In the old days, being Server 2008 and back, you could simply click START > WINDOWS SECURITY when you were remoted to a Server and wanted to change your password. For some reason Microsoft removed that applet in 2012 and newer. Worse, you still can not click FILE > SEND Read more
If you are using a Microsoft RDP client to remote to other PC’s, you likely will not have a problem but if you are using third party tools, like Juniper’s RDP client you may error out with: The connection cannot proceed because authentication is not enabled: The solution is to reduce the Read more
RDP client version 6 and above have a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2048. The RDP 5 and lower clients supported a maximum resolution of only 1600 x 1200 in a 4:3 ratio. RDP 6 client has been substantially improved from previous versions. To get spanning to work, just add /SPAN Read more
If you are connected to a Windows 8 (or 8.1) PC using Remote Desktop (RDP) and you bring up the Charms Bar or you do a search for SHUTDOWN you will see only the DISCONNECT option: The solution is to use the old school keyboard shortcut of ALT+F4. This brings up the Read more
If you need to specify the users (or groups) that can REMOTE DESKTOP (RDP) to a PC and you want to do this with Group Policy, you are in the right place: In Group Policy Management Console (GPMC.MSC) select Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Restricted Groups\ Right-click Restricted Groups and then click Read more
When you use Remote Desktop Connections you may see the following error: BITMAP DISK CACHE FAILURE: Your disk is full or the cache directory is missing or corrupted. Some bitmaps may not appear. You then have three real options: Do nothing. Your RDP session will function but will “lock up” Read more
In Windows 7 and Vista you could do this by clicking START, WINDOWS SECURITY and then RESTART. Apparently WINDOWS SECURITY link has been removed from Win8 sooo I can think of just two ways to easily reboot a Win8 machine from an RDP session: on the tile page type RUN (select Read more
Solution: If you are seeing this error, go to ALL of you Domain Controllers and restart the KERBEROS DISTRIBUTION KEY (KDC) service. I have done this on live DC’s without any errors or disruption in service. Details: I found the An Authentication Error Has Occured. The Encryption Type Requested Read more