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I have a dell laptop (henceforth we'll call this the server) running Windows 7 Enterprise. The server is part of my company's domain. My primary user account is a domain account.
When I am at home and not connected to the domain, I prefer to connect to the server using Remote Desktop Connection from my MacBook Pro (we'll call this the client). The problem is, that if I do not physically login to the server, I am unable to connect to it using RDC from the client.
I have a local administrator account on the server, and connecting to it via RDC works just fine.
I had a feeling that the Mac RDC application was not giving me the full story, so I attempted the same procedure from a Windows 7 client. When trying to login, I get this message:
An authentication error has occured.
The local security authority cannot be contacted.
So basically, If I logon to the server physically with my domain user and lock the computer, I can then successfully logon from the client. Otherwise, I am unable to connect.
1Is Fast User Switching enabled? I remember Vista could only handle multiple logon session with FUS enabled, and I'm not sure if Win7 changes this. – Ben Voigt – 2011-01-09T04:46:03.070
Wait... what OS is the server? You've told us a lot about your clients and almost nothing about the server, which is the common point of failure. – Ben Voigt – 2011-01-09T04:47:09.340
@BenVoigt: "a dell laptop (henceforth we'll call this the server) running Windows 7 Enterprise." – Robert S Ciaccio – 2011-01-09T05:15:35.370
@calavera: Sorry, my brain just refused to process "laptop == server". – Ben Voigt – 2011-01-09T06:43:19.460
:P i know the feeling – Robert S Ciaccio – 2011-01-09T08:31:47.030
@BenVoigt: Fast user switching is enabled, but no other accounts are logged on. – Robert S Ciaccio – 2011-01-15T08:27:53.920