Make Vista RDP Behave Like XP RDP
Nov17

Make Vista RDP Behave Like XP RDP

KB ID 0000098 Problem If Like me you haver to open multiple RDP sessions to lots of different clients, who all have differend domain names and passwords then the move to Vista can be a shock to the system, as far as RDP goes anyway. If you want to bend the version of RDP shipped with vista to behave like the old one did in XP you will need to the following. Solution 1. Locate your default.rdp file (it’s usually in my documents). 2....

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Show Hidden Files or Folders in Windows
Nov17

Show Hidden Files or Folders in Windows

KB ID 0000283  Problem Any files or folders with the attribute “H” are not shown in windows explorer by default, if you would like to see them you will need to “show hidden files,folders or drives” Solution Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 1. Click Start > Control Panel. 2. Locate and Launch Folder options > View Tab. 3. In the “Hidden files and folders” section > select...

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Windows – ‘Telnet’ is not recognized as an internal or external command
Nov17

Windows – ‘Telnet’ is not recognized as an internal or external command

KB ID 0000455 Problem Telnet client from Windows, and have it as an “Optional Extra”. For most people that’s fine, but for anyone who programs network devices, or needs to test that ports are open, or test mail flow by telnet to port 25, that’s a pain. Solution Enabling Telnet – Windows 10 1. From PowerShell execute the following command; dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient Enabling...

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You have been logged on with a temporary profile”
Nov17

You have been logged on with a temporary profile”

KB ID 0000033 Problem After renaming (because you didn’t want to lose the profile) or deleting a user profile, from the “users” directory. You will see the following error when you attempt to log on as the deleted user;   Error: You have been logged on with a temporary profile You cannot access your files and files created in this profile will be deleted when you log off. To fix this, log off and try logging on...

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Hide/Remove Users from the Windows Welcome/Logon Screen
Nov17

Hide/Remove Users from the Windows Welcome/Logon Screen

KB ID 0000541 Problem This was asked on EE the other day, and I’ve been asked it before, so I put it on my list of “Articles to write up”. Windows by default will display all “Enabled” accounts on the welcome screen. In most cases that’s fine, but the poster had installed SQL and all the service accounts were listed. Solution Option 1 Updated 09/08/12 Site visitor (Fehlmann Paolo ) Emailed in to...

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