Windows VPS & RDP
Remote Desktop, Windows Server settings and Admin RDP tips.
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Add and format a new disk in Windows Server Disk Management
Bring a new disk online on your Windows Server VPS: initialise it as GPT, create a volume, format it as NTFS and assign a drive letter, in Disk Management or PowerShell.
Add or remove Windows roles and features
List, install and remove Windows Server roles and Windows 10/11 optional features with PowerShell, and keep the server lean.
Allow or block multiple RDP sessions for one user
Understand why a new Remote Desktop login takes over your old session, how the single-session policy works on Windows Server, and which setting suits a team.
Auto-start MetaTrader after a reboot
Start your MetaTrader terminals at sign-in with the Startup folder, optionally sign in automatically after a restart, and check everything resumed.
Back up a Windows VPS
Decide what to back up, copy it with Robocopy or Windows Server Backup, keep a copy off the server and test your restores.
Connect to a Windows server from a Mac with Windows App
Use Microsoft's free Windows App on macOS to connect to your Windows server at IP:3389, with saved credentials, display, folder and keyboard settings.
Connect to Remote Desktop with a domain name instead of an IP
Point a DNS A record such as rdp.example.com at your server and connect as rdp.example.com:3389. Covers TTL, IP changes and testing with the hosts file.
Connect to the console session with mstsc /admin
Learn what mstsc /admin really does on Windows Server, how the console session differs from an RDP session, and when the switch helps. It is not a licence bypass.
Connect to your Admin RDP from Windows, Mac and phone
Find your login details, then connect to your Admin RDP or Windows VPS with the free Remote Desktop clients for Windows, macOS, iPhone and Android.
Copy and paste through Remote Desktop (and fix the clipboard)
Turn on clipboard redirection, restart rdpclip when copy and paste stops working, and know when to transfer files another way.
Copy large files to a Remote Desktop server without failures
Clipboard copy of big files over RDP is slow and fails without warning. Use drive redirection with robocopy, SFTP or a cloud link instead, and resume transfers that stop.
Create and edit.rdp files: the settings that matter
An.rdp file is a plain text list of Remote Desktop settings. Learn the lines that matter, from the address with port 3389 to screen mode, redirection and reconnect.
Create Windows users with Remote Desktop access
Give each person their own Windows login, add them to Remote Desktop Users, test the account and remove access cleanly later.
Event Viewer basics on Windows Server
Use Event Viewer on your Windows Server VPS to find errors, unexpected reboots, failed RDP logins and crashing apps, with filters, custom views and useful event IDs.
Fix Mac keyboard shortcuts in Remote Desktop
Make Command, Control and Option behave the way you expect in Windows App on a Mac, and sort out copy and paste, special characters, Fn keys and keyboard layouts.
Free SSL for IIS with win-acme and Let's Encrypt
Use win-acme to get a free Let's Encrypt certificate for an IIS site, renew it automatically and redirect visitors to HTTPS.
Install apps on Windows Server safely (winget, MSI and browsers)
Install software on your Windows Server VPS safely: get past IE Enhanced Security, use winget or official installers, run apps as services and keep them updated.
Install IIS and host a website on Windows Server
Install IIS, create a site with a host-name binding, point your domain's DNS at the server and allow HTTP and HTTPS through the firewall.
Install MetaTrader 4/5 on a VPS and keep EAs running
Install MT4 or MT5, log in to your trading account, add EAs and indicators, turn on algo trading and keep the terminal running after you disconnect.
Install OpenSSH Server on Windows for SSH and SFTP
Install and start OpenSSH Server, connect over SSH, set PowerShell as the default shell, add admin SSH keys and copy files with SFTP.
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