Remote Desktop to Windows 8 CP PC?

[SlasherKG]

Did a quick search and didn't see anything, but is anyone able to Remote Desktop into a Win8CP PC?

I have tried from my Vista laptop, it tries to connect and prompts for the user/pass, but just sits there and then fails eventually.

I have a user that is a Microsoft Account now (originally a Local Account, but then converted).

I have tried using the email address as the user as well as the original user name, but niether work...

[shockz]

Yes,

I was able to from my MS account. If you used a Microsoft Account you have to remote in with that e-mail address.

[email protected]

password

RDP performance has actually improved pretty decently.

You might be able to try MicrosoftAccount\email

Have you checked to make sure remote desktop was enabled in system props?

[Roger H. Veteran]

Yeah i use it on a system at work to play around while still sitting on at my desk. I setup a system to test it out on as we might end up pushing it on all the machines next year :)

[SlasherKG]

Thanks for your replies!

Ok, something must be messed up on my install then. It was an upgrade from Windows 7 Ultimate, but the converted user account was messed up. I had associated it with a Microsoft Account, but the apps all kept saying it was a Local Account still. Everytime I would try to revert to a Local, it would give an error. I ended up wiping out that account and setting up a new one, but RDP doesn't seem to work...

Actually, I just re-read the error it gives:

"A licensing error occurred while the client was attempting to connect (Licensing timed out). Please try connecting to the remote computer again."

Not sure what that means...

[CentralDogma]

I was able to do it without a Microsoft account, just used the account that was on the machine. Set up is the same as on Windows 7(follow the instructions here under "How do I enable Remote Desktop Connection on the computer I want to connect to?"). Make sure you select the users you want to allow RD for.

[SlasherKG]

I was able to do it without a Microsoft account, just used the account that was on the machine. Set up is the same as on Windows 7(follow the instructions here under "How do I enable Remote Desktop Connection on the computer I want to connect to?"). Make sure you select the users you want to allow RD for.

Thanks, but I have it set up correctly and it was set up in Windows 7 beforehand. It appears to be either something corrupted during the upgrade maybe? Has anyone seen that error before? Looking online I see alot of things related to WinXP and 2003, but not Vista+...

[CentralDogma]

Thanks, but I have it set up correctly and it was set up in Windows 7 beforehand. It appears to be either something corrupted during the upgrade maybe? Has anyone seen that error before? Looking online I see alot of things related to WinXP and 2003, but not Vista+...

(Y)

I'd attribute it to it being a prerelease software. Is there some method to file a bug report in 8?

[SlasherKG]

Well, oddly enough, when I got home I found my Desktop was "frozen" (fans still running and image still on screen). After rebooting, it seems to be working so far.

Thanks for the replies!

[acrophile]

on the topic of remote desktop, I had an issue where connecting to a win8 system from a win8 system would work for a few seconds but then crash... turns out it was a problem mapping a printer connection... after unchecking that option in the RDC app on the client end, the connection works perfectly.

FYI my printer driver on the client end is a Dell 3110 laser... perhaps I will look for newer drivers... I notice Dell has a standardized "Open Print Driver" for a lot of their printers now... about time!