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Questions tagged [remote-access]

Questions about accessing a system or network from a remote computer or location. Consider using a more specific tag for your particular tool, e.g. VNC.

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Connect to remote SQL Server instance using Windows Authentication

How can I connect to a remote instance of SQL Server (on my VPS) from my local machine using Windows Authentication? By default, if I try to connect using this method, the username is my computer name but this user isn't associated with the remote…
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What is the best way to execute remote command on EC2 Instance (Windows)?

I am trying to execute a command on a remote EC2 instance (Windows), but I am not able to connect the remote server from local machine. I have put the ICMP open for all ports.
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Implementing Powershell .20 (WinRM Invoke-Item) in the secure Datacenter environment

How do you secure your Windows domain environment while still enabling the Powershell 2.0 remoting capabilities (WinRM invoke-item) ? Because at the moment my company datacenter would like to implement tight security policy according to this…
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Webdav, WS2008 R2 Web edition and IIS 7.5

I can see this is rapidly becoming a FAQ. Something is preventing me from accessing a shared folder via Webdav. Here are the steps taken so far: 0. Hosted machine has two IP addresses, 2 sub-domain names bound separately to each. 1. Add HTTPS…
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How to get remote firewall administration working with Windows Server Core 2008 R2?

I'm setting up a Windows Server Core 2008 R2 installation in a VMware virtual machine before setting it up on a live VPS. I've gotten remote administration via MMC working on my computer (a PC running Windows 7) for things like event logs, but I…
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Remote access Windows from Mac OSX?

I have Googled and I found some remote access tools. From Microsoft: Remote Desktop From Apple: Apple Remote Desktop Which one should I use? What's the difference between these two: Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.1.0 > Remote…
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Can I access remote server without ssh?

Ssh connection has stopped listening on a linux server, the output of nmap is PORT STATE SERVICE 21/tcp open ftp 80/tcp open http 199/tcp open smux 443/tcp open https 5000/tcp open upnp 9102/tcp open jetdirect is there a way to…
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Remote file access

We're needing to provide remote (read/write) access to a number of files on our network to several users (some technical, some non-technical) who will be running Windows. The non technical users will need to be able to access their files in an easy…
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How do I configure IIS6 server to allow remote IIS administration

I'd like to use my win7 desktop to administer a remote IIS6 server. How do I configure each machine to enable of the IIS Manager on winows 7. Bonus Question: include instructions for II7+ too.
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How to enable network boot / change BIOS settings on all nodes of a cluster?

I've got a homogenous cluster of several dozen nodes, and I've got CMM modules controlling them. I need to enable network boot on all these nodes, in order to redeploy them. Is there a way to do this automatically, without manually logging onto…
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Serial terminal over ethernet

Well, my idea is I would like to have access to grub over Ethernet/Internet, I've found two possible solutions: Converter RS232 to Ethernet (1) which looks like to have its own live, I mean it is independent on computer, than I should be able to…
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Remote thin clients

I need to find a way to give some telecommuters access to the office network. However, there is a high degree of confidentiality involved. So I am looking for a way to give them dedicated hardware (computers, thin clients, etc.) to bring home for…
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Remote Connect to a Server through internet?

I do know how to connect remotely to another Server running Windows Server 2003 on my network. But what i would like to know is..........can i connect to another Server through the internet? If YES.....how can i do this? I am sitting in South…
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number of RDP sessions on windows server

Hey, Sorry if this is a dupe. I looked but google was spammed with registry-hack answers. I need to have multiple users able to RDP into a computer on out LAN. Windows XP/7 seem to only allow one used logged in at a time. Either locally or…
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Is it possible for the administrator to see what I'm doing on my PC and how to prevent it?

For example if I'm having a conversation in Skype, can he secretly log in in parallel with me and watch my screen? If yes, how to block him? I believe I have admin rights on my dev PC.
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