Automatically launching a program or application upon login to a Remote Desktop Session. See below for methods to use the “start program at login” policy which can be configured per user. Another method to limit specific programs to a user is via RemoteApp. We have several other posts regarding RemoteApp and how to set it […]
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Many people want to use a domain name instead of the IP address of their remote desktop terminal server to login via the Remote Desktop Connection Client (RDC) on their local machine. A domain name is more professional and easier to remember. For example, if you already own the domain www.Denver-Colocation.com and it points to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]