I'm trying to follow these instructions to create a VPN server on my home computer, but I keep getting error 812:
The user MicrosoftAccoun\bwsithspawn00@… connected from 192.168.1.1 but failed an authentication attempt due to the following reason: The connection was prevented because of a policy configured on your RAS/VPN server. Specifically, the authentication method used by the server to verify your username and password may not match the authentication method configured in your connection profile. Please contact the Administrator of the RAS server and notify them of this error.
I found a bunch of things describing this error when connecting via Windows server and RRAS, but nothing about home computers. Does anyone know why this would be occurring in Windows 8 home (on both the server and the client)?
Best Answer
Judging by what you suggested your user name was being recognized as (
MicrosoftAccoun\bwsithspawn00@...), it appears it's trying to use your Microsoft-linked account credentials, and having trouble figuring out where (which domain) to look those credentials up.Try specifying the server machine specifically as the domain to check, since it's holding the user account/credentials for the user you are trying to log in as.
ie:
<serverMachineName>\<userName>.That way it'll look to the server computer (
<serverMachineName>) for the account<username>to try your supplied credentials against.