Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Service - Prevent password saving in the Remote Desktop Client

From Windows 2008 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of TS/RDS - Prevent Password Saving

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

SV-29406r1_rule Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Service - Prevent password saving in the Remote Desktop Client

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This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent Users from saving passwords in the Remote Desktop Client.

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Vista - Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Terminal Services-> Remote Desktop Connection Client “Do not allow passwords to be saved” to “Enabled”.

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