Month: October 2025

The first 30 minutes after you log into a fresh Windows VPS determine how much pain the next year brings. Provider templates ship with Remote Desktop enabled, the Administrator account set, and little else — updates pending, firewall defaults, and no hardening applied. This guide walks through the first-boot checklist: initial login, Windows updates, firewall … Read more

Connecting to a Windows VPS from Windows 10 does not require any third-party software: the Remote Desktop Connection client (mstsc.exe) has been built into Windows for decades. This guide walks through the RDP client setup step by step, covers the server-side settings that must be in place first, and explains the most common connection errors … Read more