remote desktop protocol

  • Windows

    RDP An Internal Error Has Occurred Fix and workarounds

    Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Service is a great way to administer your Windows clients and Windows Servers. However, occasionally, you may encounter issues with the RDP server, preventing you from connecting to your remote host. One is the RDP an internal…

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    RDP vs SSH – Which should you choose?

    Remote access is one of the most powerful tools in the toolbelt of an IT admin or helpdesk technician as it allows an IT worker to remotely access, configure, and administrate systems, regardless of whether they are physically near the…

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    PowerShell IP Geolocation based on State

    I have been revisiting a few things in the lab environment, including monitoring and other alerting that I have had set for a while. I had an outside box that even with the other security measures in place, I wanted…

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    Securing RDP access to Home Lab

    One of the cool things about having a home lab is being able to reach it from anywhere.  Of course, when thinking about how you are going to make your lab accessible from the Internet, we always have to think…

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    Access local drives in an RDP session

    I see many admins and developers struggling with the RDP environment trying to copy files to a location where they have access to the files in the RDP session and their host workstation.  Many even create shares and exceptions in…

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    How to allow remote desktop connection Windows 8.1

    Remote desktop is a great way to connect to a workstation either in the same location or remotely anywhere on the Internet (with proper firewall allowances in place of course).  If you have setup a workstation at home or at…