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Windows 7: RDP changes improve remote desktop performance

The Remote Desktop Client in Windows 7 is equipped with new features and enhancements via Remote Desktop Protocol 7 (RDP). The most interesting enhancement is the support for Desktop Composition, full Aero glass effect.

Neowin Article

Video Link

Installing a self signed certificate on Windows Vista

If you need to install a self signed certificate on a windows vista computer then you can follow these instructions -

Visit the website with the untrusted certificate. You will see the warning message as shown below, choose continue anyway.

First warning

On the address bar you will see a message for a certificate error. Click on this and choose view certificate.

View the certificate

You will now see a certificate just like in windows XP except the option to Install Certificate is missing… This is because I.E. no longer runs with administrative privilages - even if you are an administrator.

Normal certificate

You can launch IE with administrative privilages by right clicking on the IE icon and choosing run as administrator.

Run IE as Administrator

Once you click on “Run as Administrator” you will get a security warning which you must agree to.

You can then navigate back to the secure website and click to view the certificate. This time you will recive the option to install the certificate.

certificate viewed as administrator

On the Install certificate wizard you should choose to specify where the certificate should be installed and add it to the trustsed root store.

Choose trusted root in wizard

You will get one final warning message and then you will be ready to go

Final Warning

Simplify Remote access addresses required by clients

This shows how you can ease client’s home connection experience by some cleaver DNS settings.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/javier/archive/2005/06/03/50410.aspx

Add wake on Lan support to Remote Web Workplace

Here is a look at a fantastic add on to the RWW.

If your PC supports wake on lan you can take advantage of this to allow you to help save the enviroment and your electricity bill by allowing your work PC to enter standby and still been able to login from home :)

http://msmvps.com/blogs/thenakedmvp/archive/2006/06/30/103330.aspx

Remote Wipe a WM5 Device with no user input.

A part of the messaging feature pack that implemented push email also gave a handy security feature where you can remote wipe a device that has been lost or in the wrong hands.

The Official SBS Blog has a great article on doing this -

http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2007/01/11/remote-wiping-a-device-with-no-user-input.aspx

Using a Nokia device to sync with Small Business Server 2003

The official SBS Blog has written a guide to using the Nokia “Mail for Exchange” software on a Small Business Server 2003 Network.

Its worth a read for the certificate discussion alone.

 http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/12/07/using-a-nokia-device-to-sync-with-small-business-server-2003.aspx

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