Category Archives: SBS 2003
Auto Login to PC after restart
Slow network logon
Daylight Savings for Western Australia 2009
Vista networking issues with SBS2003
Using Dual Monitors in Terminal Services with Remote Desktop
- The monitors must be the same resolution
- The total resolution must not exceed 4096 x 2048
- The top left monitor must be primary
- The monitors must be horizontally oriented
From the start menu, open a Run dialog. Type in mstsc /span /v:servername
Optionally, you can also use the /w:HorizontalResInPixels /h:VerticalResInPixels switches.
Configuring the iPhone for Exchange Sync
Server on, no connections
In the past few months, I have had random situations where a server would restart, and following the restart, no one could connect in or the server would not connect out. Normally, a second reboot would fix the problem.
I have discovered that this is caused by the application of the MS08-037 patch. If the randomly assigned ports conflicted with the IPSEC service, this service would fail, causing the server to start in block mode where all network connectivity to the server is blocked. The proactive solution as documented by Microsoft in http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/07/17/some-services-may-fail-to-start-or-may-not-work-properly-after-installing-ms08-037-951746-and-951748.aspx is to modify a registry entry as follows.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\ReservedPorts
Add the following port ranges and reboot.
3343-3343
1433-1434
1745-1745
1080-1080
1720-1720
1645-1646
1701-1701
1812-1813
2883-2883
4500-4500
There is more information on this problem along with other scenarios which I have not yet encountered.
How to change Terminal Server’s listening port
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.