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Old 11-25-2006   #1 (permalink)
Eagle784


 
 

Remote access to Vista

When I use an RDC client to access Vista Ultimate Build 6000, a screen comes
up with an option to login as userid Remote and some password I don't know
and haven't been able to figure out, or Other Users (where I can enter my own
user name and password). A few questions:

1. Can I customize this screen to include my actual user names, instead of
having them all lumped under Other Users to be manually typed in?

2. How do I edit the password for the Remote user so I can use it?

3. If I am able to login as the user Remote, will I be able to use Vista
concurrently with someone logged in at the console?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Old 11-26-2006   #2 (permalink)
Steve Urbach


 
 

Re: Remote access to Vista

On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:54:01 -0800, Eagle784
<Eagle784@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>When I use an RDC client to access Vista Ultimate Build 6000, a screen comes
>up with an option to login as userid Remote and some password I don't know
>and haven't been able to figure out, or Other Users (where I can enter my own
>user name and password). A few questions:
>
>1. Can I customize this screen to include my actual user names, instead of
>having them all lumped under Other Users to be manually typed in?
>
>2. How do I edit the password for the Remote user so I can use it?
>
>3. If I am able to login as the user Remote, will I be able to use Vista
>concurrently with someone logged in at the console?
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.

Have you tried "other user?" and supplying a valid username?
The first time prompted (hinted) RDC user name for earlier versions
(do not have 6000) seemed strange to me., sometimes using the current
client machines current username. After a successful logon, RDC will
try and use a saved username associated with a previous connection.
It did the prompt with a invalid username requested from the client.
IMHO this is a security issue.
Like any other WAN login, The remoter user should have been rejected
AND the connection TERMINATED if the requested username was not
authorized on that machine.
If the USERNAME *is* valid, then the user is presented with the
password question.
IMHO The remote user should NEVER be presented with a "pick list" of
usernames like is currently done at local logon.
3 remote "username" failures should institute a (timed?) lockout of
RDC port to reduce a "dictionary list" username crack.

Steve U
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