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How to RDP to a Windows 11 machine that has a gmail login

Richard Duane Wolford Jr 216 Reputation points
2021-12-16T22:51:03.673+00:00

Hi, I have a Windows 11 machine which has RDP enabled and I've shown that it will allow connections for local user accounts. However, I log into my workstation with my gmail account and a PIN code. This doesn't work with RDP, I can't use my gmail account as the username and neither my gmail password nor PIN will allow me to connect. How do I connect with my regular login, I need to do this because all of my network drives, software, etc. are configured for this account, not for any of the local accounts.

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-12-16T23:00:18.457+00:00

    Try using the pcname\user where user is the local account the gmail is linked to.

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  1. Richard Duane Wolford Jr 216 Reputation points
    2021-12-18T23:07:24.403+00:00

    Found it, I forgot to check c:\users. Once I did that and used my gmail password I was able to log in. Thanks!

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  2. Tomas Anta 0 Reputation points
    2024-10-01T05:33:22.6833333+00:00

    My solution was:

    1. disable PIN authentication
    2. once login to WIN11 with password for *@gmail.com
    3. enable PIN authentication
    4. enjoy RDP :-)
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