Bad password when logging in via Remote Desktop

hyper-vremote desktopwindows-server-2003

I have just setup a windows 2003 server running in hyper-V.

When I log in via Hyper-V it works fine.

When I try to login via remote desktop I get a bad user name or password error.

I have:

  • Disabled the firewall
  • Enabled remote connections

Before I did the above I did not get to the login screen. I can ping the ip address of the image.

I am trying to login as Administrator.

Anyone have an idea about how to fix this?

Edit

I have now managed to fix this by changing the password to something without special characters. Strange thing is the I could not see any problems with the passord, had tried typing it into the user name field to check it.

Best Answer

When logging into the Remote Desktop connection, please ensure the username field contains only the username (it may have the computername / domain pre-poppulated).
Hope this helps.