Monthly Archives: February 2015

Outlook 2013/365: Signature pictures never embedded

HTML signatures in Outlook 2013 or Outlook 365 no longer convert and embed pictures. Instead, a URL to the picture source is used.  The result is, though all looks well when composing a message, the recipient won’t see the picture unless it is online somewhere and available via a standard URL.  Locally stored and referenced pictures will not be visible because, to the recipient, a reference to the sender’s C drive means nothing.

To revert to the behavior of previous versions of Outlook, where images are converted and sent with the message, add the following registry key:

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Options\Mail
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value name; Send Pictures With Document
Value: 1

 

Overcoming Windows Server 2012 One RDP Session Default

By default, Windows Server 2012 has one remote desktop session enabled. When another administrator logs into the server, the first admin is logged out. Also, Windows Server does not prompt an additional user that two sessions are already active and ask if you would like to disconnect one. The steps below remedy the issue.
  1. Log into the server and press Windows key + R then type MMC.exe.
  2. Click on File > Add/Remove Snap-in > click on Group Policy Object > Add> Finish > OK.
  3. Double click on Local Computer Policy > double click on Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Connections.
  4. Limit Number of Connections = 999999.
  5. Restrict Remote Desktop Services users to a single Remote Desktop Services session = DISABLED.