Today, I am trying to connect to Vista Ultimate Remote Desktop (RD) from VPC Windows Server 2003, then the connection was refused with unknown reasons. There is no problem of connecting to Server 2003 from Vista, which has been tested. The Remote Desktop option has been turned on for Vista. After googling the cause, I found the default port of RD is 3389. Then I use "netstat -a" on server 2003 which displayed that port is being listened, while it isn't on Vista. So the cause has been found: the Terminal Service is disabled!
After checking the services, as expected, two terminal services related both stopped. afterwards, anyone knows what to do...
In conclusion, turn on the RD option will not start the terminal services automatically, presuming they are disabled and don't start by default. Thus, there are three things to check:
1. PING (of course)
2. Allow Remote Desktop in Remote Settings which can be found on the left-up cornor of computer properties
3. Start Terminal Services if you haven't.
Bingo! You can see beautiful Vista desktop popping on your tedious desktop now!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Vista and Office 2007
Recently I met a strange problem of Word 2007 installed on the Vista ultimate. It suddenly cannot open files if the Word is not open already. The error message is like it cannot find the path"..\....\*.doc(x)" and make sure the file name is correct.
Now the problem has been fixed without knowing the root cause after I modified the system environmental variable TEMP to the same one as in the user variable (mine are different in the first place) , and then modified it back to "%systemroot%\TEMP". I am still not 100% sure this is the cause. However, a very possible cause I figure would be that you open the file too soon before the Vista finished "cache" the thumbnail of each folder visualized as the green bar process on the top of the window explorer.
A Vista with powerful CPU might not suffer such "error" since the green bar goes much faster. Nevertheless, if it still happens, try to remove any add-ons.
In conclusion, try three ways:
1. Check environmental variables
2. Open the file later
3. Remove any add-ons
Wow..the problem is gone. Wish you as good luck as me!
Now the problem has been fixed without knowing the root cause after I modified the system environmental variable TEMP to the same one as in the user variable (mine are different in the first place) , and then modified it back to "%systemroot%\TEMP". I am still not 100% sure this is the cause. However, a very possible cause I figure would be that you open the file too soon before the Vista finished "cache" the thumbnail of each folder visualized as the green bar process on the top of the window explorer.
A Vista with powerful CPU might not suffer such "error" since the green bar goes much faster. Nevertheless, if it still happens, try to remove any add-ons.
In conclusion, try three ways:
1. Check environmental variables
2. Open the file later
3. Remove any add-ons
Wow..the problem is gone. Wish you as good luck as me!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Vista compatibility
Recently there are quite a few disputations about Windows Vista's compatiblity problem. Honestly, I also met some software that don't perform well or can't work at all within the Vista. However, in some cases, the appeared incompatibility actually can be solved with some minor configurations offered by Vista. Basically, there are two options:
1. Administrative privilege
Some programs require administrative privileges when they are being installed or running. This can be fulfilled simply through "right-click the program => run as administrator"
2. Compatibility mode
In fact, this feature is the same as the one in Windows XP for backward compatiblity to legacy Windows OS. The only difference I think is that it doesn't work well in WinXP accroding to my experiences. In particular, for the software like games from DOS or win9x age, if they cannot work with the option OFF, they still cannot work well with the option ON.
For Vista, on the contrary, it functions more effectively although it is just relative. I have two times that software fail to start normally without turning on the mode, but when I switch it to the "WinXP SP2 mode", they work as usually. These software are Rising Antivirus upgrade tool and Mangos (a kind of world of warcraft emulator) which I compile using Visual Studio 2005. the term "relative means Win98 mode might still be useless (I haven't tested it) but for WinXP programs, it does work as illustrated.
To turn on this option, just right-click the program => properties => comaptibility tab. Then, you can find the option there and choose the one working for your case.
In summary, when using Vista, try using different options when the program cannot work normally. You may find that your work-around solutions and become happy with your Vista experience again :) GOOD LUCK!
1. Administrative privilege
Some programs require administrative privileges when they are being installed or running. This can be fulfilled simply through "right-click the program => run as administrator"
2. Compatibility mode
In fact, this feature is the same as the one in Windows XP for backward compatiblity to legacy Windows OS. The only difference I think is that it doesn't work well in WinXP accroding to my experiences. In particular, for the software like games from DOS or win9x age, if they cannot work with the option OFF, they still cannot work well with the option ON.
For Vista, on the contrary, it functions more effectively although it is just relative. I have two times that software fail to start normally without turning on the mode, but when I switch it to the "WinXP SP2 mode", they work as usually. These software are Rising Antivirus upgrade tool and Mangos (a kind of world of warcraft emulator) which I compile using Visual Studio 2005. the term "relative means Win98 mode might still be useless (I haven't tested it) but for WinXP programs, it does work as illustrated.
To turn on this option, just right-click the program => properties => comaptibility tab. Then, you can find the option there and choose the one working for your case.
In summary, when using Vista, try using different options when the program cannot work normally. You may find that your work-around solutions and become happy with your Vista experience again :) GOOD LUCK!
Friday, May 4, 2007
Welcome!
To newcomers:
Hi, this is my first blog covering ICT(information and communication technology)-related topics which are my major studies as well. Please be free to share your precious opinions and fresh ideas. Thanks!
Hi, this is my first blog covering ICT(information and communication technology)-related topics which are my major studies as well. Please be free to share your precious opinions and fresh ideas. Thanks!
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