A client of ours running a Windows 2012 R2 remote desktop, terminal server was having issues where when they typed on their local keyboard it will show up on the server as alternating capital and lowercase letters like this “RiPtIdE hOsTiNg”. SOLUTION is to change the RDP settings on the client The solution in his […]
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REDIRECTION OF PRINTERS / HARD DRIVES / CLIPBOARD FROM YOUR LAPTOP OR DESKTOP On client laptop/desktop prior to connecting to server: Local Printing (and redirection of DVD drive, local hard drive, enable copy and paste between client an server, etc.)— When you open the Remote Desktop Connection program on your local laptop/desktop, before pressing “Connect”, click on “Show […]
Use the steps below to schedule a task which can automatically reboot your Windows 2008 R2 server on a recurring basis. Please beware that users that are logged on will be kicked off when the server reboots. Go to administrative tools, task scheduler. Then right click on Task Scheduler and select Create Task Name the task, possibly something […]
We had a user who was having issues sending email in an older version of outlook on their remote desktop terminal server hosted with Riptide Hosting. The error message upon pressing the send button in Outlook was errors have been detected in the user’s outlook.pst file. This issue was only affecting one user on the […]
Generally we don’t recommend installing FTP on a server unless it is necessary. In some cases, it can be easier to transfer files through RDP. If installing FTP on a remote desktop terminal server and after installation it seems like it is still blocked even though the ports were open on the Windows firewall, try restarting the […]
HOSTING FILEMAKER SERVER (database) AND FILEMAKER PRO (client) ON HOSTED SERVERS Riptide Hosting provides servers with Dedicated Windows Operating System environments for you to host FileMaker 15!!! See our FileMaker hosting page on our website at http://www.riptidehosting.com/FileMaker-Hosting.aspx IMPORTANT UPDATE – The End-User License Agreement for FileMaker Server 15 requires each customer to have their own […]
When you add programs on a Terminal Server, you should follow the directions below by going to Control Panel -> Programs -> “Install Application on Remote Desktop…” You can see the Microsoft article on this here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742815.aspx (shown for 2008R2, same process in 2012R2) Also see this: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff432698.aspx See our RDP youtube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Wx0i8Mv60 <iframe […]
Our Server Hosting services (dedicated server hosting, virtual server hosting and remote desktop hosting) are designed with redundant infrastructure to keep your business applications running. Below we discuss four of the common reasons for downtime and details on our infrastructure. 1) Internet Connection Failures – we utilize premium, blended bandwidth with a minimum of 8 […]
Our remote desktop hosting (terminal server hosting) servers are designed to provide access to your applications from anywhere. Using Windows remote desktop protocol, you can access your business applications, Access databases and other programs running on the server from any device using the remote desktop connection client (already installed on all windows PCs, see blog […]
Update for Windows Server 2016 – Windows Defender is built-in to Windows Server 2016 and is provided at no charge. If you have Windows Server 2012 R2, we can install MS System Center Endpoint Protection on your server for a nominal monthly fee (Windows Defender does not exist for Windows Server 2012r2). You are always […]