: Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) always has the wrong domain name, IP address or always prompting me about security - here are the fixes

Tim Burris — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:14:37 GMT

Re: issue #1: How can this behavior be stopped when the remote machine is not on a domain?

What I see is:

Attempt 1: I manually enter the username

Attempt 2: IP\username is automatically filled in and works to authenticate

Attempt 3: username@IP is automatically filled in and does not work to authenticate

re: Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) always has the wrong domain name, IP address or always prompting me about security - here are the fixes

scott mckenzie — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:13:15 GMT

Hi Dave,

thanks for this; googled it and you came up! cheers, scott

re: Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) always has the wrong domain name, IP address or always prompting me about security - here are the fixes

Steve Wright — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:10:02 GMT

Hi Dave,

Just a thought but he could use Remote Desktops which is part of the free adminpak.msi download. That way he can administer all his SBS boxes from the one place with the added advantage of being able to connect to that all important console session as well.

Cheers

Steve Wright

BMS Digital Solutions Ltd

re: Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) always has the wrong domain name, IP address or always prompting me about security - here are the fixes

Lee Evans — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:41:24 GMT

A better solution with regards to the final point is to actually install a server certificate to the remote terminal server. This increases security slightly as it enables verification of the authenticity of the remote host. Most SBS boxes will already have one or more SSL certificates generated by the CEICW - just apply one of these to the Terminal Server and connect using the same FQDN as in the certificate's common name [probably publishing.yourdomain.com or something]