Remote Desktop Services Uses the wrong Certificate - You receive various certificate related error messages when connecting to a Terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2

When you try to connect to Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, you receive the following errors:

Name in the certificate from the remote computer:

 

<Not match>

 

The solution is login into this server and follow the following procedure:

1. go to Run and enter "mmc.exe"
2. add the add-in - certificates (for the computer account) (and select local computer)
3. navigate to the remote desktop folder -> certificates
4. delete the certificate for the name of the server and close the mmc instance
5. go to: administrative tools -> remote desktop services -> remote desktop session host configuration
6. select the instance in the main window - rdp -tcp -> right click and select properties
7. on the window that pops up, select default
8. restart the remote desktop service

Reference:

http://rivald.blogspot.com/2011/06/replacing-self-signed-remote-desktop.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2000960

Remote Desktop Services Uses the wrong Certificate - You receive various certificate related error messages when connecting to a Terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2