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Remote Shutdown, Oh how I love thee…

June 17, 2009 By Robert Owen

I manage a few Windows Servers across my VPN... Updating software, OS, and managing backups, etc. And, sometimes when you are installing an update that requires a reboot things can get a little complicated. Especially, if that server has a lot of services running and you are logged in via Remote Desktop. If there a lot of services that have to be shut down, sometimes the server can hang in the process... Cutting your remote session but not finishing the reboot process. So... enter … [Read more...]

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Remote Desktop

June 10, 2009 By Robert Owen

Here is another Post that must have tasted good because, Wordpress ate it when I converted. It should still be useful to someone out there... When Windows XP came out, we were introduced to the new and improved remote desktop. It's Great! Believe me, I use it regularly. Well, when you use it to connect to XP workstations you get to connect to the console session. However, when trying to connect to a Server 2000 or Server 2003 machine you get connected to a "Remote Desktop" not ever to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MicroSoft, Software Tagged With: Butt, Command Line Arguments, Desktop Exe, Desktop Icon, Desktop Xp, Fyi, Gt Programs, Mstsc Exe, New Icon, Parameters, Remote Computer, Remote Desktop Connection, Select Properties, Server 2000, Servername, Windows Xp, Workstations

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