To use a local user account, you use the machine's name before the \. If
that part isn't specified, the machine assumes -- either local accounts if
it's not domain-joined, or its domain if it is. The new version of RD tries
to catch the default case; if you don't specify a domain, RD assumes it's a
local account and does the prefacing for you. If the machine doesn't
recognize itself by that name, however (IP address, for example), then it
would fail.

"Lancorp" <Lancorp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:189B2E28-4211-494B-B3E1-D4B00EF02B25@microsoft.com...
> Is it just me, or is this new version of Remote Desktop software that
> comes
> with Vista broken?
>
> When I use an IP address to connect to a remote server, the RD software
> does
> me the "favor" of assuming it is the domain name, and using it in the
> username login field!!
>
> So, for instance, when I say I want to connect to 192.168.1.2 and to use
> "administrator" and "password", what it tries to use at the server is
> "192.168.1.2\administrator" and then the password. The problem is...this
> does not work, and I have to wait for it to error out, then remove the
> "192.168.1.2\" from the username and log in manually.
>
> Why, when I am specifying the IP address as the computer is it using it
> for
> a domain name?
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> BTW, this same behavior happens with XP when I do the Windows Update and
> update the Remote Desktop software to the new version.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!

How about an explanation in English?

No matter. The RD client that comes with Vista makes some wrong assumptions
and assumes an IP address is a domain name. WTF?

So much for a years worth of beta testing.


"Michael A. Bishop (MSFT)" <michael.bishop@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23oR9vUTUHHA.4276@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> To use a local user account, you use the machine's name before the \. If
> that part isn't specified, the machine assumes -- either local accounts if
> it's not domain-joined, or its domain if it is. The new version of RD
> tries to catch the default case; if you don't specify a domain, RD assumes
> it's a local account and does the prefacing for you. If the machine
> doesn't recognize itself by that name, however (IP address, for example),
> then it would fail.
>
> "Lancorp" <Lancorp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:189B2E28-4211-494B-B3E1-D4B00EF02B25@microsoft.com...
>> Is it just me, or is this new version of Remote Desktop software that
>> comes
>> with Vista broken?
>>
>> When I use an IP address to connect to a remote server, the RD software
>> does
>> me the "favor" of assuming it is the domain name, and using it in the
>> username login field!!
>>
>> So, for instance, when I say I want to connect to 192.168.1.2 and to use
>> "administrator" and "password", what it tries to use at the server is
>> "192.168.1.2\administrator" and then the password. The problem is...this
>> does not work, and I have to wait for it to error out, then remove the
>> "192.168.1.2\" from the username and log in manually.
>>
>> Why, when I am specifying the IP address as the computer is it using it
>> for
>> a domain name?
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> BTW, this same behavior happens with XP when I do the Windows Update and
>> update the Remote Desktop software to the new version.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks!
>