The logon attempt failed error while connecting Remote Desktop

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I need to connect to a Windows 8.1 Professional (A) version using MS Remote Desktop.

Accessing the machine using RDP on Windows 7 I can access the machine with no problems (B). Accessing the machine using RDP on a Windows 8.1 Home machine I get the following errors (C):

The logon attempt failed error while connecting Remote Desktop

On both machines (B / C / A), antivirus and firewalls are disabled.

It seems a problem related to (C).

Any idea how to solve it?

GibboK

Posted 2015-01-06T10:03:32.523

Reputation: 401

1Can you ping A from C? Can you access A's shared folders/files from C? – Dave – 2015-01-06T10:12:58.203

@Dave I can ping A from C. – GibboK – 2015-01-06T10:27:03.183

And what about the shared folders? Are you RDP'ing via IP or computer name? – Dave – 2015-01-06T10:28:17.570

I do not see the shared folders – GibboK – 2015-01-06T10:28:41.053

have you enabled remote access on C? – Gurpreet Singh – 2015-01-06T10:29:49.723

yes it is enabled – GibboK – 2015-01-06T11:27:44.483

It's really a puzzle... Can it be the username format? Have you tried ".\username" or "username@Workgroup_C"? – rui – 2015-01-06T12:16:01.557

Answers

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I was able to solve this issue adding the computer name before the user name using RDP on Win 8, when instead on Win 7 would works only with the username, example below. I hope it could help others.

On Windows 8.1

ip:
123.123.123
user:
MYPC\myuser
password:
mypasword

On Windows 7
ip:
123.123.123
user:
myuser
password:
mypasword

GibboK

Posted 2015-01-06T10:03:32.523

Reputation: 401

You genius, I wasted so much time, trying to play with firewalls and group policies etc. Simple PcName\Username worked like a charm – Zapnologica – 2016-01-18T18:32:59.950

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