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Category: Windows Vista

  • Enable Remote Desktop – Windows Vista Tips


    INFORMATION:

    This article will show you how to enable remote desktop on Windows Vista

    1) Go to Start, right click Computer and then click on Properties.

    2) The computer properties window will appear, then you click on Remote settings.
    Note: You can also open this window by going to Control Panel -> System.

    3) Go to Remote tab on the System properties window, then click on Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure) option. You can also click Select Users button to choose the users that can connect to this computer remotely. Finally, click Apply and OK button.

    Note: You can only choose that Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication (more secure) option if the Remote Desktop client supports Network Level Authentication. If you want to check, just open the client and click on upper left corner icon to open the About window, you will then find out whether it’s supported.

    Note: By default the current user id that you used to enable this Remote Desktop will be allowed to connect remotely. In this case, Ivan already has access as my current logged on user id is Ivan. You can click Add… to add other users.

    Note: Also the Remote Desktop must be enabled as exception on Windows Firewall! If not the traffic will be dropped by this firewall.

    Note: Please also make sure Block all incoming connections check box is cleared! If it’s check, then no remote connection can be made from other computers. 


  • Monitor Shared Folders – Windows Vista Tips

    Quick Way to Monitor Shared Folders in Windows Vista

    1) Open command prompt (Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt), type fsmgmt.msc and press Enter button.

    2) The shared folders snap-in will appear. If you click Shares, it will list down all shared folders, folder path, number of client connections, etc.
    Note: You can also right click the folder to open or stop the folder sharing.

    3) If you click on Sessions, it lists down all users who are connected to this computer’s shared folders. From here, you will know some valuable connected user info, such as user ID, computer name, how many files are opened by user, since when the folder is accessed by user, idle time and whether the user logged on using Guest account.
    Note: You can also right click any user ID and click on Close Session option to disconnect this user.

    4) Proceed to click on Open Files, it will list down all files currently accessed by users and also the permission user owns on the opened files.
    Note: You can also right click any file and click on Close Open File option to close open file.


  • Disable IPv6 – Windows Vista Tips

    Simple Way to Disable IPv6 in Windows Vista

    1) Go to Start and right click on Network and then click Properties.


    2) Network and Sharing Center window will appear, after that click Manage network connections.

    3) Network Connections window will appears. Here you can right click on the network card that you wish to disable IPv6 and click Properties.

    4) In the Local Area Connection Properties window, untick Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and click OK.
    Note: This method disables IPv6 on your LAN interfaces and connections, but does not disable IPv6 on tunnel interfaces or the IPv6 loopback interface. You need to make change in Windows registry in order to disable the IPv6 on tunnel interface. You can stop here if don’t feel like working with Windows registry. If not, proceed with Step 5.

    5) Type regedit in command prompt in order to launch registry editor.

    6) Registry editor will appear, proceed to locate following registry item:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\DisabledComponents
    Note: If the DisabledComponents item is unavailable, you must create it:
    a) In the Edit menu, go to New, and then click DWORD (32-bit) Value.

    b) Type DisabledComponents, and then press ENTER.

    7) Double-click DisabledComponents, set the value as 0xffffffff (hexadecimal value) (just type ffffffff) to disable IPv6 on LAN interfaces, connections, and tunnel interfaces except the IPv6 loopback interface, finally click OK.

    8) You must restart the computer for this registry value to take effect.