Re: [rdesktop-users] No password prompt when connecting to Windows 8.1

[Sean M. P. <spa...@re...>]

On 03/12/2015 04:39 AM, ste...@bt... wrote:
> I have now been upgraded to a new Windows 8.1 laptop and now I cannot
> login. The rdesktop session opens and I can see the MS account I want to
> log into, but when I select it there is no password box for me to
> authenticate into the account with. I have tried passing the password in
> the command line with the “-p” option but this has no effect.

The default system policy on newer Windows versions allows only 
Network-Level Authentication (where the RDP client does the 
authentication via Kerberos before actually showing the remote screen.)

Take a look under Control Panel -> System, Advanced properties, Remote 
tab. You may need to choose to "Allow connections from computers running 
any version of Remote Desktop"

Sincerely,
Sean M. Pappalardo
Sr. Networks Engineer
Renegade Technologies