I have XP clients whereby I am setting up some remote desktop connections and saving the credentials and shortcut on the desktop. When the user double-clicks the shortcut, the connection is made to the server, however, they are being prompted with the login screen to enter username and password.
The XP clients and the Windows 2003 server are/is on the same LAN/Domain. In the rdp connection I am saving the username as domain\username. What could be causing this?
Most likely your server has been configured to always prompt for a password. To check, launch
Administrative Tools --> Terminal Services Configuration
, selectConnections
in the left pane then double-clickRDP-tcp
and go to theLogon settings
tab and look for theAlways prompt for password
checkbox - if this is ticked, de-select it and apply the changes.