Hi, Both laptop and desktop are connected to same wifi router. desktop is connected through wire and laptop is on wifi. Both Pcs are running windows 7 and can ping each other and are in same workgroup. When I try to RDC my desktop on my laptop, it connects to the desktop and shows the windows credentials screen. An admin user (J) with same password exists on both PCs. But it gives an error "the user name or password is incorrect" However when I RDC the laptop FROM desktop using the above steps..it works perfectly wel! RDC is enabled on both machines. The same credentials issue comes with Shared folders. What am I doing wrong?

Do you have the Homegroup enabled?Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

No. Because shared folder and RDC should work without homegroup..isn' it?

Maybe it is supposed to work, but many have reported problems when not using the Homegroup with Windows 7. Of course, Homegroup is of no use with other Windows verison.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Will give it a shot with homegroup. whats weird is that desktop(wired) to laptop(wireless) works as it should. but not the other way, laptop to desktop!

Hi, Before going further, I would like to confirm what edition of Windows 7 is running? Please also make sure the RDC settings is correctly. You can refer to the following link to get more information. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Remote-Desktop-Connection-frequently-asked-questions Please also try to use full computer name with user name to check the result. If any Security software or firewall is running on the computer, please disable them temporarily. Regards, SimidaPlease remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, Before going further, I would like to confirm what edition of Windows 7 is running? Please also make sure the RDC settings is correctly. You can refer to the following link to get more information. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Remote-Desktop-Connection-frequently-asked-questions Please also try to use full computer name with user name to check the result. If any Security software or firewall is running on the computer, please disable them temporarily. Regards, SimidaPlease remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, Before going further, I would like to confirm what edition of Windows 7 is running? Please also make sure the RDC settings is correctly. You can refer to the following link to get more information. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Remote-Desktop-Connection-frequently-asked-questions Please also try to use full computer name with user name to check the result. If any Security software or firewall is running on the computer, please disable them temporarily. Regards, SimidaPlease remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.