RDP no domain field

[omamed]

I have three computers at home all running WinXP SP3. Two of them, I can start the company VPN, then start RDP, and log onto my desktop machine. On these machines, when I start the RDP, a Username, Password and Domain field all display and must be filled before being wisked to my desktop machine, where I log onto that machine. On one of my home PCs, no domain field shows up when I start the RDP software, and similarly, the remote machine does not display the domain when I attemp to log on. Logon fails because I do not have the domain field set correctly (because there is no field to fill!). I tried using DOMAIN\Username and that fails. I have tried UNC and IP, and no difference. I have run back and forth from the machines that work, to the one that does not, and cannot find any difference in set up. Any ideas what I should check? Thanks for any help! (My first post for assistance at the Lounge and after many years following Windows Secrets) Thanks!

[Paul T]

RDP always works if you specify DOMAIN\username. I suspect the 3rd machine is using an old version of RDP - check the versions of MSTSC.EXE.

cheers, Paul

[omamed]

All three machines are running the same version of RDP. Any other thoughts? And thank you.

[Paul T]

What does the security event log on the office PC say when you attempt to login using the dodgy RDP client?

cheers, Paul

[omamed]

Paul, It appears that I can log into the remote machine! The issue now is that the screen on the local machine goes blank when I log in. So I have now found that I can log in successfully, but I cannot see the remote screen. I have checked over and over oscreen resolution, color bits etc and find no difference. Any ideas about what I should look for now? Thanks for hanging in there with me!

[Paul T]

How can you tell that you have logged in if the screen is blank?
What happens if you press Ctrl Alt End - this is the RDP equivalent of Ctrl Alt Del?
Have you tried VNC?

cheers, Paul

[omamed]

The event log on the remote machine indicates success in security the same as when I am successfu looging in from another machine. I'll try the Ctrl Alt End and see where that leads. I used VNC years ago. Maybe I should go back to it. May be simpler! Thanks Paul.

[Paul T]

RDP / MSTSC is best, but sometimes you need an alternative.

cheers, Paul