Just a quick post today to show you how to connect to a Mikrotik RB3011 via the serial console connection at the rear of the router. I had a bit of mucking around trying to get the correct settings, but finally found them so I thought I'd share to save you the trouble. First make…
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RDP Google Chrome Extension Error – Could Not Get Temp Directory
You're here because you or your users are receiving the error "Could Not Get Temp Directory" when you try and install a Chrome Extension within their RDP session that uses UPDs (User Profile Disks). This happens from my research because the Chrome installation process doesn't recognise the UPD mounted user volume as a valid local…
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Adobe Acrobat Reader Settings for Best Performance on an RDP Server
A number of our clients have recently been complaining about how slow PDF documents have been in their RDP sessions when scrolling or paging through the document. I recently wrote an article on Adobes poor performance within an RDP environment with the default Enhance Security setting applied , which you can read here, but this…
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O365 Outlook Needs Password but Password Dialogue Disappears
You are using Office 365 and you turn on your PC and open Outlook but discover that Outlook requires a password. The message "Need Password" is staring at you from the info bar at the bottom of the Outlook window. You click to try and input your password, but it quickly pops up then the…
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