Trouble with certificate when connecting to an RDP file
Hello Terminal Services Experts,
I’m trying to learn Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008. I have read several articles and the Terminal Services chapters in various books, but I know there is no substitute for getting my hands dirty and playing with Terminal Services in a lab. I have installed Terminal Server on a Windows Server 2008 system in a test lab. I decided that a good place to start would be to try out the RemoteApp feature. One of the articles I have read provided the steps to make the calculator on the server a remote app. I followed the steps in the article and made a RDP file for the server’s calculator. When I try to access this RDP file, I get the following message.
Your remote desktop connection failed because the remote computer cannot be authenticated.
The certificate is not from a trusted authority.
The client that I’m using is an XP Pro workstation with SP3 installed. However, when I try to connect to the RDP file from the terminal services server, I get the same message. I have verified that the NLA is not enabled on the terminal services server.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Nick
I’m trying to learn Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008. I have read several articles and the Terminal Services chapters in various books, but I know there is no substitute for getting my hands dirty and playing with Terminal Services in a lab. I have installed Terminal Server on a Windows Server 2008 system in a test lab. I decided that a good place to start would be to try out the RemoteApp feature. One of the articles I have read provided the steps to make the calculator on the server a remote app. I followed the steps in the article and made a RDP file for the server’s calculator. When I try to access this RDP file, I get the following message.
Your remote desktop connection failed because the remote computer cannot be authenticated.
The certificate is not from a trusted authority.
The client that I’m using is an XP Pro workstation with SP3 installed. However, when I try to connect to the RDP file from the terminal services server, I get the same message. I have verified that the NLA is not enabled on the terminal services server.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Nick
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Is there a way to configure the terminal server to not use a certificate in the lab?
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If you set this to warn me, I believe it will give you a notice, but ask you if you want to connect.
You should also be able to install the certifacate in internet explorer to make it a trusted cert.