Terminals – Best Remote Desktop Application

by | Sep 19, 2012 | Blog Posts, Remote Desktop, Utilities | 0 comments

I have always found Windows Remote Desktop to be adequate but not great especially with regards to multiple instances. After some research I stumbled across a fantastic open source REMOTE DESKTOP APPLICATION called Terminals.

User Interface

  • Multi tab interface
  • Open terminal in full screen, switch between full screen mode
  • Resizable terminal window
  • Attached and dettached Windows
  • Connections history
  • Customizable toolbars
  • Open custom application from Terminals window
  • Toolbar for computer control panel applets
Terminals Favorites

Terminals Favorites

Terminals History

Terminals History

Connection Options

  • Select one of available protocols and custom port
  • Terminal fonts and colors (ssh)
  • Automatically connect with stored credentials
  • Custom connection icon
  • Screen size and screen mode (RDP)
  • Before connection scripts
  • Organize connections by Tags
Terminals Edit Connections

Terminals Edit Connections

Manage Favorites

  • Import from other file formats
  • Search computers in Active directory
  • Search computers in your network by IP addresses
  • Automatic import RDP connection from registry
Terminals Organize Favorites

Terminals Organize Favorites

Networking tools

  • Ping
  • Tracert
  • DNS tools
  • Wake on lan
  • Port scanner
  • Shares
  • Services
  • Who is?
  • Interfaces
Terminals Networking Tools

Terminals Networking Tools

Credentials Manager

  • Store your connections credentials in secured file, so you don’t have to retype them when connecting
  • Reuse them for more then one connection
  • Define default connection credentials
Terminals Credentials Manager

Terminals Credentials Manager

Capture Manager

  • Create screen shots of your terminal sessions
  • Manage and view captured pictures
  • Automated capture for all opened sessions
  • Publish your captures gallery on Flicker
Terminals Capture Manager

Terminals Capture Manager

Application Options

  • Define connections interface behavior
  • Set application master password and other security
  • Define settings files directory
  • Define capture behavior
  • Synchronize your configuration to Amazon S3
Terminals Options

Terminals Options

 

Other screen shots and a brief list of the feature is also at weblog.aspnet.net

Create an .rdp File in Server 2008r2

by | Sep 19, 2012 | Blog Posts, Remote Desktop | 0 comments

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

You can use the RemoteApp Wizard to create a Remote Desktop Protocol (.rdp) file from any program in the RemoteApp Programs list. For more information about how to distribute .rdp files to users, see Distribute RemoteApp Programs to Users.

Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, on the RD Session Host server that you plan to configure, is the minimum required to complete this procedure. Review details about using the appropriate accounts and group memberships at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477.

To create an .rdp file

  1. On the RD Session Host server, open RemoteApp Manager. To open RemoteApp Manager, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services, and then click RemoteApp Manager.
  2. In the RemoteApp Programs list, click the program that you want to create an .rdp file for. To select multiple programs, press and hold the CTRL key when you click each program name.
  3. In the Actions pane for the program or selected programs, click Create .rdp File.
    noteNote
    If you selected multiple programs, the settings described in the rest of this procedure apply to all of the selected programs. A separate .rdp file is created for each program.

     

  4. On the Welcome to the Remote App Wizard page, click Next.
  5. On the Specify Package Settingspage, do the following:
    1. In the Enter the location to save the packages box, accept the default location or click Browse to specify a new location to save the .rdp file.
    2. In the Remote Desktop Session Host settings area, click Change to modify the server name or the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port number. When you are finished, click OK.
    3. In the RD Gateway settings area, click Change to modify or to configure whether clients will use an RD Gateway server to connect to the target RD Session Host server across a firewall. (For more information about these settings, see Configure Remote Desktop Gateway Settings.) When you are finished, click OK.
    4. To digitally sign the .rdp file, in the Certificate settings area, click Change to select or to change the certificate to use. (For more information, see About Digitally Signing RemoteApp Programs.) Select the certificate that you want to use, and then click OK.
  6. When you are finished, click Next.
  7. On the Review Settings page, click Finish.When the wizard is finished, the folder where the .rdp file was saved opens in a new window. You can confirm that the .rdp file was created.

Additional references

Configuring RemoteApp Programs

Windows 7 Not Remembering Remote Desktop Credentials

by | Sep 19, 2012 | Blog Posts, Remote Desktop, Tips,Tricks, Window 7 | 0 comments

Here is how to resolve this problem:

  1. Click on Start, and then in the search bar type: gpedit.msc
  2. Expand Computer Configuration, Expand Administrative Templates, Expand System, Expand Credentials Delegation
  3. Double Click on “Allow Delegating Default Credentials with NTLM-only Server Authentication“. Click the “Show…” button, Enter the following: TERMSRV/*
  4. Click OK, to close the Show Contents Window, Click OK again to close the next window.
  5. Double Click on “Allow Delegating Saved Credentials with NTLM-only Server Authentication“. Click the “Show…” button, Enter the following: TERMSRV/*
  6. Click OK, to close the Show Contents Window, Click OK again to close the next window.
  7. Click on Start, and then in the search bar type: GPUPDATE /FORCE

Windows 7 Not Remembering Remote Desktop Credentials

DREAMWEAVER SNIPPETS and WORKSPACE LOCATIONS

by | Jun 16, 2012 | Blog Posts, Dreamweaver, Tips,Tricks, Website Tools | 0 comments

Im not sure why Adobe doesnt automatically import these important custom user files during an upgrade but regardless it’s a simple task to migrate snippets and workspaces.

The location of the personal configuration folder depends on your operating system and version of Dreamweaver. For Dreamweaver CS4 and later, it’s as follows:

  • Vista/Windows 7: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver CSx\<language>\Configuration
  • Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver CSx\<language>\Configuration
  • Mac OS X: Macintosh HD:<username>:Library:Application Support:Adobe:Dreamweaver CSx:<language>:Configuration

In all cases, <username> is the name of your user account on the computer and <language> indicates the language of your operating system. The language is usually represented by two pairs of characters separated by an underscore, as in en_US (English), es_ES (Spanish), or fr_FR (French). The x in CSx represents the version number (4, 5, 5.5, or 6).

 

Earlier versions of Dreamweaver locate the personal configuration folder in a slightly different location. This is where it can be found in Dreamweaver CS3:

  • Vista/Windows 7: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration
  • Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration
  • Mac OS X: Macintosh HD:Users:<username>:Library:Application Support:Adobe:Dreamweaver 9:Configuration

 

The personal configuration folder for Dreamweaver 8 and older is in a similar location, except you should replace “Adobe” with “Macromedia” and substitute the appropriate version of Dreamweaver in the path name.

 

The Dreamweaver configuration folders are hidden on Windows and Mac OS X (Lion).

 

In Windows, enable the option to view hidden files and folders  as follows:

  • In Vista/Windows 7, select Start > Computer > Organize > Folder and Search Options > View. In Advanced settings, choose Show hidden files and folders.
  • In Windows XP, select Start > My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > View. In Advanced settings, choose Show hidden files and folders.

Once you turn on this option, hidden folders are displayed as dimmed icons to remind you to treat them with care.

 

In Mac OS X (Lion), open Finder and press Shift-Cmd-Go. Type ~/Library/Application Support in the dialog box, and click Go. You should then be able to find the configuration folder.

How to Tell if Your Mail Server is Blacklisted

by | Feb 9, 2012 | Blog Posts, Email, Outlook, Spam, Spyware, Tips,Tricks, Utilities | 0 comments

Chances are if you landed on this page it’s because youe emails are being returned undeliverable because for one reason or another your mail server is blacklisted. There are two sites that are very helpful.

The first is MX Toolbox which is THE site to to test all things mail related. The other site is MultiRBL.valli.org – Blacklist, Whitelist and FCrDNS check tool. Both sites will link you to the site that is blacklisting your mail. Some are easy to get yourself whitelisted while others are not.

How to Edit Your Hosts File – Test Your New Website Before Going Live

by | Feb 5, 2012 | Blog Posts, Tips,Tricks | 0 comments

On Windows XP/2003/Vista/7 this file is located in:

%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\
(Typically C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc)

With Vista/Windows 7 you will need to edit this file with administrative privileges.  You can do this by following one of these two sets of intructions:

  1. Click on the Windows logo.
  2. Search for ‘notepad’
  3. Right click on the notepad launcher and select ‘Run As Administrator’
  4. Click File, then Open
  5. Browse to the folder mentioned above and select the hosts file

Alternatively in Windows 7 copy  %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\ and paste the text into the search box (see step 1 above). Right click the hosts file and choose “Open File Location” and edit as above.

 

Note: While the hosts file edits are in place you will not be able to visit your active site from your computer. You will either need to remove the edits, work with 2 hosts files or just use another computer.

 

Why would you want to do this? This is useful when moving websites to a new host.  This would allow you to recreate your site at the new host and browse to it as though it’s live.

Example:

Here is a typical Hosts file

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.

#

# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.

#

# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.

# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space.

#

# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a ‘#’ symbol.

#

# For example:

#

#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server

#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

 

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.

#             127.0.0.1       localhost

#             ::1             localhost

 

To modify the hosts file to point to your test site simply add a line with your new servers ip followed by a space with your sites domain

23.67.19.45  mycoolsite.com www.mycoolsite.com