Windows VPS
Get started with a By-Hoster Windows VPS: first Remote Desktop connection from any device, administrator password, firewall, rescue console, snapshots and reinstallation.
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Your Windows VPS: delivery, credentials and first login
What you receive when a Windows VPS is delivered, what happens during installation, and how to open your first Remote Desktop session.
Connecting to your Windows VPS from macOS, Linux, Android or iOS
Remote Desktop is not limited to Windows: here is the client to use and the settings that matter on a Mac, on Linux, on a phone and on a tab...
Changing the administrator password of your Windows VPS
The two ways to change the administrator password, the password policy enforced by the client area, and what to check once it is done.
Opening a port and setting the firewall on your Windows VPS
How to publish an application from a Windows VPS: inbound rule, restriction by source address, verification and the mistakes that lock you o...
Installing software and maintaining your Windows VPS
Downloading and installing applications on Windows Server, handling updates, disk space, concurrent sessions and the question of activation.
Taking back control with the rescue console when RDP stops answering
The noVNC console in the client area shows the screen of your VPS without using the network: what it is for, how to open it and why it is so...
Snapshots, backups and reinstallation of a Windows VPS
Take a snapshot before a risky operation, understand why it is not a backup, and reinstall your Windows VPS cleanly.
Extending the C: partition after a disk increase
After an upgrade the extra space shows up as “unallocated”: how to add it to your C: drive, and what to do when “Extend Volume” is greyed ou...
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