Recently while expanding the disk size on a Windows Server 2012 R2 VM, we received an error message pop-up saying “the parameter is incorrect”. We noticed that Disk Management was now showing the correct updated disk size but the incorrect original (smaller) size was still showing in windows explorer properties and in server manager. We […]
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You download and run the Microsoft Web Platform Installer wpilauncher.exe file. Then click on Applications link on the top of the page and then select WordPress and click the Install button. First download and run the Microsoft Web Platform Installer wpilauncher.exe file. Second select Applications link at the top. Third select wordpress by clicking ‘Add’ […]
A client of ours running a Windows 2012 R2 remote desktop, terminal server was having issues where when they typed on their local keyboard it will show up on the server as alternating capital and lowercase letters like this “RiPtIdE hOsTiNg”. SOLUTION is to change the RDP settings on the client The solution in his […]
REDIRECTION OF PRINTERS / HARD DRIVES / CLIPBOARD FROM YOUR LAPTOP OR DESKTOP On client laptop/desktop prior to connecting to server: Local Printing (and redirection of DVD drive, local hard drive, enable copy and paste between client an server, etc.)— When you open the Remote Desktop Connection program on your local laptop/desktop, before pressing “Connect”, click on “Show […]
Use the steps below to schedule a task which can automatically reboot your Windows 2008 R2 server on a recurring basis. Please beware that users that are logged on will be kicked off when the server reboots. Go to administrative tools, task scheduler. Then right click on Task Scheduler and select Create Task Name the task, possibly something […]
Riptide Hosting offers the following backup options for Dedicated servers and Remote Desktop RDP hosted servers. BACKUPS IN OUR VMWARE VM ENVIRONMENT for Virtual Servers VMs VEEAM: In our virtual server environment, we offer and recommend using Veeam backup which provides full server image backup. The backup can be restored on a different host/server if […]
Vipre firewall settings to allow RDP remote desktop connection to your virtual server. You will need to login to the server via a Console or remote KVM/IP card to install and configure the firewall. If you install the firewall when you are logged in via a RDP remote desktop connection you will lock yourself out […]
UPDATE FOR 2012 R2: The Desktop Experience feature is still required to be installed for Disk Cleanup to be available. The Desktop Experience feature is listed under “User Interfaces and Infrastructure” when installing the feature – see Microsoft TechNet link here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/rmilne/archive/2013/07/11/install-desktop-experience-on-windows-server-2012.aspx Disk Cleanup can then be found on the Tools menu in Server Manager. […]
We had a user who was having issues sending email in an older version of outlook on their remote desktop terminal server hosted with Riptide Hosting. The error message upon pressing the send button in Outlook was errors have been detected in the user’s outlook.pst file. This issue was only affecting one user on the […]
Generally we don’t recommend installing FTP on a server unless it is necessary. In some cases, it can be easier to transfer files through RDP. If installing FTP on a remote desktop terminal server and after installation it seems like it is still blocked even though the ports were open on the Windows firewall, try restarting the […]