How To Have Windows Remember RDC Passwords

Like you, I've struggled with having a Microsoft Windows client computer remember RDC session passwords. On a Windows7 machine, try this:

1. Open GPEDIT.MSC with Admin Privs. Using a Win7 edition without GPEDIT.MSC installed? Follow these instructions.

2. Navigate to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Credentials Delegation.

3. On the right pane, double click Allow Saved Credentials with NTLM-only Server Authentication.

4. Click Enable.

5. Press the SHOW button.

6. In the Contents dialog box, ADD this expression: TERMSRV/*  - this says allow all connections to any terminal server with stored NTLM credentials.

7. Confirm/OK all.

Then:

1. Under GPEDIT.MSC, navigate to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Remote Desktop Services.

10 Apps Everybody Should Have

Here are 10 free mobile apps that I simply can't do without. I'd recommend them to anyone. 1. Chrome. Simply a superior browser, Google Chrome synchronizes settings between your mobile device and your desktop computer. Save a site password in Chrome on your computer and, presto! - that password is securely synchronized to your mobile device. Benefit: saves time, repetitive motion, ease of use.

2. Evernote. Imagine folders and files of notes. Now imagine those notes available to you on any device - your PC, tablet, or phone. You make a change on your tablet and it's immediately synchronized to your PC; make a change there and it sync's to your phone. Now imagine all of that stuff searchable, organized, and sharable with a touch of a button. And Evernote can save content from websites, music, and audio clips, too. Right on. Benefits: saves time, improves productivity, shareable content.

3. Flipboard. You remember newspapers? Well, what if you could aggregate all of your feeds (Twitter, Facebook, news, entertainment, websites and RSS feeds, whatever) into a column format like, yeah, a newspaper? It actually makes reading Facebook and Twitter an easier experience, and everything is in just one app (which, um, works a lot better than the Facebook app). If you setup a free account, your settings are synchronized between mobile devices and updates are immediately downloaded. Benefits: aggregation, social, ease of use.

4. Dropbox. If you own a Dropbox account and save files to it, you need to install Dropbox on your mobile devices. Your files everywhere, readable and shareable. Benefits: improves productivity, shareable content.

5. Mint. Aggregate all of your financial data into one application with built-in reports and alerts. If you're not using Mint, you should be. It's a financial dashboard. Benefits: improves productivity, aggregation, ease of use.

6. Google Maps. I like to think of maps as a superior product to Apple's mapping program on the iPhone - in the least, it provides a second opinion. Great tools for people who use public transit, biking, and walking. Benefits: ease of use, travel accuracy.

7. Google Earth. An incredible tool to visit anywhere on the planet from your mobile device. I'll use it to scope out an area that I'm traveling to but have never been to before to get a lay of the land. Benefits: ease of use, productivity, travel accuracy. 

8. Square Register. I wouldn't understand why anybody would want to enter into a merchant services account these days. Payment processors like Square are redefining the micro-payment landscape with apps like Square Register. Accept credit cards anywhere and everywhere. No terms, cheap rates. Plus the reporting on the web is quite choice. You can download all of your transactions and the data behind them making reconciliations a breeze. Benefits: ease of use, increased productivity.

9. Downcast. Subscribe to podcasts and download them to your mobile device. Listen or watch the content; tons of options for controlling downloading frequency. Benefits: aggregation, ease of use.

10. Google Voice. With a Google Voice number, you can control a telephone number that is always yours. You can forward that number to an active cell phone or place it on permanent do-not-disturb. Your cell phone's voicemail can be linked to Google Voice. And when somebody leaves you a message, it's transcribed into text and emailed to you. Using the app, you can listen to voicemail but also make free calls across Google Voice in wifi spaces, just like Skype. A powerful tool: it centralizes voicemail for multiple phones into just one box. Benefits: aggregation, ease of use, increased productivity. 

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5 Reasons Why You Need Google Apps for Your Small Business

Why Google Apps? 1. Risk Transfer. There are a lot of risks inherent in managing email: viruses, spam, loss of confidentiality, database integrity, and service uptime ... just to name a few. The risk for managing email is transferred to Google. In theory, Google is better at managing services than you.

2. Disaster Recovery. Along with managing a service like email comes the burden of managing backups for disaster recovery. Again, Google takes care of all of that. Google is better than you at managing data and recovering from loss. If a PC gets lost or destroyed, we just access Apps to get our data back. Nothing's ever lost.

3. Scaled Investment. You buy and pay for what you need under  a subscription-based model. Under an ownership model like owning your own server, you purchase an asset that can deliver a maximum capacity, and you pay for that excess capacity both up-front in an acquisition cost and through the life of the asset in maintenance cost. Shouldn't you only pay for what you need?

4. Email Everywhere. Under Google Apps, your inbox (its folders, email, contacts, calendars, tasks - everything you see in Microsoft Outlook) is available to you on every device everywhere. If it's sent from your phone, it's in your Sent Items on your PC; if you filed it under a folder called Rocky, the Rocky folder is available on your tablet computer. There's no distinction for when and where you receive stuff.

5. Ubiquity. Finally, one of the best features that I like about Apps, is that it can be used on any device and in any combination of software. Mac, PC, Linux; Droid or iOS; tablets, laptops, or PC's. If you're a Microsoft Outlook fan or just like the ease of accessing email under a web browser like Chrome, the service accommodates. It's flexible enough to fit with any end-user preference.

These are some strategic reasons why you want Google Apps for your small business. There's plenty of technical reasons but really - this is the kind of capability you want out of an information service. Why mess around with owning capability when you can lease it, and shift the risk to a player like Google who can manage this stuff much better than you?

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