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At work I have a Windows 7 Pro that my account on it logs into our domain server. At home, my Windows 7 Home Premium can RDP into that machine just fine using my regular username "Steve" (i.e. not OURDOMAIN.Steve. However, my new home machine is 8.1 (not pro either), when I connect as "Steve" a new temporary profile is created and none of "my" stuff is accessible. How can I get my 8.1 to RDP into my office computer to get my correct account?
Steve
Posted 2015-02-20T22:10:51.203
Reputation: 105
1I'm not sure I follow what you're trying to do. In general, you need to specify the domain.
ourDomain\Steveas the user name. If the Steve account you want to use is a local account on the Window 7 work machine then you'd usetheMachinesName\SteveIf you ARE successfully logging into the computer using the account you want, and you're having a temporary profile created, then that sounds like your user profile is corrupted o the work machine, have you confirmed it's not? Can you log into that machine locally as the user you're attempting to log in with from home? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2015-02-20T22:16:22.780Thank you! I was using dot notation (OURDOMAIN.Steve). D'oh! – Steve – 2015-02-20T22:17:39.597
Cool, I'll stick it in as an answer. :) PS steve@domain would probably work as well. ;) – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2015-02-20T22:19:29.173