Remote Desktop Protocol or just RDP is a special network protocol that allows a user to establish a connection between two computers and access the Desktop of a remote host. For every connection made to a remote PC, the RDP client in Windows (mstsc.exe) saves the computer name or an IP Address and also the username used to log on. You may run into Remote Desktop Connection issues when upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11. In this article, we shall be discussing how to Fix Windows 11 Remote Desktop Connectivity Error code 0x204. Please see Error 0x204: How to fix Remote Desktop Connection issues, and how to fix Remote Desktop cannot find the computer in the specified network: Verify the computer name and domain that you are trying to connect.
Microsoft recently announced Windows 11 and it’s built on the familiar Windows 10 foundation. It has been confirmed that the new OS will be available in the second half of this year. Regardless of how you are connecting to your Windows 11 device, the following steps below will help in resolving the issue. Windows 11 is now available and here are the requirements to run it “Windows 11 Hardware and Software Requirements: How to upgrade to Windows 11“.
Reason for the Error code 0x204
Below is the error that was prompted when I tried to remotely connect to my Windows 11 device. “Unable to connect – We couldn’t connect to the remote PC. See the following guide on how to remove saved RDP credentials in Windows 10. For other topics on RDP, see the following articles. How to allow saved credentials for RDP connection, how to remove saved RDP credentials entries in Windows 10, How to prevent the saving of Remote Desktop Credentials in Windows, Remote Desktop can not find the computer FQDN and this might mean that FQDN does not belong to the specified network, and how to disconnect a Remote Desktop User.
Make sure the PC is turned on and connected to the network, and that remote access is enabled. Error code: 0x204".
The solution to fixing Windows 11 Remote Desktop Connectivity issues
To fix this issue, you will need to physically connect to the Workstation. For a Server, there are other interfaces in which you can connect to. This topic is outside the scope of this guide.
- Launch the Windows Settings and
- Click on Systems
- Click on Remote desktop as shown below
Verify and ensure the Remote Desktop Connected is switched on as shown below.
You may also want to permit (grant) selected users access to this workstation via Remote Desktop Connection. To do this, click on Remote Desktop Users as shown below and click on Add
The select user dialog window will appear. Type in the username and click on Check Names as shown below. When found, click on Ok and click on Okay again to close all dialogue windows.
Launch Remote Desktop Client Once More
Click on your Launchpad and launch the Remote Desktop connect again as shown below
As you can see below, I am able to connect to the device again. Click on Continue to proceed.
As you can see below, the remote desktop connection issue has been resolved.
For other topics on RDP, see the following guides: How to allow saved credentials for RDP connection, how to remove saved RDP credentials entries in Windows 10, how to remove entries from remote desktop connection, how to prevent the saving of Remote Desktop Credentials in Windows, how to disconnect a Remote Desktop User, and how to resolve we could not connect to the remote PC with error code 0x204 and make sure the PC is turned on and connected to the network.
I hope you found this blog post helpful on how to Fix Windows 11 Remote Desktop Connectivity Error code 0x204. If you have any questions, please let me know in the comment session.
