If you are using a Microsoft account, you may reset your password here. However, if it's a local account and you’re using Windows 10, version 1803, and added security questions to your local account to help you reset your password, you can select Reset password on (This link appears after you enter an incorrect password.). How to allow standard users to log in to remote desktop:If you want to log in as a standard user over remote desktop to a PC you need to manually set up this.
Windows Server 2016 RDP–You must change your password before logging on the first time
As I start to roll out Windows Server 2016 to replace Windows Server 2008 R2 RDP Servers, I’ve been encountering issues that just didn’t exist with Server 2008 R2. Today’s issue is that by default, if a new user account is created, or if the user’s password expires, or if an admin simply checks the Active Directory “User must change password at next login” property, when the user attempts to connect via RDP instead of getting a password change prompt they instead see this error:
Title: Remote Desktop Connection
You must change your password before logging on the first time. Please update your password or contact your system administrator or technical support.
Microsoft Remote Desktop Change Password
This has the unusual effect of preventing the user from changing their password themselves, leaving the administrator with one of two undesirable options:
- Turn off the “User must change password at next login” property.
or - Change the password to some other password yourself, and also make sure that property is not set.
In either case, the implication is that some person other than that user now knows what that user’s password.
How to solve the issue – Change the RDP Security Layer
To solve the issue, you have to edit the Session Collection, Security, Configure Security settings and then change the Security Layer setting from Auto-Negotiate to RDP Security Layer.
Once that change has been applied, remote RDP users return to being able to set a new password.
As an added bonus, this RDP Security Layer is actually more secure, and is also PCI Compliant (at least as of this writing anyway).
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Thank you for choosing Apps4Rent. The safety and security of your data is our priority. We recommend that you update the password of your Cloud Desktop at regular intervals. Here’s how to do it.
Get Started with Cloud Desktop Password Change
What is needed for changing the password?
You will need the following requirements for changing the password on your Virtual Machine:
- Desktop/ RDP Name/IP address
- Username
- Password
If you are accessing your Cloud Desktop for the first time or have misplaced your credentials, refer to the email with the subject line “Welcome Email” shared by Apps4Rent on the registered email address for the details.
Instructions:
Click on Start button on your keyboard.
Type “mstsc” and press Enter.
Alternatively, search for Remote Desktop.
Now the Remote desktop screen will appear.
Type the host name in the text box for Computer in the Remote Desktop Connection pop-up and click on Connect.
Type the user name and current password.
Once logged in to the VDI, click Ctrl+Alt+End buttons on the keyboard.
Microsoft Remote Desktop Change Password Manager
The new screen will show the option to change the password.
Click on Change Password and type the user name if it is for a different user. Type the current password and desired password.
Windows Remote Desktop Change Password
Click on the ➔ icon next to the Confirm password textbox to submit the changes.
Log off from the VDI and test the new password.
Below are the password complexity criteria.
- Should not contain the user’s account name or parts of the user’s full name that exceed two consecutive characters
- Should be at least six characters in length
- Should contain characters from three of the following four categories:
Windows Remote Desktop Forgot Password
- English uppercase characters (A through Z)
- English lowercase characters (a through z)
- Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
- Non-alphabetic characters (for example, !, $, #, %) Users who have changed the password will not be able to use the same steps to change their password again for the next 24 hours. Contact the support team for changing the password from the backend in such a scenario.