Friday, September 10, 2010

Remote Desktop 7 for XP and Vista

February 5, 2010 by Josh Mitchell  
Filed under Printer Problems, RDP, Remote Control

This is a nice tidy remote desktop application, that will update your existing Windows XP/Vista Remote Desktop (RDP) to the latest version (at the time of writing).
Side note: I have found using this version and the default HP Universal drivers on all connected remote workstations, that I have less spooler crashes.
Description of the Remote Desktop [...]

WinXP – RDP with three concurrent connections to XP

November 19, 2009 by admin  
Filed under MS WinXP Home, MS WinXP Pro, RDP, Remote Control

Hi there,
This solution is not secure by any means, so run it at your own risk. This solution effectively allows your mum, your dad, and you to use Remote Desktop to your computer all at the same time. Why do you want to do this? Maybe because their computers are slow and yours is fast..
I [...]

RDP – Default Printer problem – Myob on SBS2003 – Printer Error 5

October 19, 2009 by admin  
Filed under MS SBS2003, MYOB, Printer Problems, RDP

If your getting printer error no 5 in Myob, and your using TS on an SBS2003 box, then chances are this will help you.
You need to create a batch file in your users startup folder, or call it how you want.
The batch files contents should read:
NET STOP SPOOLERNET START SPOOLERE:\defprn.vbs
Obviously you need to tell us [...]

Enable Remote Access by Remote

September 29, 2009 by admin  
Filed under MS Win2K3, MS WinXP Home, MS WinXP Pro, RDP, Remote Control

Download PS Tools to your Server: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx
You might want to add them to the Environment Variables, path..
Run these commands:
psexec \\remotecomputername netsh firewall set service remoteadmin enable
psexec \\remotecomputername netsh firewall set service remotedesktop enable
You should now be able to remote the computer.
This thanks to: http://thebackroomtech.com/2007/05/18/how-to-enable-remote-desktop-on-a-windows-xp-machine-remotely/
Cheers, josh
Other useful PSTOOL commands are:
Restart SERVICES
psexec \\HOST net stop SERVICENAME
psexec \\HOST [...]

WinXP – Setup Remote Desktop (& Web)

August 24, 2009 by admin  
Filed under MS WinXP Pro, RDP, Remote Control

Ok, if you want to setup Remote Desktop, that’s cool, here is how:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/enableremote.mspx
DO NOT FORGET, to setup your router, for port forward.
ie. Port 3389 to a reserved DHCP address for your host PC, which you want to control!
But if you want to setup Remote Desktop over the web, use this config (WIN XP PRO only):http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx [...]

RDP and printers not redirecting

If you want printers to redirect from your local machine onto your host RDP server, so that you can print documents back home.. and it doesn’t work. This page then is for you.
CRITICAL COMPONENTS:
1. You need to install the drivers onto the server. a. Right click on whitespace in the servers Printer Control Panel. [...]

Remote Control – Create your own support tool

July 14, 2009 by admin  
Filed under RDP, Remote Control

So, you want to help your mate get his computer back up and running again. Spend a bit of time completing this wizard, and you will have a Remote Control utility all ready to go!
Ultra VNC Support Tool Wizard:
http://www.simply-postcode-lookup.com/SingleClickUltraVNC/SingleClickVNC.htm
Dynamic DNS Clients:
http://www.no-ip.com/downloads.php?page=win
http://www.dyndns.org/

Free RDP for users

February 10, 2009 by admin  
Filed under RDP

The following setup works for a single PC on a network. For more computers on one network you may wish to read the next article below.
1) Setup a free GMAIL account with www.gmail.com for the organisation
2) Setup a free DYNDNS account with www.dyndns.org for the organisation
3) Create dynamic hosts or static hosts (preferable) for the [...]

Multiple RDP sessions to Remote Desktop winxp

July 26, 2007 by admin  
Filed under MS WinXP Home, MS WinXP Pro, RDP, Remote Control

http://www.golod.com/2005/10/enabling-multiple-remote-desktop-sessions-in-windows-xp-professional-and-media-center-edition-2005/