I needed to be able to access more than one pc in the office network remotely using Remote Desktop Connection. Since RDP is set to use port 3389 I had to make several changes.

1. Change the default port number on the second (listening) computer. To do this;

- Start Registry Editor. [Start, Run, Regedit]
- Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber
- On the Edit menu, click on Modify, and then click Decimal.
- Type the new port number, exampleand then click OK.
- Quit Registry Editor and restart the computer.

2. Modify the router to port forward this new port number to the specified IP address of the specific machine you are trying to connect to.

Note: You should ensure that both router firewall and software firewall allow access via this port.

 3. Make sure you specifiy the new address:port when connecting over RDP.

I hope you too have Found A Fix!

I was trying to access a network share in a small peer-to-peer network and it would take between 30-60 seconds just to show the contents of the folder. The folder did contain a few thousand files but it still should not have taken this long to populate the folder.

The solution and description to this error is set out below;

If you are experiencing the same issue, there is a vast amount of possible reasons why you might be  experiencing the same problem. In my case, the reason was because someone had set the network card speed duplex to 100mb Full.

Changing this value to ‘Auto’ repaired the problem for me. For windows XP, click on START, CONTROL PANEL, ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS, COMPUTER MANAGEMENT and select DEVICE MANAGER.

On the right-hand side, open network adapters, right-click on the appropriate network card and choose properties. You’ll find the speed duplex settings here.

I hope you too have Found a Fix!