If you try to RDP to a machine, but can’t because you receive the error below, you can use PSExec to remotely disable the requirement for NLA.

“The remote computer that you are trying to connect to requires Network Level Authentication (NLA), but your Windows domain controller cannot be contacted to perform NLA.  If you are an administrator on the remote computer, you can disable NLA by using the options on the Remote tab of the System Properties dialog box.”

Download PSExec from TechNet.  Run the code below updating the following values.

\\VMNAME – The name of the machine on which you want to disable NLA

VMNAME\ADMIN_ACCOUNT – The username of a local administrator on the machine on which you want to disable NLA, e.g. pc1\admin

psexec \\VMNAME -u VMNAME\ADMIN_ACCOUNT -p PASSWORD reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp” /f /v SecurityLayer /t REG_DWORD /d 0