
The update took place and gave me a reboot message. No changes have been made other than an automatic security update. If the problem continues, contact the owner of the remote computer or your network administrator." message appears. "This computer can't connect to the remote computer Workstations do "grind away" when attempting a connection for a bit, then the dreaded

It would be easy to blame an update, but I do not see how that would mess me up. NAT settings worked well for that port and two others that I forwarded to work stations.Īnyone able to give me a "primer" on what settings to check? I was afraid to make changes as settings previously worked for such a long time. T1 to Cisco Router to Static IP on Internet card. I have a port-forwarding in the NAT settings. It needed the occasional re-boot, but this time the re-boot didn't do the trick. Had RDP up and running for well over a year now. I was able to connect to various versions of Windows Server with this fix.Windows Server 2003 SP2 Enterprise Edition Restart the 'Remote Desktop Service' or simply restart the computer 'Require user authentication for remote connections by using Network Level Authentications' to 'Disabled'

'Require use of specific for remote desktop (RDP) connections' from 'Default' to 'Enabled', then select 'RDP' in the options pane It might be advisable to revise those settings after a new Mac RDP client has been released) Goto: -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> SecurityĬhange the following two settings from their default (be aware that there might be a reason that MSFT has decided to set them to default. On the Windows Server you are trying to RDP to perform the followingĮnsure that RDP is enabled on the Windows Server and that the Firewall allows RDP. Wrong!Īfter trolling the internet for ages I finally found the fix. Since I was able to connect from a Windows Machine I was under the assumption that the RDP problem layed with my Mac.

When I opened a RDP connection from my Mac to the Windows Server I would ge the following error: "Remote Desktop Connection cannot verify the identity of the computer that you want to connect to" When I RDP to tha same Windows machine from another Windows machine everything worked as advertised. I was having trouble creating an RDP client for Mac to a Windows Server.
