Windows 10: MS Account Password, Remote Desktop RDP: Cant login after change

I used to be able to login to my PC downstairs that uses the same microsoft as I do on my laptop. At one point, I changed my Microsoft account password. Now when I try to connect with RDP from my Win11 laptop to my PC downstairs, it asks for userid and password, and refuses to let me on with my new account password for jn***@hotmail.comHow can I correct this? Rebook the PC downstairs? Enter my name differently in the dialogue box, ala MicrosoftAccount\jn***@hotmail.com, or \\I was able to create a local account on my PC downstairs, and remotely RDP login from my laptop using that accoun

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Remote Desktop (RDP): with no MS password (only 2FA), client RDP: "The User Account Did Not Work"

Yesterday I followed MS's procedure to remove a login password in favor of 2FA (MS Authenticator on my phone). I also spent $99 to upgrade Windows 11 Home to Pro, only because I want to use RDP to access my Windows system from my Mac. So far, after hours of changing this and that pursuant to internet searches, I am still unable to do that. Microsoft Remote Desktop on the Mac reports "The User Account Did Not Work" no matter what I try.

Some answers to similar questions say to log in on the host Win11 system using a password once. But my login options in System::Accounts::Sign in options DO NOT INCLUDE using a password. After signing out, my only login options are PIN and fingerprint (unreliable, but that's another story).

My username is now my email address. In RDP when I use that and either a blank password or my former Windows login password, I get the error. The same when I try a username in the form of COMPUTERNAME\MYNICKNAME that I added in Security Settings::Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services -- although System Settings::System::Remote Desktop Users says, "[my email address] already has access".

Confusingly, Control Panel::User Accounts::User Accounts says that my account is password protected!

 

Is there a better RDP remote desktop password manager ?

Is there a better RDP remote desktop password manager ?

The problem is i need to use many remote desktops, some have different users on the same system, and there the problem start.

For some reason the default RDP from windows 10 is not remembering passwords for all users if it's the same host.

So you keep switchig to manual login need to find the password etc. Tried to make *.rdp files. But that is failing too.

I need a remote desktop client or solution that can remember multip[ly user/passwords for the same server/hostname. Any idea's ?

 

Can't RDP - wants password

RDP will not work without a password or it would not be secure.

The solution is to use an MS account on remote PC, then run netplwiz, and uncheck need to enter your password to login. Then when you use RDP, you enter the password.