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Batchfile to disconnect existing RDP connections

Remote Desktop Connection Manager

Previously we wrote about how to terminate the existing connections using “tsadmin” and “session” command . We know the command and syntax are difficult to remember. that is why i just converted this commands to a Batch file. Copy the scripts and save it as a .bat file. while executing the batch file , it will prompt for the Ip address / hostname, …

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How to hide user account in Windows 7

Here I’m showing steps to hide a user account in Windows 7. The user account can be hidden from welcome screen but can be used while sharing etc. Steps Create a new account from User Accounts Make the following changes in registry Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\Userlist Create a new “KEY”  if “SpecialAccounts” is not listed, under special accounts create “userlist” too (again …

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Cannot Connect to the Printer, Printer Processor does not exist.

  When we trying to share a printer connected to a Windows XP machine with Windows 7, getting an error message like “Cannot connect to the printer, Printer processor does not exist”. If you get a Windows 7 machine, it makes sense to share that printer so that any computer can print to it. Unfortunately, trying to print to a …

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Identify unknown device driver manually

If you find a diver conflicted device in the device manager, It is difficult to identify the device. Most time it will be names as “Unknown device” “PCI Device”. There are some softwares to identify the device manufacture. Here I explained how to identify this device manually Open Device manager Run command (devmgmt.msc) Take the properties of the device which …

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Secure file transfer from Windows to Linux using RSA key

PSCP is a command line application which is a free implementation  of scp for win 32 platform  . This tool is used for securely copying between computer systems. It uses the SSH (secure shell) protocol, which makes it impossible for other people on the network to snoop on your password or on the data you are transferring. PSCP can run …

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Command line tool to Kill remote desktop connections from XP

Error : The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections We have explained the command to reset the remote desktop connections from a windows 7 PC,  As you know windows RDP client will give an error if multiple users are connected through terminal service. Its including console access. In critical situations we have to accrue the session. …

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Log server performance using Windows performance monitor

Windows performance monitor is a real time performance monitoring tool. It gives result in three different ways, Graphical view Histogram view and plaint text counter view. Some times we need to log the utilization of a server for the future reference. It includes various  services like IIS, SQL, CPU, Disk usage etc.. you can write them to a file and …

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Google Define IE8 Accelerator with Preview

Besides Security, CSS Support and Speed; the reason why Firefox is becoming the favorite browser for Internet Users is the availability of Tons of add-ons. Internet Explorer 8 came with a Trump called Accelerators. In short, Accelerators are key-board free way of browsing the Internet. Google Define (with Preview) is one such handy and useful IE8 Accelerator which displays the …

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