Connecting To A Windows 7 PC With LogMeIn

Posted Jun 5, 2009 by Rich Menga  

LogMeIn is by far one of the best remote PC services there is. I use it personally to connect to my PC when away from home. However when I initially tried to use it on my Windows 7 PC using the standard Windows account, I kept getting an "invalid password" notice – even though I knew the account credentials were correct.

It turns out what you need to do is add in the computer name in the login field followed by a slash and then the user name.

Here’s how it works:

First you have to know what the computer name is. This is done by going to:

  • Control Panel
  • System and Security (green link)
  • System (green link)

Under Computer name, domain and workgroup settings, your computer name will be listed there. We’ll say for the sake of example your computer name is home.

For the Windows account, we’ll say your username is JohnDoe and password is ExamplePass123.

When logging into your PC on remote via LogMeIn, you login like this:

User name field: home/JohnDoe
Password field: ExamplePass123

From there you should be able to login with no problems whatsoever.

To note: When connecting to a Windows XP box via LogMeIn, you don’t need to add in the computer-name-slash in the user name field. You only need to do this for Windows 7 (and assumedly Vista as well) PCs.

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5 Responses to “Connecting To A Windows 7 PC With LogMeIn”

  1. Mateo says:

    I use logmein with vista computers and i never had that issue. so i can confirm that it is most likely a windows 7 only usability tip.

  2. Jewel says:

    Wow, thank you for your detailed and informative post. Now I have the best way to access my computer at home even though I’m busy outside. This remote PC program also gives a good way for me to recover and get the files I needed for the day even when I forgot to save it on my portable USB or in case i forgot to send it through email. Thanks for the big help!

  3. Juan says:

    Wow! thx a lot!!! this was driving me crazy for the last 3 days… I own you one!

  4. Tyler says:

    THANK YOU

    home/MyName did the trick!! The login problems only started happening post-7100 build which is weird.

  5. Andre says:

    You are a life saver. Thank you!

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