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legier93
Jul 11, 2024Copper Contributor
Windows11 remote desktop does not work with non ascii chars in username
After updating my system from Windows10 to Windows11 I am unable to login via remote desktop into another computer where the login contains a non ascii character. It always displays that provided cre...
Testerik
Sep 26, 2025Copper Contributor
Hello,
This question is quite old, but I recently had the same problem and still couldn't find a satisfactory answer anywhere.
After endless trial and error, I finally stumbled upon a magic solution:
You just have to enter the USERNAME in all capital letters.
At least that worked for my problem with the remote desktop connection!
And if anyone else stumbles across this irritating problem, it's worth a try... :-)