Windows 7 - Remote Desktop - multiple credentials

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Published on 2010-06-14T19:11:15Z Indexed on 2010/06/14 19:13 UTC
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Hi,
My home network consists of a couple XP machines and a windows 7 box. One of the XP boxes is like a shared server accessed via Remote Desktop. I have an account on there and my gf has another.
Previously I was able to save RDC shortcuts to this shared server including credentials. So in order to access the server from a computer on the network, i just needed to open the shortcut. I thus would have two shortcuts, one for my account and one for my gf's.

In windows 7, it seems to store credentials for a box based on machine name. i.e. i can only store one set of credentials per machine name. This seems incredibly stupid so my question is:
In windows 7, is there some way to have RDC shortcuts that use different credentials to login to the same target box?

thanks

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