windows remote desktop can't connect even if the firewall is off - windows-7

I am trying to let my pc, which run at win7, accessible remotely, but I am able to. I did the following:
checking "Allow Remote assistance connection to this computer.
a set a password for my account.
I setup the port forwarding on my router.
set my remote desktop communction program feild in my firewall,
ZonAlarm, to allow for everything.
yet it does not connect to my laptop remotely.
I even tried to see if I can connect to the same laptop from itself - usually it connects and try to load the windows but then fail loading. however even this test fail -
I have no other idea.
Any tips?

Running Windows 7 / Service pack 1
Make sure account has a password and you can ping the host
Start Button → (Right Click Computer) → Properties
Select Remote Settings on left of window
(if not selected) Select Remote tab
Select Option "Allow connections… running any version…"
Select OK
Restart Host (Sometime not necessary but to be sure)
Try to connect
If above fails Start Task Mgr (Start Button → cmd → TaskMgr) or (ctrl-alt-del)
Select Services Tab
Look for "TermService"
Right Click TermService and select start
If Access Denied Error
On Services Window Select Services Button (Bottom Right)
Find "Remote Desktop Services" Right Click select Properties
Set Startup type to "Automatic"
Right Click "Remote Desktop Services" select Start

I think you are forgetting something,
1.Set password for the account.
2.Check "Allow Remote assistance connection to this computer.
3.System properties>Remote>Remote Desktop>Select "Allow connections from computer running any version of remote Desktop"
4.open port 3389(default RDP port)

If you changed username of the account be aware that only name that's being displayed in windows changed.
run netplwiz and just change account name in there - it should work fine.
Posting it here in case someone runs in same problem in the future.

I fixed it by adding a user to the 'Select Users' list in Remote in system properties

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VBScript is not working on remote-desktop when I'm not logged in [duplicate]

I´m having problems with doing Shift + Enter in an object of SAP application.
This is the code I have:
If Dialog("SAP Logon 730").WinListView("SysListView32").Exist(100) Then
Dialog("SAP Logon 730").Activate
Dialog("SAP Logon 730").WinListView("SysListView32").Select sServer
Dialog("SAP Logon 730").Activate
SendKeysShell ("+{ENTER}")
End if
A list of server is displayed in the "Dialog" object. One must be selected (with the .Select) and then open using Shift + Enter.
The problem is that if I minimize the remote machine, the Sendkeys is not performed correctly.
If you minimise the Remote Desktop window (the window that displays the remote computer’s desktop), Windows switches the remote session to a GUI-less mode and doesn't display windows and controls. This means you can't interact with the desktop while the session is minimised and therefore your UFT/QTP script (that's what it looks like to me anyway) will fail.
As a possible workaround, you can try the following steps:
On your local computer, close all open Remote Desktop sessions.
Launch the Registry editor (regedit.exe).
Navigate to one of the following Registry keys, depending on whether you wish to modify the Remote Desktop settings only for the current user or for all users on the computer:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
Create a DWORD value named RemoteDesktop_SuppressWhenMinimized and set it to 2.
Close the Registry Editor.
Now, when you minimise the remote session on your local desktop, the GUI availability on the remote machine should be unaffected and your test case should continue to run OK.
Hope that helps...

How to start apache2.4 service as administrator

I am trying make ODBC connection using Xampp.
When i run apache2.4 as service it runs with local user credentials and it shows access denied error. But when i run Xampp as admin and start it manually it works fine. So my question is how do i run apache2.4 service as administrator. P.S. I am using Windows 7.
Bring up the Services (services.msc) application. Find the Apache service and double click it.
Click "Log On" tab and click "This account:" and enter the credentials for your Administrator account.
Alternatively
Do the above but rather than the "Log On" tab, grab the Path to the executable: and navigate to its folder using Windows Explorer and right-click on the executable and click Properties and click Compatibility.
Make sure "Run this program as an administrator" is ticked and click OK.
You should be good to go!

Windows 2008 Remote Desktop will not copy+paste

I have just set up a Guest Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition 64bit (VirtualBox on Windows 7 64 bit host) for some testing.
I have found that while "inside" the remote desktop environment (i.e. I remote onto the guest ip from the host) that copy and paste does not work. When I say "does not work" let me be explicit.
Assume I am logged onto the Win2008 machine via RDC
Nothing is in the copy/paste buffer. I can mouse click some text and then rclick copy. I can then right click and click "paste" but nothing happens. I can see the "choice" is enabled to paste bu nothing happens. The caret stays put.
CTRL+C / CTRL-V / CTRL-X does not work in RDC land
I am not talking about going in-between copy/paste RDC land/host land.
HERE is the double whammy: when I do the above it then "infects" my host pc so that copy paste is unavailable there too. if PRT SCR doesn't work any more.
I have tried:
restarting the guest os and host os
in group policy editor I have disabled "do not allow clip board redirection" ( I can't give you the full path to this copy/paste just broke again)
I have made sure that in RDC "options" for local resources include clipboard.
NB: if I don't touch RDC at all and log into the guest OS via the console copy paste works perfectly
Kill the rdpclip.exe process using the Task Manager. Then, create a new process named rdpclip.exe. This will solve your problem.
Follow these steps in Remote Machine.
Stop the rdpclip process
Open Task Manager.
Go to process tab and find rdpclip
Choose rdpclip and End that task.
Start rdpclip.exe
Go to start menu and open Run command
Open rdpclip.exe and click Ok button.
Copy paste should work now.
it appears this is a flaw with VirtualBox
these posts covers it
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=44498 (read the last post)
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/230
(In VirtualBox) SETTINGS->GENERAL->[Advanced]->Shared Clipboard {disabled}
There are multiple things to check.
Restarting rdpclip.exe is a worthy try if the copy/paste fails sporadically, meaning we might on a process in a previous session.
On the client side, we check the RDP Options. Click on the Show Options button in the bottom, pick the third tab Local Resources. Make sure Clipboard is checked.
On the remote server side, we want to check Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration (Win Server 2008+).
Double click the connection to open its Properties window.
In the tab named Client Settings, Make sure Clipboard is not disabled.
We need to log off from the remote desktop.
Workaround
Use an online shared text box like this one:
https://pastebin.com/

Can't add new Redirected Port in Windows 7 after installing RedMon

My operating system is Windows 7 32bit. I installed RedMon1.7, Ghostscript 8.71 and GSview 4.9; installations were successful.
I went to Add New Local Printer in Windows Devices and Printers, clicked on Create A New Port, and selected Redirected Port from the Type of Port list. Clicked Next and in the Add New Port window I named RPT1: and clicked OK but it says Specified port cannot be added. Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000001)
I tried giving different names to the port, RPT2:, RPT4:, VPport: etc but all gave same result. Disabled Windows Firewall and tried but it continues to give same error, Disabled the Antivirus (Avira) but no change.
What can be preventing windows 7 from adding redirected port?
BTW I was following instructions in this tutorial in order to create a postscript printer.
http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~henrik/GSPSprinter/GSPSprinter.html
Appreciate any ideas or suggestions. Thanks
Run cmd.exe as Administrator and then run:
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /il
from the elevated cmd.
Go to your Start Menu,
Type Print,
Right-Click "Print Management",
Select "Run as administrator",
In Print Management; Expand "Print Servers" and Select "Ports".
Right-Click in the "Ports" pane (on the right hand side) and Select "Add Port...".
I'd also recommend configuring a Port from Print Management, as opposed to trying to do it in a Printers Properties. ;)
Adam Reed describes a workaround in his blog:
http://borntoidentify.blogspot.com/2010/09/configuring-virtual-printer-using.html
Not very comfortable, but works for me ...
EDIT: This link appears broken, but here's the content:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120628120209/http://borntoidentify.blogspot.com/2010/09/configuring-virtual-printer-using.html
The gist is that under Win7, you need to run explorer with elevated rights. This can be done using another browser, or, as mentioned in the comments on the original post:
Open a CMD window by right clicking and running as administrator
Kill the process explorer.exe from the task manager
Run explorer.exe from the command prompt window, now as an administrator.
Be very careful when running explorer as an administrator.
You need to enable Admin mode OR log with the Admin account!
This is cause by the new Vista/Win 7 security system.
Try reseting the firewall (Windows 7)
(be warned tho, the firewall will reset to the default setting)
*go to Control Panel
*go to Windows Firewall
*on the left choice pick "Restore Defaults"
It works for me, i hope it works for you.
F3lix's rundll32 method works but after you've created the port you most probably would need to configure its settings. Elsewhere in the net there are instructions to open Port management as Administrator, but in Windows 7 Home that seems to be very much impossible. One can only view the virtual port settings. The only workaround I found is to edit registry directly with the Registry editor at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors\Redirected Port\Ports\RPT1:
(Replace your port name in the end.)
It seams to be tricky. In my case it only works, after creating an new User account with the name "admin" / group " Administratoren" (de).
Before with my real Nickname User "Nick.." / group "Administratoren" (de) it dosent work´.
Takes several hours to discover ...
Accepted solution did not work for me...I found an other command line that worked well (I'm on windows 10):
%systemroot%\system32\printmanagement.msc
It opens the print management in administrator mode, and I was able to create the port with no problems.

How do you join a server to an Active Directory (domain)?

Need to launch a new ASP.NET site on this server but need to be joined to our Active Directory domain, anyone know how this is done?
The administrator of your domain would normally do that, and if he didn't know how, he'd consult a Microsoft Knowledgebase article (and if he was a she, she'd just know)
It depends on your OS. Up through Windows Server 2003 you need to:
Right-click on "My Computer" (on the server) and select properties
Select the "Computer Name" tab
Click "Change..."
In "Member of" select the "Domain" radio button
Enter the name of your domain
A popup will then appear asking you to provide the credentials of someone that has access to join a computer to the domain (ask your administrator about this one - many organizations allow employees to join computers to domains)
Reboot your machine when it prompts you to.
If it's Windows Server 2008 you'll have to select "Advanced System Settings" from the menu on the left after you select "Properties" on "My Computer".
Do you mean your application server or your database server? If your application isn't in active directory, it's most likely not on the domain. If you have a Sys or Network Admin, talk to them.

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