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Windows 7: Remote Desktop error in the licensing protocol

Posted by Ivan

/ April 3, 2012 / 18 Comments

Windows 7 is running Remote Desktop Protocol version 7 (RDP 7). Since we are using Windows 7 we run into following problem.

Remote Desktop Connection – The remote computer disconnected the session because of an error in the licensing protocol. Please try connecting to the remote computer again or contact your server administrator.

There was little valuable information on the Internet to solve this problem. To fix this problem a client was reinstalled. In the end there was a simple solution fix this problem to connect to remote systems.

The problem was not on the remote desktop or terminal server but on the client itself.

How to fix remote desktop error in licensing protocol?

Right-click on “Remote Desktop Connection” shortcut in the Start Menu and click on “Run As Administrator” once. Logon as Administrator and connect to the remote system.

Reboot the system and RDP session will work again. If the system is used by a regular user the connection will work now.

References

MSDN – Remote Desktop Connection 7 for Windows 7, Windows XP & Windows Vista

July 24, 2013
Tony Kriskovich

Ivan,

Thanks for this! I spent too much time on this and to find out such a simple solution.

Thanks again for the writeup!

Tony
August 21, 2013
JC Soucy

Work for me to thanks
December 17, 2013
Shane Wilkerson

Worked man. Thanks for the info
February 2, 2014
rajesh

thanks man god bless you…….
February 15, 2014
Tausif

Still having issue while log in via administrator
March 10, 2014
Gaurav

Thank you so much
August 11, 2014
Taip

It works,
thank you very much!
October 29, 2014
Prasad

You’re awesome, Simple solution for a problem that i thought was complex.
April 1, 2016
happy

tHANKS………………………

Its Works
April 15, 2016
raghu

Simple step,but worked perfectly..
October 24, 2016
ajay

thanks
February 20, 2017
vinaydeep ayinapurapu

This saved me..
February 24, 2017
haaris

thank you so much from helping me i was thing to formate the PC .

thankyou so much one again , from save my time. this was realy simple method …
April 14, 2017
Sanjay

Thanks this worked
April 28, 2017
Erlend

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Finally, a solution to this crap! 😀
July 24, 2017
Shoaib

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thanks bro it worked god bless you
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January 21, 2019
korawit

Thank somuch
February 9, 2020
my rdp

thnx mliard time !!