In the environment I’m in, there are multiple users using Windows XP and Windows 7. I’m on Windows XP, and if I double click a .RDP file that I have created, I put in the IP address I want to connect to, and it’ll log me in.
However, if I go to another user, also using Windows XP, double click the exact same file, enter the exact same IP address, it prompts the user to choose the username and to enter the password.
I’m at an absolute loss. Help!
EDIT:
OK, I’ve been asked to add some more information to this to clarify.
The local environments are for either WinXP or Win7 computers, connecting to Server 2008 computers across the country. There are thousands of them that share the same login information, so I keep the username and password (encrypted, of course) inside the RDP file. Active Directory is implemented in our network.
The answer to it is that mstsc.exe uses crypt32.dll to encrypt the password; according to http://www.remkoweijnen.nl/blog/2007/10/18/how-rdp-passwords-are-encrypted/, it appears to be hashed and encrypted using the user ID of the person doing the encrypting at that time.
This is why it works for me and no one else; I have tested this theory by taking my RDP file, having someone else copy and paste said RDP file for themselves, then using the exe downloaded from the above link to encrypt the password, save the encrypted password in the RDP file and then try connecting to a computer.