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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
HOSTING FILEMAKER SERVER (database) AND FILEMAKER PRO (client) ON HOSTED SERVERS Riptide Hosting provides servers with Dedicated Windows Operating System environments for you to host FileMaker 15!!! See our FileMaker hosting page on our website at http://www.riptidehosting.com/FileMaker-Hosting.aspx IMPORTANT UPDATE – The End-User License Agreement for FileMaker Server 15 requires each customer to have their own […]
We work with many IT consultants/firms that use our hosting services for their clients. Our premium hosting services are a good fit for IT consultants with clients looking to migrate servers to a datacenter/cloud, upgrade from older operating systems such as Windows 2003 or move to a hosting provider with superior bandwidth, infrastructure and redundancy. […]
When you add programs on a Terminal Server, you should follow the directions below by going to Control Panel -> Programs -> “Install Application on Remote Desktop…” You can see the Microsoft article on this here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742815.aspx (shown for 2008R2, same process in 2012R2) Also see this: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff432698.aspx See our RDP youtube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Wx0i8Mv60 <iframe […]
We offer many types of hosting – below is a discussion of some of our different offerings. Remote desktop (terminal) server hosting can be installed on either a dedicated server or a virtual server. Virtual Servers Our virtual server hosting offering is a great fit for companies needing a VM to host an application via […]