Lost Remote Desktop Connection
Yesterday, for some reason, I lost access to my Windows 2003 server via Remote Desktop Connection. Although it was still running and I could access FTP, HTTP. Mail and the Helm Control Panel, every time I tried to get a Remote Desktop Connection, the following error appeared:
"Remote Desktop Disconnected
The client could not connect to the remote computerRemote connections might not be enabled or the computer might be too busy to accept new connections. It is also possible that network problems are preventing your connection."
Free dedicated server for a year!
I must admit I was more than a little suspicious of this offer when I first heard about it but it seems I was wrong. Within a couple of hours of signing up, my Windows 2003/Plesk server was up and running with the domain name www.cf24.co.uk and it works!
Strange Internet connection behaviour
Over the past year, my Internet connection has been behaving pretty strangely. In a three month period from last November it slowed from it's normal 2500kbps to a ridiculously slow 400kbps and also began to drop out regularly.
Creating a wireless home network
Living in a three story house with my office in the loft meant that creating a reliable wireless network to cover the whole house wasn't as simple as I thought.
The signal from my wireless router just wasn't strong enough to enable the new PCs on the ground floor to get reliable and fast connections to the network and, when I bought a Roku Soundbridge to play music wirelessly in the lounge from iTunes on my main PC in the loft, it couldn't get a connection at all!
I decided to completely re-build the network and add a range extender to increase coverage.
