Visual Studio is a free, fully featured, and extensible solution for individual developers to create applications for Android, iOS, Windows, and the web. Installing Visual Studio on a server or VPS has many advantages, like keeping your work separated and available 24/7, as well as the performance advantages that come along with cloud hosting: ultra-fast download/upload, […]
SQL Server Express is a free version of Microsoft SQL Server available from Microsoft. It’s excellent for building small, data-driven web and mobile applications up to 10 GB in size. You can easily scale your applications across SQL Server editions as you grow—without having to change application code due to the common programming surface enabled […]
Can’t find Server Manager? It’s ok, it happens. It’s possible to launch Server Manager from command prompt or PowerShell. How to Open Server Manager via Command Prompt 1. Open Command Prompt (Start > Run > cmd), or PowerShell 2. Type ServerManager and press Enter Server Manager should open. That was easy! This article applies to: […]
Windows Defender is an excellent built-in feature of the latest versions of Windows, providing free, always-on protection against malware and other threats. However, you may have noticed very slow ZIP archive extraction in Windows 10. The reason for slow .zip extraction is Windows Defender which scans each extracted file, and causes archive extractions to slow […]
We came across this great little tool, and wanted to share in case anyone can use the info. Shining Light OpenSSL client for Windows is a command line OpenSSL utility, implementing the full OpenSSL software for testing and debugging SSL connection issues on Windows systems. Download the OpenSSL client, free, here: https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html After running the installer, […]
It’s simple to flush the DNS cache on Windows or Windows Server. This will reset the server’s cached DNS lookups, so domain name lookups will be re-tried the next time they are made. How to Reset the DNS Cache in Windows 1. Open Command Prompt. 2. Run the command: ipconfig /flushdns That’s it. The DNS cache […]
Our Secure Client Panel provides a built-in Web Remote Desktop (RDP) feature. Web RDP acts as a remote server console, where you can view the server desktop even if network connectivity is interrupted, or if the server is booting up. Read on for a walkthrough of the process to connect to your remote Windows server or […]
If you are using Windows 10, the best way to connect to a Windows server is Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection, also called RDC. Read on for a walkthrough of the process to connect to your remote Windows server or Windows VPS: How to Connect 1. Open the Start menu and search for “remote desktop”. You should […]
If you’ve used Apache on a Linux server (or even a Windows server), then you are probably familiar with .htaccess and Apache directives. This article covers implementing 301 Redirects (permanent location redirects) in IIS, Microsoft’s web server. How to Redirect a File or URL in IIS First, log in to your server’s desktop as a […]
Warning: This procedure is not recommended if Exchange Server is intended to be installed again at any time in the future. If you have suffered a failed installation or need to remove Exchange in order to install it over again, we suggest re-installing the server and installing on a fresh system. How to Force Remove […]
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