I'm running Windows 7 and would like to use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to my home computer. As such I want to enable password security for Remote Desktop Connection, but I do not want to have to enter a password to log into my computer if I'm physically at my computer. Is there any way to do this?
I am an administrator user, and I want to have the same icons and configuration regardless of if I log in remotely or locally but I want only the remote connection to require a password. I read about being able to do something similar by adding another user account, but is there any way to do it so that the same icons and settings take affect regardless of how I log in?
Best Answer
You can set a password for your account, then set autologin.
To set up autologin, type
+ R). Then, uncheck the box for "users must enter a username and password to use this computer." When you click OK, it will prompt you for the username and password to login to by default. Now when you start up your computer, it will automatically login to that account, but when you access the system remotely it will always prompt for your password.
control userpasswords2into the run box (accessed by pressing