Remote desktop - says password is wrong when it definitely isn't

Anonymous
2022-04-27T13:37:40+00:00

I've been using remote desktop continuously up to this point. Today, out of nowhere, it begins insisting my password is wrong for the account I've been using this entire time. Check the event log and it says that the password or user was incorrect. I quintuple check the user and the password, then reset the password just to be extra sure, and it still says wrong username and password.

I've been having problems with shares as well. Never had any of these issues until I upgraded to 11. Is this thing just busted or am I missing something obvious?

Edit: Logging into accounts that aren't a Microsoft account works fine. How the heck do these work? When I type whoami on the command line I see a regular username. It looks like Microsoft is doing a bunch of magic with these things that isn't working.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-27T14:00:04+00:00

    The answer is Windows 11 is a buggy mess. (Seriously, it has been nothing but problems for me)

    I had to do this: https://superuser.com/a/1615502/758656

    After I force resynced my password (no idea how it got out of sync to begin with) it all started working again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-27T14:18:35+00:00

    Hi, I'm Elise, and I'd be happy to help with your issue.

    If you check the C:\Users folder on your PC, you will see a folder which has a shorten version of your username for the Microsoft account.

    Use this as the username for the RDP login and it should work.

    Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

    Kind Regards,

    Elise

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