If you have to change text or update links in many of your WordPress pages, there is a simple solution with BETTER SEARCH REPLACE. We recently removed a YouTube video player that required all of our YouTube links to be …
This video shows you how to install WordPress on Server 2016 or Windows 10 in just 5 minutes using Microsoft’s amazing Web Platform Installer. You can source the Web Platform Installer directly from Microsoft HERE.
UPDATED: June 28 2021 – Step 10 was the big change. We just spent the last hour working through this and I can confirm this updated process is happy. If your a Canadian with a PayPal account with US Dollars …
Google Earth for the desktop is a NEAR end of life product, but it is still available. They are replacing the GoogleEarth desktop app with a GoogleEarth Web App. Google said: While rebuilding the new Google Earth from scratch we …
Google Earth desktop is going away; it is being replaced with Google Earth Web App. That should not be a big surprise in this connected world. For more details, read THIS. However, Google is still producing new builds of Google …
There are only a few things about Windows 10 1803 (build from Spring 2018) I do not like and one of them is that Microsoft removed FILE EXPLORER but added PHOTOS and DOCUMENTS to the START menu, even on the …
A User Profile Disk is simply a VHDX that is created for each user that contains their C:\USERS\<user> profile and blocks remote users from interacting with the physical disk. This is good for security and also lets user profiles roam across different Session Hosts.
Setting up User Profile Disks is easy but the thing tech’s make a mistake on is using a local path. You MUST use a path that all of your RDS users can get to. We recommend that you make it a hidden network share so that others on your network can not see it.
To Setup & Enable RDS User Profile Disks:
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If you have a Server 2016 Remote Desktop Services infrastructure, you will likely want to lock down the Sessions Hosts. Below are some of the useful Group Policies that we suggest you apply.
Note that Server 2012 and Server 2016 have the option to use something very important for security named USER PROFILE DISKS. A User Profile Disk is a VHDX that is created for each user. That Virtual Hard Disk contains their C:\USERS\ profile and blocks remote users from interacting with the physical disk.
If you want to use USER PROFILE DISKS click HERE for more information. If you don’t want to use USER PROFILE DISKS, you should consider configuring the following GPOs:
USER > POLICIES > SYSTEM > FOLDER REDIRECTION
USER > POLICIES > ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES > WINDOWS COMPONENTS > FILE EXPLORER > HIDE THESE SPECIFIED DRIVES IN MY COMPUTER
USER > POLICIES > ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES > WINDOWS COMPONENTS > FILE EXPLORER > PREVENT ACCESS TO DRIVES FROM MY COMPUTER
Lets get started. Below are the GPO’s we suggest you consider to lock down your RDS Session Hosts:
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I needed to import a certificate into a Server 2016 RDS server but it was requesting a .PFX file I did not have, so I had a problem. The certificate I wanted the RDS to use was already installed and …
MINOR UPDATE: Aug 19 2019 – Windows Timeline is a new feature in the just released Windows 10 Spring 2018 (1803) build that lets you easily see and resume your activities from the last 30 days: What Windows Timeline Includes: …
If you have a Server 2016 Session Host in your Remote Desktop Services (RDS) configuration and it is returning error 0x8024416 on all its Windows Updates, we have the fix. You simply need to put the Session Host into a maintenance mode called
You can use the Windows Server Manager GUI or PowerShell:
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UPDATED: Oct 31 2022 – If you are in a corporate setting, so called “alerts” can be quite annoying to your users and you will likely want to disable them. Unfortunately there are no native GPO’s to disable the various …
If you are running Remote Desktop Services (RDS) you likely have an /RDWeb landing page that you would like to reconfigure to make it easier for people to visit. My RDWeb page now looks like the one on the right.
If you are interested in customizing the RDWeb page, you might be interested in our easy explanation of how to eliminate the /RDWeb portion of the rds.YourDomain.com/RDWeb and change it to just rds.YourDomain.com, HERE.
WARNING: Internet Explorer does a good job of detecting the changes when you refresh RDWeb page but Chrome does not. Soooo, if you are testing with Chrome, make sure you flush your browser cache.
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“MIC – Imagin@rium VIRTUAL REALITY” (CC BY 2.0) by pallina60 Loon
Following an initial surge of interest in late 2016 and early 2017, the virtual reality market has reduced to a gentle simmer of late. As developers and manufacturers start to evolve and perfect their products, consumers are starting to accept that the future of gaming is here. Indeed, what was once seen as a niche, potentially novel sector of the industry, is now becoming “the industry”. Therefore, the reactionary spending has stopped and the lines of innovation and interest now appear to be levelling off slightly. Of course, the market of virtual reality and its offshoots is still extremely young, but we’re already starting to see early products mature and, in turn, inspire new ideas. Perhaps one of the most intriguing to emerge in recent months is virtual reality casino gaming.
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For longstanding critics, bitcoin as a currency has had its day. Following its dramatic rise in 2017 to a value of $20,000 per coin, the market has been spooked in 2018. Following ad bans by Twitter and regulatory moves and …
By default, RDS will setup yourdomain.com/RDWeb to present Work Resources like published apps to your visitors. You can easily eliminate the need for to add /RDWeb to the URL, using a simple redirect in IIS: Launch IIS Click on DEFAULT …