Had one of those problems today. The server had to be restarted. The client pressed the power button and held it for 5 seconds, because there was nothing on the screen. Then they turned the server on again. Nothing. Tried it a few times with no luck.
I got to the site and tried it too. No luck. Finally, I pulled the power cord out of the power supply. Plugged it back in after 10 seconds, and up came the server. Why? I don’t know…
An oldie but goodie. I use this often – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187623
Regedit.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp
Change the port number from Decimal 3389 to something else.
You will have to restart the server after this.
PS. To access Remote Desktop quickly, type mstsc -v:[server, IP, or net address] from a command prompt.
Finally found an answer to a problem that had been bugging me for some time.
When a new server gets put into place, some workstations with XP Pro might have offline files configured. How do we get rid of these entries? It wasn’t enough to just delete the files. The PC kept wanting to look for the old server.
1. Open Up Windows Explorer. Tools. Folder Options. Offline Files. View Files. Ctrl-A to select all files. SHIFT-DEL to delete all offline files stored on the PC.
2. Regedit. HKCU\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\netcache\. Locate and remove all entries pointing to the old server.
3. Do this for all users loggin on to the PC.
PS. Daniel Mundy added a comment on the previous blog site:
Or you can set the following registry key once, avoid having to log in as each user:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache
Key Name: FormatDatabase
Key Type: DWORD
Key Value: 1
