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If modern UI apps can't be opened using administrator account in
windows 2012 R2 internet explorer, follow the article.
When you install a Windows 2012 R2 server, if you login as
Administrator and try to run any Modern UI Apps (such as Internet
Explorer...
SYMPTOMS
You may encounter a situation where one of the DNS server's in the
environment starts showing an issue where the zones are not loaded on
the DNS console and you see Event ID 4000 and 4007 logged in the DNS
event logs:
Event ID 4000:
> The DN...
Your VPS may attack against other networks while running open DNS
resolver. Follow instructions on resolving problem.
PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE ADVISED YOU ARE RUNNING AN OPEN DNS RESOLVER
YOU MUST TAKE ACTION AS YOUR VPS IS MOST LIKELY BEING USED IN ATTA...
On occasion you will need to edit the hosts file on your machine.
VPSBlocks provides details on how to edit hosts file.
If you want to make your local computer believe that your website is
hosted on your new VPS before you modify the actual DNS, this ca...
Know the way to enable downloads of files through Internet Explorer in
windows 2012 R2.
By default Windows 2012 R2 doesn't allow downloading of files through
Internet Explorer. To change this you need to modify the security
settings.
In Server 2012 yo...
A Windows Update released on the 8th of May 2018 disabled Oracle Based
CredSPP Encryption. This renders you unable to connect to any systems
which do not have the latest Windows Updates installed.
To fix this issue you can do two things:
1. Install th...
First thing you need to check is if the Windows Audio service is
running on your VPS.
* First launch Remote Desktop, for help
see: https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/40/0/how-do-i-use-remote-desktop-rdp
* Click the 'Start...
Sometimes with some connections RDP may freeze regularly. There have
been lots of discussions on this and the below fix should work.
Generally the problem is UDP packets are not 100% reliable and RDP
tends to use UDP too much to provide client information...
The sound quality over RDP can be quite poor by default, to fix and
change the quality modes follow the steps below.
Firstly, for sound to work via RDP you need to ensure it's not
disabled in group policy, and that sound redirection is turned on. To
do ...
SLOW access via an IPV6 from a VPS in Australia? Here is the solution
to solve slowness accessing through your VPS.
Due to the way most operating systems work, IPv6 is preferred before
IPv4 when available - however the world isn't fully IPv6 ready even
...
Know the procedure to use Remote Desktop (RDP). You will be able to
access your VPS as though it was a desktop machine in front of you
To use remote desktop:
* Click on the 'Start' menu or 'Windows' icon
* In the search/cmd box enter: mstsc.exe
...
This error may occur if your local computer is joined to a domain,
however, the RDP server you are connecting to is not on the same
domain (or not on a domain at all).
If you send the username as simply: User
Your local system will essentially send it...
Guide to address how to prevent your VPS from being used in a DDOS
attack. This affects all versions of Windows DNS.
This article will address how to prevent your VPS from being used in a
DDOS attack. This affects all versions of Windows DNS
(2003/2008/...
If you get the MySQL Error: Host 'localhost' is not allowed to connect
to this MySQL server then read the article to fix it.
If your MySQL database has been corrupted or you don't have access to
it any longer, you may get this error when you try to acce...
Specify Network Profiles (Domain, Public, Private) associated with
Windows Firewall settings for your Windows servers.
In Windows if you have an internal network adapter, and an external
network adapter and make the server a domain controller, it will
a...
Learn how to configure auto logon & application for Windows 2008 &
2012 so the system will automatically login as a user.
When your server restarts you can configure auto logon so the system
will automatically login as a user. You can then add items to ...
Read the full Knowledgebase articles to install the URL Rewrite Module
2.0 for IIS 7 / 7.5.
To install the URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 / 7.5:
* Download it at: http://www.iis.net/download/urlrewrite
[http://www.iis.net/download/urlrewrite]
* ...
If you install MailEnable on your server, don't install the Microsoft
SMTP Server unless you run it on a separate port.
Mail Enable offers a free version of their Mail Server which is
fantastic for most small businesses.
_Note: If you intend to instal...
REMOTE DESKTOP NETWORK PRINTER REDIRECTION WORKAROUND
ON YOUR LOCAL COMPUTER
* Click on the Start button and open Control Panel then open
"Devices and Printers"
* Right click on the network printer that needs to be redirected and
choose "Printer Pro...
Read the article and know how to install search engine friendly URLs
in IIS. Read and lean step by step.
To install search engine friendly URLs in IIS:
* Install URL Rewrite 2.0 (see
http://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/54/...
If the remote desktop copy and paste / clipboard not working then
follow the steps in this article and fix the issue.
When you remote desktop into a Windows server the clipboard by default
should be shared between your local computer and your remote se...
Learn how to open a port in the Windows Firewall. VPSBlocks complete
tutorial will guide you to learn fast.
TO OPEN A PORT IN WINDOWS 2012 AND WINDOWS 2008
* On the START menu, click RUN, type WF.MSC, and then click OK.
* In the WINDOWS FIREWALL W...
Transferring files to and from the Remote Desktop session is quite
easy. Learn it on VPSBlocks to do it yourself.
To upload or download files through remote desktop you need to share a
local drive.
To do this start the remote desktop program:
* Cl...
When a site you are visiting has under a 1024 bit encryption method,
Internet Explorer Certificate 'Continue to this website' not working.
Fix this problem.
FIX INTERNET EXPLORER CERTIFICATE 'CONTINUE TO THIS WEBSITE' NOT
WORKING
This occurs when a si...
You can manage your remote desktop license while having an existing
VPS. Learn how to manage it step by step.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all your VPS...
FIX WINDOWS UPDATE LOOP IN WINDOWS SERVER 2012 AND ABOVE
This results in: 'Windows updates failed to install, rolling back
changes' message that often does not complete.
First you need to stop your VPS (use the poweroff if it has been more
than an hour...
Port forwarding can be useful to map incoming ports to other open
ports on your machine. Know how to port forwarding on Windows 2008 R2
/ 2012.
Port forwarding can be useful to map incoming ports to other open
ports on your machine. The following exampl...
Read the Knowledgebase articles and know how to setup remote desktop
connection (RDP) Software on Windows XP.
If you would like to connect to your Windows 2003/2008/2012 server
from an older version of Windows XP and remote desktop cannot be found
when ...
Keep your licensing up to date in your system if have an existing VPS
& exchange installed. Learn to manage your exchange licenses.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can a...
This article tells how to press ctrl-alt-delete in Remote Desktop.
Learn and do yourself.
In Windows if you want to press ctrl-alt-delete you actually need to
press:
ctrl + alt + end
This will perform a ctrl-alt-delete on the VPS (instead of your lo...
By default our Windows VPSs are provisioned with paging disabled. Know
how to enable the page file on Windows.
By default our Windows VPSs are provisioned with paging disabled. This
is primarily due to the extra IO this creates by clients ordering
serve...
To add new licenses to your existing VPSs you need to:
1. Login to https://portal.controlmyvps.com.au/Cloud.aspx
[https://portal.controlmyvps.com.au/Cloud.aspx] using your EMAIL
ADDRESS and password.
2. Click on 'Licensing' on the left hand menu
3. ...
You can take a look at your current bandwidth usage on Windows easily
using the Resource Monitor.
If you click on the Start button and type: resource monitor it should
come up as an option. Alternatively in the Run box type: perfmon /res
This will ope...
Read this knowledge base article & know how to clean up disk space on
windows & free it by removing outdated updates.
If your Windows installation is using a lot of disk space for the
system, you can easily clean it up and free disk space by removing
out...
Read the full knowledgebase articles and know how to block an single
IP or an IP range.
Log into your server using remote desktop
[https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/40/0/how-do-i-use-remote-desktop-rdp].
2. Click on start...
Read the knowledgebase articles & know how to turn Internet Explorer
enhanced security configuration off.
To turn off Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE
ESC):
* Click 'Start' -> 'Administrative Tools' -> 'Server Manager'
* On th...
Read this complete Knowledgebase articles and know how to configure
IIS to serve web fonts.
If you are embedding true type fonts in your webpages, you must add a
mime type to IIS to enable support of Firefox.
By default IIS has EOT and TTF files in th...
Read the full knowledgebase articles and know how to generate a CSR
and install a Certificate in IIS 7.
TO GENERATE A CERTIFICATE SIGNING REQUEST (CSR) — MICROSOFT IIS 7
* From Start, select Administrative Tools, and then select Internet
Information ...
If you are trying to take a snapshot of a Windows VPS that is also a
domain controller this may fail. There is a bug in the hypervisor that
stops normal production snapshots from being taken of Windows servers
that are also running the domain controller r...
Read the full article and know how to restore a Windows 2012 backup of
the operating system taken to a second hard drive.
If you have a SATA backup drive and have been taking Windows backups
to it, then need to restore your system drive, you need to foll...
Read the full knowledgebase articles and know how to create a new
remote desktop user.
First navigate to the 'Server Manager'. Start --> Right-Click Computer
--> Manage.
Once in the 'Server Manager' Expand Configuration --> Local Users and
Groups>User...
Read this complete Knowledgebase articles and know how to allow
multiple RDP Sessions for Single User.
Server 2012/2008 R2 unlike their predecessors, comes with the multiple
remote desktop session restriction enabled. If you are only connecting
to a ser...
If you have asked us to create a private network for internal traffic
this will be provided using DHCP. However, so the network is private
it requires an internal gateway, which can disrupt outgoing
connections from your VPS (as it will have 2 gateways). ...
Read this complete knowledgebase articles and know how to install
Windows SMTP Server.
TO CONFIGURE SMTP E-MAIL FOR A WEB APPLICATION
*
Click 'Start' -> 'Administrative Tools' -> 'Server Manager'
*
Click on 'Features'
*
Click on 'Add Feature...
If you are using a Mac you can grab the Remote Desktop connection.
Know how to use RDP on MAC.
If you are using a Mac you can grab the Remote Desktop connection
client here:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/microsoft-remote-desktop-10/id1295203466?mt=12
...
Read the full knowledgebase articles and know how to connect RDP when
your local computer is a member of a domain.
When you connect via RDP and your local computer is a member of a
domain, it will automatically pass that domain as part of the
administra...
If you are having trouble making a connection to your VPS with remote
desktop, read this article to fix the issue.
If you are having trouble making a connection to your VPS with remote
desktop, and it starts to make a connection then fails, the reason i...
Read this full knowledgebase articles and know how to install .NET 3.5
on Windows 2012 R2.
To install .NET 3.5 you need to do the following
1. Mount the Windows 2012 R2 DVD, see:
https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/33/0/mou...
Read this full knowledgebase articles and know how do I activate
Windows 2008 in easiest way.
All Windows systems automatically come pre-loaded with an activation
key. Activation will occur automatically within 30 days of your VPS
being provisioned, so ...
Receive an error when you try to install roles/features, know the
solution to read the article.
Sometimes you receive an error when you try to install roles/features.
This can occur for many reasons, but primarily it occurs due to lack
of available memo...
* Login to the VPSBlocks portal and go to VPS Management
* Select the Windows Standard 2012 Server DVD
* Load the console on a separate browser window
* Reboot the server, and in the console make sure you press a key to
boot from the DVD
* From ...
If you have more than 4GB of RAM on your Windows system, and task
manager is reporting only 4GB usable, with a large portion of
'hardware reserved' RAM, you may need to check a setting in the
msconfig tab.
1. Click start
2. Type msconfig
3. Go under...
If you are running Outlook on your VPS & trying to connect to an
Exchange server & the connection is failing. Read to fix the error
If you are running Outlook on your VPS and trying to connect to an
Exchange server and the connection is failing. The pro...
This article tells how to extend a partition in Windows 2003. Follow
this step and do yourself.
To extend a partition in Windows 2003 you need to use the command
utility DISKPART.
Firstly, note you can ONLY extend the last volume on a disk.
Open a c...
Windows by default stores all files you have ever replaced by updates
so you can rollback / uninstall updates if you need to. This
is largely unnecessary as it's very very rare for you to need to
uninstall an update or service pack.
This can take up qui...
If an error saying 'internal server error' occurs as soon as you try
to connect to remote desktop, it is most likely due to a setting a
Windows Update has introduced to lower the amount of requests to stop
endless attacking on RDP ports.
If you are recei...
If you have Outlook 2016 (or others) installed on a Windows 2019
server, when you click a Hyperlink in an email message you may
received the error:
When clicking on a hyperlink in Outlook, this warning appears. Your
organization's policies are preventin...
SYMPTOMS:
One cannot RDP into the VPS unless another person logs off.
Previously it was possible to login via RDP even if there were two
people currently logged in, RDP used to ask if you would like to
disconnect or force disconnect.
One can still lo...
Go to SERVER MANAGER Select ADD ROLES AND FEATURES, then select
REMOTE DESKTOP SERVICES INSTALLATION.
Select the STANDARD DEPLOYMENT option
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Deployment scenario is session N...
Windows has a defense mechanism for programs it does not recognize.
This is part of the SmartScreen defense. If you are using a little
known program you may find when you try to open it, the program
appears to hang or opening it is delayed by a couple of ...
Go to Windows Firewall with Advanced Security > Inbound Rules
> Active Directory Domain Controller – LDAP (UDP-in) and change the
connection to “Allow the connection if it is secure”.
Once this is done it's important to restart the server, as the
existin...
If you have an active directory environment, and when trying to login
to your active directory workstation (not domain controller), you get
the error:
"The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary
domain failed"
You will need to re-...
This can happen due to differences in TLS/SSL version compatibility or
ciphers.
To fix it from the client end (e.g. the desktop system that runs
Outlook)
You need to create the registry key "ExcludeHttpsRootDomain" as a
DWORD give it a value of 1. See b...
Licenses are per USER for Domain controllers or domain members (unlike
workgroup where in 2019 or later only per device is supported)
Go to SERVER MANAGER Select ADD ROLES AND FEATURES, then
select REMOTE DESKTOP SERVICES INSTALLATION.
Select the STANDA...
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