Remote desktop connection logon attempt failed.

Anonymous
2022-07-03T11:35:18+00:00

Hello,

I am trying to make connection from my desktop to my laptop via Microsoft's RDP.

Whenever I try to connect, my credentials do not work. I am using the same Microsoft account on both of these devices. And I am certain that these credentials work elsewhere.

Now, I can connect the other way, from my laptop to my desktop following the exact same steps and credentials.

After a bit of looking on the web I found out that a Microsoft moderator pointed out in this post ( https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/cannot-log-in-my-pc-via-remote-desktop-locally/bca0edd9-1f91-4ea8-b8c6-9749007ac172 )
that RDP is not possible on PCs logged into the same Microsoft account. This is not my case as it only works one-directional, which is odd.

Both of my systems are running on Windows 10 pro.

Maybe I do not understand what I have to use as my credentials... I have just used my Microsoft account credentials for the account logged into Windows 10. After trying to change my password for that account, still only the old password works to log into remote desktop.

I was wondering if anyone could give me anymore insight on my problem or lead me to any solution.

Thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-07T06:24:52+00:00

    Thanks much. This worked like a charm. And do I have to do this each time?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-15T21:06:30+00:00

    I can't believe this worked! Nice one Karl.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-16T19:15:16+00:00

    I had this issue on alot of PCs recently at the office. For me it was network issues on the PCs people were trying to remote into it. I fixed this by:

    Logging directly into the PC that you cant RDP into and open CMD as administrator enter in these commands one by one:

    1. Type ipconfig /release and press Enter.
    2. Type ipconfig /flushdns and press Enter.
    3. Type ipconfig /renew and press Enter. (This will stall for a moment.)
    4. Type netsh int ip reset and press Enter. (Don't restart yet.)
    5. Type netsh winsock reset and press Enter.

    Then Restart the machine.

    We could RDP into the machines using the IP address but not the HOST name. But this fixed that for me and other users.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-05T18:45:31+00:00

    Bizarre, but worked !

    Thanks

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