Windows Server - First Login Errors

If you get the following error message the first time you access Windows after installation, your client has been negotiating with the server for network-level authentication. However, network-level authentication is executed before a remote desktop session has even been created.

That means you cannot change the password you are forced to use during the first login.

Follow these steps:

  • First, create an RDP file (see attached a screenshot on how you can save it)
  • Rightclick the .rdp file and edit in Notepad or your favorite code editor
  • Add the following code at the end of the file

username:s:Administrator
authentication level:i:2
nablecredsspsupport:i:0

 

 

You can now double-click the .rdp file to launch a connection.

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