The “No Internet Access” notification on the network connection icon usually appears when you’re not connected to the Internet or you probably behind a proxy server. However, when you setting up your servers in an isolated environment without Internet access and you want to disable this notification then: Open the GPMC.msc. Create or open a [...]
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Disable “No Internet Access” notification on Windows Server 2008 (R2).
Posted in Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 on 14 May 2010 | 8 Comments »
Delete invalid entry from the boot configuration data store on Windows Server 2008 (R2).
Posted in Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 on 30 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I came across the following issue on a HP DL380 G5 server with freshly installed Windows Server 2008 R2 (click on the picture for a larger image). I have no idea what caused this. Probably an unfinished Windows installation or something. Anyway, it was annoying me so I decided to remove the invalid [...]
Log in as Administrator on a RD Session Host when the host is a member of RD Connection Broker group.
Posted in Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 on 3 February 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lately, I came across a strange issue after setting up a new Windows Remote Desktop Services farm running Windows Server 2008 R2 Servers. When accessing a RD Session Host through RDP on the hosts’ NetBIOS, FQDN or IP address as Administrator, I was redirected to an another RD Session Host. Logically, because the RD Connection Broker has load [...]
Modify the Computer icon text to show logged on username in Windows Server 2008 (R2).
Posted in Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 on 10 December 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Changing the text on the Computer icon on your Remote Desktop Services Session Host is handy when a user calls you and you want to know which Session Host the user is logged on. The procedure to do this has changed since Windows Server 2003. Follow these steps to change the text on a Windows [...]
How to install a language pack on Windows Server 2008 (R2).
Posted in Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 on 20 November 2009 | 8 Comments »
The language packs provide an alternative user interface for the users. I mostly use the language packs when I’m deploying Windows Remote Desktop Services. Here is a short “how to” to install a language pack on Windows Server 2008 (R2). First, download the language pack from Microsoft. You can find it at the Download Center. I’ve downloaded [...]


