Recent content by chrisguk

Absolutely what ussnorway said. Creating a shortcut to shut any server machine down is bad practice and dangerous ground. Petebata suggested using the CMD window and this for admins is the preferred way unless of course you needed to do it out of hours, then GPO would be the best option...

If you are using Remote desktop services you can you use the remote desktop manager to make a connection (tsadmin) . This way the user will not lose their session nor will you kill any running apps.

If I understand your setup correctly you don't have a domain controller, but do you have a server dedicated to providing the DNS? It is important to know what is actually slow here. Do you mean the retrieval of files or the general navigation of your given share (on the file server). Another...

Hi, On server 2008 R2 I could install remote desktop session host then navigate to Administrative Tools > Remote Desktop > Remote Desktop Host Session Configuration. Then I would right click on RDP-tcp then click the tab "logon settings". This would allow me to put in the domain name. What...