Some of the sysadmins in our office are testing Windows 10 for a general rollout to our users. I'm using it on my primary machine, which I connect to via RDP for a few hours every morning. When I first connect, the login screen defaults to "Insert a Smart Card" as a login option, and I have to click on "Other User" in the bottom left to actually put in my password. This doesn't bug me enough personally to matter, but I know this will drive some of our users crazy.

It's difficult to recreate because, for whatever reason, it doesn't happen all the time. The only places I've had it happen are the machine I remote from in the mornings (running Win7 Enterprise SP1) and the server I remote from in our colocation center (running XP Pro). Of the half dozen machines I've tested from our office, it defaults to the standard, password-entry login screen. It's very strange behavior that's sort of throwing me for a loop.

I've tried disabling Smart Card Plug & Play outright in Group Policy, and disabling the service itself manually, but neither has corrected the problem. Has anyone else seen this and/or fixed it?

Hi BlobDude,

Have you configured the following group policies?

Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\Interactive logon: Require smart card ,Interactive logon: Smart card removal behavior

Best regards