This documentation is archived and is not being maintained. To enhance security, Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Vista all turn on the Windows Firewall. When SQL Server Developer, Express, or Evaluation is running on Windows XP Professional and you want to connect to this instance from another computer, you…
In September 2016, we noticed that operators of the updated CRYSIS ransomware family (detected as RANSOM_CRYSIS) were targeting Australia and New Zealand businesses via remote desktop (RDP) brute force attacks. Since then, brute force RDP attacks are still ongoing, affecting both SMEs and large enterprises across the globe. In fact, the volume of these attacks doubled…
Click on Settings and then choose General. Scroll to the very bottom and choose VPN. Click on Add VPN Configuration. Choose a connection protocol. In the top bar, you will see that iOS has three available protocols: L2TP, PPTP, and IPSec. If your VPN is provided by an employer, then they will most likely inform you as to which protocol to use. If you are using…
The Windows Firewall is on by default in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Firewall helps control which programs or ports can be used to communicate between the Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 server and other computers on the network or the Internet. To allow a program or port to communicate through Windows Firewall, an exception…
When working with Terminal Servers, the term RDP will come up frequently. As mentioned previously, RDP is a protocol that runs on TCP/IP (much like SMTP, HTTP, etc.). However, you ll also see the term RDP used as a file type. RDP files have the extension .RDP, just as Word documents have .DOC extensions. You also agree that your personal information may be transferred…
Part of Windows 8.1 Essential Training. Released Windows 8 was a new direction for Microsoft, offering mobile integration, cloud storage, and security enhancements. But some people were unhappy with its design. Windows 8.1 answers these complaints and takes Windows a step further. In this course, David Rivers shows you all its essential features. Take a tour of the…
You can connect two computers over the Internet and use a given computer s drives just like you d use local drives - run programs, copy, get a list of files, etc. Here s how: Make sure that both computers (computer A and B) have TCP/IP and NetBEUI protocols installed and properly functioning. Make sure that the Remote Access Serives are setup and properly functioning…
This documentation is archived and is not being maintained. Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2 By using RemoteApp together with RD Gateway, you can enable users to connect from the Internet to individual programs on a Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server without having to first establish a virtual private network (VPN) connection. Depending on the…
We re not yet living in a Star Trek universe with teleporters to beam us from place to place instantly, but virtual network computing (VNC) and remote access might be the next best thing. Want to check up on a video file that you left exporting to a different format at work overnight? Or need to help troubleshoot a distant employee s PC? These tools let you assume…
This is one of those silly little things that comes along every so often just to mess with your head, and to cause some issues. Of course it has to happen at a time when you really want to connect to the remote machine and do some work. This week I was at a training event for internal Microsoft engineers, and when back at the hotel I tried to connect to one of my…
Rdesktop - Remote Desktop Protocol client Synopsis rdesktop [options] server[:port] Description is a client for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a number of Microsoft products including Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2 Server, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. Options -u Username for authentication on the server. -d Domain for authentication. -s Startup…
Troubleshooting steps for the inability to copy between a Mac and PC - . I think this answer will likely fix it: Solution: Before you start the Remote Desktop session, make the Mac disks available to the Windows-based computer. 1.On the RDC menu, click Preferences. 2.Click Drives, and then on the pop-up menu, select the option that you want. Your disk or folder is…
