Cannot login to vCenter with “use windows session credentials” but can login by entering username & password

Had this issue today (and a few months ago). I open vCenter client, type in the vCenter server name, tick “Use Windows Session Credentials” as usual, and login fails. Says it cannot login with the given credentials.

At the same time I can login with the vSphere Web Client and also by un-ticking the box and manually entering the username/ password.

Fix for both times was to reset the secure channel by logging in to the vCenter server –