Windows 7: Remote desktop keeps displaying the password or username is incorrect.

I have two computers (laptop and desktop) both with windows 7 ultimate 64bit and I always get "the password or username is incorrect" error when remoting in to my laptop from my desktop, but not to my desktop from my laptop. I have "allowed connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop" under remote settings on both computers. Set up Remote Desktop users allowing "everyone", and checked all firewall setting with AVG and Windows firewall to make sure port 3389 it allowed, as well as disabling the firewalls altogether. But I still get the same error and yes I am absolutely certain the log on info is correct.

Try in safe mode

Tried that, and I still got the same error. I forgot to mention that I upgraded my laptop from windows 7 home premium to ultimate with a windows 7 anytime upgrade.

Do both laptop and desktop machines have the same user name and password set?

as a quick test have you tried temporarily turning Windows Firewall/AVG off completely? (obviously this is not a long term thing but this would then defiantly rule out AVG/Firewall conflicts regardless of allowing ports through).

When i first set my home network up i had an issue with .Net Framework versions, windows updates should find and install any updates for this if needed.

Hope some of this can be of help?

Regards,
JDobbsy1987

I had a simmilar problem with windows 7 and logon to windows server 2003, gave me a msg that username and pass was wrong, even they weren't. It turned out to be the server time and date that was wrong, as soon as that was corrected it all worked.

hope this might help some

Regard Terroch.

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