Tag: Windows Server 2008

[Solved] Prevent previous credentials from another session/domain to auto fill when starting a RDP session to a Windows Server 2008 box

Who has not started a RDP session to a Windows 2008 Server or Windows 7 system and had the previous domain credentials popup as the default login for the next system you touch. Well if you are like me and touch many different customers each day then you have no doubt had the login for your Windows 2008 terminal session show the log on of the previous domain that your were logged in to. This can be a big pain in the “arse” if you know what I mean.

Well here is how to fix that problem:

On your own PC go to the registry key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Servers\127.0.0.1

Right click and select  permissions on the 127.0.0.1  folder then set permissions to deny yourself read access to it. As soon as you do this, you should start seeing the right domain name when opening a terminal session  to Windows 2008 servers or Windows 7 workstations.

 

Enjoy

Cubert 😎

Howto : Remove Windows Server 2008 / Windows 7 multiple default gateways with the first being 0.0.0.0

Windows has 2 default gateways set and the first is 0.0.0.0 which is causing network failures

You may have installed a new Windows 2008 server or Windows 7 workstation with a static IP address but networing outside your localnet fails. After you investigate you find by running “ipconfig” that there is 2 default routes listed. You see first 0.0.0.0 and then you see your real default router IP address below the 0.0.0.0 address.

This is preventing you from accessing the Internet as it believes the first route to the internet is your local IP address and it goes nowhere. You need to get the first route out but if you use “route delete” on the next reboot it will right back and you will be left without Internet access so what do you do?

You need to edit the registery and remove the entry listed in the default route key. To do this go to:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\your interface #\DefaultGateway

You will most likely find if you edit this key 2 IP addresses listed and the one you want being listed as the second IP in the list. Just remove all IP addresses but the real gateway address.

Close and reboot then try to ping out and it should now work.

Enjoy.

Cubert