Group policy allowing stored RDC passwords?

[BeerFan]

Hello Folks,

On my main, general use Win8 desktop, I use the Windows 8 Remote Desktop app frequently. It is handy because I can have several RDC sessions open at once, and switch between them quickly. I have 3 physical boxes and many VM's of various OS's on my home network, all of which are members of a Server 2012 domain.

With a RDC connection to my Windows XP VM, the Remote Desktop app allows me to use a saved password when logging on and it gets me straight in to the desktop. On Vista, 7, or Win 8 VMs, if i try to use a saved password, I get the following message:

Is there a group policy that I can set on the server that will allow me to use a stored password and thereby bypass having to enter my password every time i log in via the Remote Desktop app?

Thanks!

[sc302 Veteran]

I think this is what u want

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee791914(v=ws.10).aspx

[BeerFan]

Thanks for that... I'm reading up and trying some changes. No luck so far. I tried setting "Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Dektop Client > Allow RDP files from unknown publishers" to enabled and no change to the login behavior.

Maybe I should add that the user credentials I want to log on to the RDC VM with are not the same as the host machine. The correct creds are just saved in the RDC app. (This brings up a fault of the Win8 RDC app... there is no way to delete saved connection creds from within the app.)

[sc302 Veteran]

Sorry I didn't type in the correct terminology into a google search. This is more related to your issue.

http://naveensnayak.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/windows-7-remote-desktop-connection-save-credentials-not-working/

Doing this from my iPhone so it is a bit harder.

https://www.google.com/search?q=system+administrator+does+not+allow+use+of+saved+credentials&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

[BeerFan]

Thanks for the help. The setting below did it for me. Not sure why I was expecting this to be controlled by my DC instead of the local machine.

?On your local machine Open Windows command prompt type: gpedit.msc -> Press Enter -> a new window will popout

?Go to Local Computer Policy ?> Computer Configuration ?> Administrative Templates ?> System ?> Credentials Delegation

?Double Click on ?Allow Delegating Saved Credentials with NTLM-only Server Authentication?

?By default it will be ?not configured?

?You will see radio buttons -> Enable the policy

?Click the ?Show? button in the options window below and enter the value ?TERMSRV/*? (without quotes) into the list.

?Click Apply button