This article describes a hotfix that lets you
control whether Windows XP or Windows 2000 users in your
organization can save passwords in a Remote Desktop Connection
session to a terminal server.
Connection settings for Remote
Desktop Connection sessions are saved to the hard disk as Remote
Desktop (.rdp) files. An .rdp file contains all the information for
a connection to a terminal server. For example, if a user clicks to
select the
Save my password check box
on the
General tab in the
Remote Desktop Connection dialog box, the
user's password is saved to an .rdp file.
A new policy
setting is available in Windows XP and in Windows 2000 that you can
use to control whether users can save passwords in a Remote Desktop
Connection session. After you apply the hotfix that is described in
this article, you can configure the "Do not allow passwords to be
saved" policy setting to either allow or not allow users to save
passwords in a Remote Desktop Connection session. You can use Group
Policy to apply the policy setting to Windows XP and Windows
2000-based computers in your domain environment. Or, you can apply
the policy setting locally.
To configure this policy
setting, follow these steps:
| 1. |
Open the appropriate policy object, and then
use one of the following methods:
| • |
To apply the policy to the computer,
expand Computer
Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand
Windows Components, and
then expand Terminal
Services. |
| • |
To apply the policy to users, expand
User Configuration, expand
Administrative Templates,
expand Windows Components,
and then expand Terminal
Services. | |
| 2. |
Click Client. |
| 3. |
In the right pane, double-click Do not allow passwords to be saved, and
then use one of the following methods:
| • |
To enable the policy setting so that
users cannot save passwords, click Enabled.
Note After
you enable the "Do not allow passwords to be saved"
policy setting, the Save my
password check box on the General tab in the Remote Desktop Connection dialog
box is not available (appears dimmed). |
| • |
To disable the policy setting so that
users can save passwords, click Disabled. | |
| 4. |
Click OK. |
The policy
setting is stored in the DisablePasswordSaving registry entry in the
following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
NT\Terminal Services
When you enable the "Do not allow
passwords to be saved" setting so that users cannot save passwords,
the DisablePasswordSaving registry entry is set to 1. When you
disable this setting so that users can save passwords, the
DisablePasswordSaving registry entry is set to 0 (zero).
Windows XP
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the
latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional
information, click the following article number to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322389 How to obtain
the latest Windows XP service pack
Hotfix information
A supported feature that modifies the
product's default behavior is now available from Microsoft, but it
is only intended to modify the behavior that this article describes.
Apply it only to systems that specifically require it. This feature
may receive additional testing. Therefore, if your system is not
severely affected by the lack of this feature, we recommend that you
wait for the next Windows XP service pack that contains this
feature.
To obtain this feature immediately, contact
Microsoft Product Support Services. For a complete list of Microsoft
Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support
costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Prerequisites
This hotfix requires Windows XP Service Pack 1
(SP1).
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace
any other hotfixes.
File information
The English version of this hotfix has the
file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table.
The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated
universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is
converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and
local time, use the
Time Zone tab in
the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name
-----------------------------------------------------------
30-Mar-2004 16:47 1,521,538 System.adm
01-Apr-2004 19:55 5.1.2600.1502 389,120 Mstsc.exe
10-Jan-2004 02:23 5.1.2600.1331 134,144 Regedit.exe
Windows 2000
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from
Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this
article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing
this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact
Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a
complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers
and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft
Web site:
Note In special cases, charges that are
ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft
Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve
your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional
support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific
update in question.
Prerequisites
This hotfix requires Windows 2000 Service Pack
4 (SP4).
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace
any other hotfixes.
File information
The English version of this hotfix has the
file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table.
The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated
universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is
converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and
local time, use the
Time Zone tab in
the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Size File name
---------------------------------------
05-Apr-2004 08:37 759,404 System.adm
For additional information about how hotfix packages are
named, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
816915 New file
naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages
For additional information about standard terminology that is
used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description
of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft
software updates
