How to save RDP credentials into a file?
Open the Group Policy editor (Start > Run > gpedit.msc) and navigate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Connection Client
For value Do not allow passwords to be saved
, change to Disabled.
When connecting to a machine in Remote Desktop Connector, expand the Options panel and confirm that Allow me to save credentials
is checked.
Actually found a link (archive.org) that solved this problem:
- Hit Start –> Run and type "gpedit.msc".
- Navigate to Local Computer Policy –> Computer Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> System –> Credentials Delegation.
- Double click the policy "Allow Delegating Default Credentials with NTLM-only Server Authentication".
- Set the policy to “Enabled”.
- Click the Show button and enter the string “TERMSRV/*” into the list. You can also be more specific here in case you don’t want to allow the use of saved credentials with all remote machines but rather just a select few.
- Click OK twice to close the policy. Repeat steps 3–6 for the following policies:
- "Allow Delegating Default Credentials"
- "Allow Delegating Saved Credentials with NTLM-only Server Authentication"
- "Allow Delegating Saved Credentials"
I had the issue on Windows 10 with perma asking password when I try to connect to a new machine.
First, the password line in the RDP must be named:
password 51:b:myEncryptedPassword
And the pass must by encrypted. You can use cryptRDP5 to convert it: https://github.com/jps-networks-modifiedOSS/openvpn-als-applications/tree/master/adito-application-rdp-xplatform-embedded/src/windows
cryptRDP5.exe yourpassword