On an network that uses DHCP, if you open the Remote Desktop client and just select a previously-selected computer name from the list, and if the IP that your target used the last time has subsequently been given to another PC via DHCP, you log onto the *new* PC, not the one you intended. Has anyone seen this before?
It's probably a 'feature' of Remote Desktop. I imagine it 'caches' the IP addresses of the names/IPs. If you pick from a previous name in the list it may first try it's cached IP address for speed purposes (e.g. so it didn't have to go out and 'look up' the IP address based on a PC name).
I wonder if it retains that 'cache' between sessions. That would definitely seem like a dumb design idea IMO. Did you try (or is it even possible) to completely exit Remote Desktop after connecting the first time?
-Charlie
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