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Remote Desktop Won’t Save Username and Password

Remote Desktop Won’t Save Username and Password

By Dan Murphy 9 Comments

Today I had an issue with Microsoft Remote Desktop not saving my username and password. The server I was connecting to is something I use frequently. Typing the username and password over and over again was becoming a pain. It was especially annoying that my system would not save the credentials. Fortunately, you can set Windows to save the username and passwords for RDP connections using these steps.

Method 1 – Allow Credentials Delegation

  1. Hold the Windows Key and press “R” to bring up the Windows Run dialog.
  2. Type “gpedit.msc“, then press “Enter“.
  3. Select “Local Computer Policy” > “Computer Configuration” > “Administrative Templates” > “System” >”Credentials Delegation“.
  4. Double-click the policy “Allow Delegating Default Credentials with NTLM-only Server Authentication“.
  5. Set the policy to “Enabled”.
  6. Select the “Show…” button.
  7. Type “TERMSRV/*” in the “Add servers to the list” box.
  8. Click “OK“, then “OK” again.
  9. Repeat steps 4 through 8 for the following policies:
    • Allow Delegating Default Credentials
    • Allow Delegating Saved Credentials with NTLM-only Server Authentication
    • Allow Delegating Saved Credentials

Once these policies have been set, the username and password should now save in RDP.


Method 2 – Set One System to Save Credentials

You can setup your system to store single RDP connections using these steps:

  1. Select the “Start” button, then type “credential“.
  2. Open “Credential Manager“.
  3. Select the “Add a generic credential” option.
  4. In the “Internet or network address” field, provide the name or IP address of the server.
  5. Type the username and password you wish to save in the “User name” and “Password” fields.
  6. Select “OK“, and you’re done. The password will now be automatically saved for that specific computer name.

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Filed Under: Windows Tagged With: Remote Desktop, Windows 10

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Comments

  1. Muhammad Fahad says

    December 4, 2020 at 12:47 am

    well done ;-)

  2. Yiing says

    June 3, 2020 at 10:59 am

    that’s the tricky!!! Thanks Sam!!!
    Just DELETE the OLD SAVED Credentials then try second method works for me!!!

  3. Caspian Canuck says

    December 23, 2019 at 10:03 am

    Neither method worked for me.

  4. M says

    September 26, 2019 at 1:43 am

    Thank you for this solution.. For several years i have entered the password to servers manually maybe 10x per day.. sometimes 40-50x per day.. this saves me a lot of time! :) I have not bothered looking into it until i needed to login over 100x today :D

  5. Patrik says

    May 23, 2019 at 6:27 am

    Creating a generic credential worked for me.

    internet or network address: Server IP only (no ports)
    Username: localserverhostname\User
    Password: Yourpassword

  6. Sam says

    January 4, 2019 at 8:40 am

    Just DELETE the OLD SAVED Credentials for your RDS login… and try to CONNECT again with NEW and click for SAVE and REMEMBER Credentials !

  7. bigfootnlc says

    November 30, 2018 at 8:21 pm

    Thank you, Anonymous! That was exactly what I needed!

  8. Nigel Swanson says

    October 28, 2018 at 9:07 pm

    Everything suggested I have attempted however nothing is working. after 5 or so successful logans I am presented with the password prompt. Not happy.

  9. Anonymous says

    October 9, 2018 at 3:35 am

    Creating a generic credential is for me the only thing that really works.

    One thing though, in the “internet or network address”, I need to put “TERMSRV/….” to make it work.

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