Bit of an odd one this – intermittantly RDP session seems to get stuck and I can’t login remotely and end up stuck on the ‘please wait’ screen – After some searching this useful guide from Eric on learnmicrosoft forums allows a workaround!

Windows PC – RDP Client mehtod- save the RDP connection to a “.rdp” file and edit the configuration through MS ‘Notepad’ to add a configuration line that will disable NLA login method and force Windows Login

1. Open MS RDP (Start->type “mstsc”->Enter) and type in the IP address you want to connect to
2. Click the “Options” button at the bottom and Click “Save” to save your connection as a “.rdp” file. Remember where you saved the file.
3. Click Start, type Notepad, Hit Enter
4. Click File, Open, traverse to the “.rdp” file you saved in 3 and open it.
5. Scroll to the last line and hit enter to add another line.
6. Add the following to turn of the Network Level Authentication: “enablecredsspsupport:i:0”
7. Click File, Save to save the “.rdp” file
8. Click Start, type “File Explorer”
9. Traverse to the directory which contains the “.rdp” file
10. Double Click the “.rdp” file
11. Connect, see Windows style login screen.
12. Enter your credentials and get past the “Please Wait” screen

Note: After adding this configuration line, when you double click the “.rdp” file to connect, it will connect to the Windows PC and then display the login page where you will have to manually type in the User and Password. Unfortunately, it will save the User for next time you connect but not the Password