Yet Another IT Professional Blog

I guess we all heard about the Java security breach . I don't know about you but I've heard about it and decided to take action like a good IT Professional. :)  We decided to deactivate the Java add-on on our Terminal Server which is running Windows Server 2008 R2. I realized that if I turn off the add-on manually from the Internet Explorer settings, the action is only takes effect only for the user account that your are logged in. But, what do you do for a Terminal server or on system that multiple user is using? I've found the answer on Microsoft TechNet forums and I wanted to share it with you guys because the answer wasn't easy to find at all. First, here is the forum thread that I'm talking about; http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverTS/thread/fe5b7fb6-bbda-42ac-87d2-a64f57f5d6a0 Here is the original article from Microsoft (even though it says Windows X...

Lately I have been working on a new Remote Desktop (formerly Terminal Services) server and I’ve seen a couple of problems related to the printers. Windows Remote Desktop Services is a great technology and for some organizations out there is the ultimate solution! Especially, with some new features like “RemoteApp” and “App-V”… It’s a great technology for users and from IT when your server is configured properly and it’s a big headache if you don’t know what you are doing. For everyone out there who is looking into “Remote Desktop Services”, I highly recommend to spent a little time on Microsoft forums and read as much as you can because there is a lot to know before you go ahead and install the roles on your server. In this article, I’ll only cover print features in Remote Desktop Services. Let me tell you what the problem was before giving out the solution. We have a plotter printer to print out plans for electricians and engineers. I had no problem installing the printer on the...

If you have a Terminal Server 2008R2 which is used widely in your company and users need to use printers a lot, than you’ll face this default printer problem later or sooner. You can log on as the user on the terminal server, add the printers you would like and set the default printer like you would do on a normal workstation, but the default printer will change to the local machines default printer automatically. Let’s say you are using “comp1” in order to make a “Remote Desktop” connection to a terminal server which is called “Terminal”. Well, as an example, if you have “XPS Virtual Printer” set as a default printer on “comp1” and you make a remote desktop connection to the “Terminal” server, your default printer will be set to “XPS Virtual Printer” by default in the terminal server session. To avoid that action and keep the same printer as a default printer in terminal server sessions, you will need to follow these instructions; If you want to change the behavior only for one user,...