The RDP client version 6 and later collect credentials before establishing a remote session. AuthLite credentials cannot be entered here, so extra measures must be taken to log in as an AuthLite integrated user.
AuthLite 1.0 does not currently support Network Level Authentication, so in order to use Windows 2008 and Vista terminal servers and clients, some settings must be changed.
On the terminal server
2008 server or Vista
In the Remote tab of the System settings, set the Remote Desktop radio button to the setting
"Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop"
2003 server
No changes are needed
On the client machine (RDP client version 6 or higher)
Since AuthLite credentials cannot be processed until you connect to the remote session, you must either disable the initial credential popup dialog, or work around it.
To disable the popup
- Save your RDP connection settings to an .rdp file
- Edit the RDP file with Notepad
Append a line to the end of the file:
EnableCredSSPSupport:i:0
- Save the file
- Double-click this file to connect
- Select a user tile and log in with AuthLite
To work around the popup
- Enter the username "Guest" and leave the password empty.
- Click connect
- You should get connected, and receive a message "The user name or password is incorrect"
- After dismissing that message you can select a user tile and log in with AuthLite