I have Windows 7 running under a VM on a remote XP machine. I used to be able to RDP into the XP machine, then RDP into the 7 machine. I then changed the RDP port on the 7 machine as per various links ...

RDP is really useful, but the default setup has no place on the public-facing internet.

I have a problem that's been becoming more and more troublesome. I have 6 "loads" machines at work - they're all quad core, 8GB RAM systems that are significantly more powerful than user laptops or ...

Microsoft has introduced new Windows protections to defend against phishing attacks that abuse Remote Desktop connection (.rdp) files, adding warnings and disabling risky shared resources by default.