How to restore the registry in server 2008

Registry is the heart and soul of any operating system. If you have done any edit in registry you should know how to backup windows registry. You can restore Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 by this method. Before restoring backup you should login with administrator and all open application should be close.

Follow these easy steps to backup registry:-


1.    Click Start, and then click Run.
2.    In the Open box, type "regedt32", and then click ok.
3.    On the Registry menu, click Import.
4.    In the open inbox, select .reg backup file and click ok.

after restore you can reboot your system.

How to back up the registry in server 2008

How to step by step back up of registry in server 2008, if you are editing in windows registry make sure you have backup of registry. If any problem occurs you can safely restore your registry. You can backup Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 by this method. Before create a backup you should login with administrator.

Follow these steps to backup registry:-

 1.      Click Start, and then click Run.

 2.      In the Open box, type "regedt32", and then click ok.

 3.      On the Registry menu, click Export.

 

4.      In the Save inbox, select a location in which to save the .reg file, type a file name in the File name box, and then click Save.

How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop in Server 2008

Remote desktop listening port 3389 is working by default in server 2008. You can change and define custom listening port for remote desktop. You can define port number between 1025 and 65535.

How to change the Remote Desktop listening port on Windows Server 2008?

You can change remote desktop listening port on server 2003, windows xp and windows 7 by same method.

1. Click on Start and type “regedit” or you can press windows key + R to lunch run and type “regedit”  and press enter  Registry Editor will open.

 

2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber

3. Select PortNumber and double click on it then click Decimal.
4. Find the "PortNumber" subkey and notice the value of 00000D3D, hex for (3389)
5. Type the new port number, and then click OK.
6. Quit Registry Editor.
7. Restart the computer.

Now you can check form other computer start Remote Desktop Connection form start -> all programs -> accessories -> remote desktop connection.

Now type ip address with port of server (IP address:Custom port).

Troubleshooting 

Note When you try to connect to this computer by using the Remote Desktop connection, you must type the new port. Maybe you have to set the firewall to allow the new port number before you connect to this computer by using the Remote Desktop connection.

If you got this message “The remote computer requires Network Level Authentication, which your computer does not support. For assistance, contact your system administrator or technical support” follow my earlier Blog.

How to uninstall internet explorer 9

If you have installed internet explore and want to uninstall and roll back follow this method and it will be same in windows 7 and server 2008.

1.       Click on start and open control panel and select program and features. You can direct type in start search program and features.

2.        Then click on view installed updates.

3.       Then scroll and find installed internet explorer 9 and now click on uninstall and select yes.

4.       It will uninstall in few second, now you can select restart now or restart later.