How to Fix Remote Desktop A User Account Restriction in Login

Remote Desktop Connection, a nice feature of Windows OS, makes it easy to access a computer remotely from another computer. But sometimes, if you try to log in Remote Desktop with a user account with no password set to connect to the computer, you will be told it fails to log on. Faced with this situation, we will walk you through how to fix Remote Desktop a user account restriction in login in this post to resolve the error.

In Windows OS like Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista and so on, it is not allowed that local users log in remotely over the network via a user account without password set. Thus, the error message will pop out as the picture below shown.

Way 1: Set Password of Remote Desktop User Account

For the situation discussed above, we can set up a password for the user account to log in Remote Desktop. The steps are as following:

Steps: Right-click on This PC -> Click on Manage -> Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups under System Tools tab -> Users -> Right-click the user account for remote desktop connection -> Click on Set Password. Then set password for the selected user account.

Way 2: Disable Blank Password Check via Local Group Policy Editor

After a password setting, you would have to enter the password every time when you log on the computer with the user account. In addition to setting a password, we also can disable blank password check to allow Remote Desktop connection to login through a user account without password.

Step 1: Type gpedit.msc in Start Search box and hit enter, double-click the best match Microsoft Common Console Document to open it.
Step 2: Click on Local Computer Policy on the left pane -> Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options
Step 3: Navigate to Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only and double click on it. It is set as Enabled by default and you need to select Disable and click OK.

Way 3: Disable Blank Password Check via Registry Editor

Additionally, we can also make some changes with the app Registry Editor, and then the computer can be connected remotely by logining to the user account that doesn't have password.

Step 1: Type regedit in Start Search box and hit enter, and double-click the best match Registry Editor app to open it.
Step 2: Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Step 3: Double-click on LimitBlankPasswordUse on the right pane -> Set the value data to 0 -> Click on OK.