Category Archives: Windows Server (en)

Enable RDP for Windows Server

Posted on November 12, 2025 by

After installing Windows Server (eg at 2012 R2), Remote Desktop (RDP) is often disabled by default. Here’s how to enable it (using PowerShell): 1) Change the network type By default, it’s set to Public, but it needs to be Private. … Continue reading →

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Preparing a Windows Server Image for Timeweb Cloud

Posted on November 12, 2025 by

This guide explains how to manually prepare an optimized Windows Server image (using Windows Server 2012 R2 as an example) for uploading to Timeweb Cloud virtual machines. We’ll use NTLite together with VirtIO drivers. The goal is to integrate the … Continue reading →

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Windows server via RDP: problem with resolution and DPI

Posted on January 2, 2024 by

When you connect via RDP to a server on Windows, Windows automatically selects the resolution and DPI based on what is set on the client. That is, RDP “mirrors” the client. And if you connect from a machine with high … Continue reading →

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WordPress on IIS does not load/display images

Posted on August 23, 2022 by

The first bump I got from encountering the WordPress rake on IIS: a problem with displaying pictures. When you upload an image to the ‘media’ of WordPress, it doesn’t display and gives an error:   HTTP Error 500.50 – URL … Continue reading →

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Choosing a web server for WordPress on Windows

Posted on August 22, 2022 by

There are situations when an Internet site must be hosted by Windows Server. This is a fairly rare case, but it happened to me recently (the first time in a dozen years of working with Web servers): I had to … Continue reading →

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