RDP preceding username fiels with IP Address

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Bruce - 23 Feb 2008 23:45 GMT

When I RDP to a computer in the stored list the username is being preceeded
by the IP address of the remote host I am trying to connect to and if I just
enter the password it tells me wrong username or password and I have to go
back and erase the IP address before my username and then re-enter password
to logon successfully. Does anyone have any ideas how to keep the IP address
from automatically being populated from the username field?

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GS3 - 24 Feb 2008 01:00 GMT

I have noticed this too but I am not sure if it happens always. I'd have to
check but I think it only happens when using VPN and not when using the open
Internet. I am not sure if this is relevant or if it means anything but I
thought I'd mention it. I have bigger problems to deal with so for now I
just erase it manually. I'd be interested in learning the answer though.

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Bruce - 24 Feb 2008 03:12 GMT

No, this connection is actually from my work computer to a computer located
in the computer room on a different subnet...ie, my computer is on a
172.16.1.xx address and the the server I am accessing is a 172.19.16.xx
address. I too have noticed from my VPN connection at home it will put my
domain first and then the username but that doesn't seem to affect me trying
to connect, but when I try at the office the RDP connection attempts to
connect using:

172.19.16.200\uername
and when I type my password and hit enter I get the username or password is
invalid dialogue box come up.

Never seemed to be a problem before just started this a couple months back
and I was wondering if some Windows update or something started the problem.
Just annoying more than anything. I've gotten into a habit now of deleting
the preceding IP address and it works fine everytime.

Bruce

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> I have noticed this too but I am not sure if it happens always. I'd have to
> check but I think it only happens when using VPN and not when using the open
> Internet. I am not sure if this is relevant or if it means anything but I
> thought I'd mention it. I have bigger problems to deal with so for now I
> just erase it manually. I'd be interested in learning the answer though.

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Rich Raffenetti - 29 Feb 2008 04:39 GMT

Realize that when the IP number precedes the username, the login is to the
local machine, not a domain. I'm guessing you do not have a local machine
account on that server. That's the reason you can't login with username
"ip\username".

However, exactly why the ip number comes up I don't really understand. I
believe this is RDP client 6 behavior.

> No, this connection is actually from my work computer to a computer
> located
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>> thought I'd mention it. I have bigger problems to deal with so for now I
>> just erase it manually. I'd be interested in learning the answer though.

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