Mouse cursor jumps around when using RDP
I think this error is due to touchpad mouse driver, I have Samsung laptop, in RDP if I touch or click on mouse pad it immediately disconnects the session. I disabled mouse driver it is working fine.
windows-server-2008-r2
401 – Unauthorized On Server 2008 R2 IIS 7.5
Sometimes you have to take a step back… The cause of this was I had a Html.RenderAction() in my view that called an action method that was marked with the [Authorize] attribute.
Time or date difference using remote desktop
Restarting the server and installing all of the latest updates solved the issue.
2008 R2 Terminal Server: “Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service”
This has been solved. I began to examine the registry because increasing CPU and RAM resources on the virtual machine did not resolve the issue. I was pointed to Microsoft’s dureg tool to estimate the registry’s size. Browsing via regedit, I encountered issues opening the keys under HKEY_USERS\.Default\PRINTERS. Using dureg, I started probing under that … Read more
Ban, slowdown or stop massive login attempts to RDP
Block RDP at the firewall. I don’t know why so many people allow this. If you need to RDP to your server, setup a VPN.
Last restart/start time of a windows service
Building on Christian’s answer… Use PowerShell: (Get-EventLog -LogName “System” -Source “Service Control Manager” -EntryType “Information” -Message “*Computer Browser service*running*” -Newest 1).TimeGenerated;
Permanently mount network share without the need for log on? (Windows)
This apparently possible, according to this StackOverflow post. Before posting the content of the answer, however, can I suggest that you’re over-complicating this? In situations like this where some crappy piece of code needs a user logged on to run (like Domino server, grumble) I’ve created a service account that’s to always be logged in … Read more
Windows Server 2008 R2 Metafile RAM Usage
The best method for dealing with this issue is to use the SetSystemFileCacheSize API as MS KB976618 instructs used to instruct. Don’t periodically clear the cache Using the SetSystemFileCacheSize function rather than clearing the cache periodically improves performance and stability. Clearing the cache periodically will result in too much metafile and other info being purged … Read more
Windows Task Scheduler does not start task at next run time
My fix was simple… I had already manually ran the scheduled task, but I created the scheduled task for the intent of using it daily… I had several TB to copy over to a backup server so I could not schedule the task just yet. My fix was to update the Start date to the … Read more
Clear the Recycle Bin For All Users in Windows Server 2008 R2
As far as I can tell, these is no “official” Microsoft supported way of doing this. There are two options. One involves deleting c:\$Recycle.Bin and the other is scripting cleanmgr.exe to run at each user logon. The closest thing to “official” support for deleting c:\$Recycle.bin is from this MS KB, which references XP and Vista, … Read more