rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin

If you have multiple disks/partitions please also run this command for each drive letter by replacing C:\ with your other drive letters.
Example: rd /s /q D:\$Recycle.bin

After this, reboot your computer/server and windows will recreate your recycle bin for you.

Once downloaded you should be able to right click on the registry file and run it as administrator. Windows will prompt you with a warning, go ahead and click Yes.

After you click yes, windows will show you the following success prompt.

You will now have to open Default Programs via the start menu.

Go to the Photo viewer section and change the default viewer to Windows Photo Viewer.

Once the prompt expands, go to the Display tab and click Use all of my monitors for the remote session.

Once this is done, you should be able to connect via RDP to your server and use your monitors.

Open the app by going to the start menu and typing in "Remote Desktop" or "mstsc" and you should see this after:

Then after, click on the "Show Options" in the bottom left, then go to the "Local Resources." After this, click on "Settings" in the "Remote Audio" section.

Enabling Audio and Microphone

Once you click settings, you will see the dialog pop up with your audio settings. You should be able to select "Play on this computer" and "Record from this computer." These two options will allow you to use your machines audio devices.

If you connect via RDP and the audio is not working, go to the bottom right of the server, and right click on the audio option and click "Sounds."

You will then be prompted with this dialog to enable the audio service, click "Yes."

Go to the start menu and search "cmd" and then click on "Command Prompt" to open it.

The Command & Reply

Once you have command prompt open you will be able to send a traceroute using the following command; tracert.
The command uses the following structure: tracert IP ADDRESS

The result will show all of the "hops" the network goes through to get to its destination.

Open up command prompt or powershell using the start menu or run (Start Button + R).

To open command prompt in run, type in "cmd" or "powershell" and then click "OK."

The Command

In either powershell or command prompt, type in "ping" with a domain or IP address following and then click enter.

The Reply

The powershell or command prompt will then send 4 pings to the target domain or IP address to see how fast or if the target replies.

Open the start menu and look for the settings icon on the bottom left and then click on it.

Opening Windows Update

Click on "Update & Security" this option is usually the last option of the settings menu.

Updating Windows Server

Click on the "Check for updates" button and the server will automatically search for the latest updates that are needed.

Once the server starts updating, do not restart Windows until it prompts you to restart the machine.

Speed Test your connection

To use Windows remote desktop with a smooth experience you need an internet connection of at least 1.5Mbps. You may check your connection at fast.com or speedtest.net. If your internet is not performing as it should, call your ISP to see if there is any maintenance or outages in your area.

Use a VPN (Last Resort)

There are many options available on the internet, we suggest that you use a trustworthy VPN such as ExpressVPN.

Choose a connection point between you and the server itself. This will then cause the connection to route you through the VPN with less latency.

Change Display and Experience settings

Step 1. Open the Remote Desktop Connection app

Step 2. Expand the application with the dropdown on the bottom left

Colors

Go to the Display tab and configure the color depth and/or resolution you'd like.

Lowest color depth being 15 bit with the highest being 32 bit. Depending on your screen resolution, you may configure the resolution of your server with lower options.

Experience

Go to the Experience tab on the Remote Desktop Connection app.

Here you will find options to configure depending on your connection speed and connection type. The lowest option (Modem) will require very little bandwidth while the highest option (LAN) will use up to 10Mbps.

If you are using remote desktop to connect to a machine that is far away from you, use the WAN option and configure the boxes under to your liking.

We have found that disabling the "Desktop background" and "Menu and window animation" options have reduced the latency of the server. Although, you may change to which connection type you'd like and select/deselect the option that would benefit you the most.

On the top, select "Local Resources" and then go under remote audio and click "Settings."

You may now choose your options for audio on the RDP service.

Now remote into your server and look at the bottom right corner and right click on "Sounds."

Windows will prompt you to enable the Windows Auto Service, click yes.

You will then be prompt with the Sound window, the default device will now be Remote Audio. If you see this then you have done the task properly.

Click on the blue text (your network adapter) next to the Connections line. Ours shows "Ethernet 3" but yours might be different.

In the left corner of the new window that opens up, click on the Properties button.

Select the "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" and then click on the properties button again.

You will not be able to switch your DNS options to your own settings. Select "Use the following DNS server addresses" and insert in your DNS servers. We use 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 (CloudFlare DNS) in the image shown below.

After you're done, click OK on all of the windows you'll be good to go.

We will need to unblock the port you choose first so let's get started, go to the start menu and open up Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and click "New Rule..." on the right hand side.

Leave the port as a TCP Port and the input the specified local port as the port you want to use for your RDP connections.  We've chosen 3385 in this example.

Make sure you tick Allow the connection for this step and then make sure all check boxes are checked for the next step.

When naming, you want to choose something easy to remember just in case you ever want to change the RDP port.

Change the port in registry

Now we're going to actually change the RDP port inside of the registry editor.

Open the Registry Editor via the start menu.

Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber

You want to navigate your way through regedit until you have the file RDP-Tcp selected, then you will be able to scroll down and find PortNumber on the right hand side.

On the Edit menu, click Modify, and then click Decimal. Make sure you click Decimal BEFORE you change the value.   We cannot stress this enough, change the option to Decimal, VERY IMPORTANT!

Type the new port number, and then click OK. Save the port somewhere safe so you don't forget it.

Restart/reboot the computer and you're good to go.

Click on the user account you'd like to change the password of.

Click on Change the Password.

Enter in your old (current) password and then the new password and then click Change password.

Restarting/Powering Off via Windows GUI

First click on the Start Menu in the bottom left corner.

The second step is to click on which action you want to do, either powering off or restarting the server.

Windows will then ask you for a reason for the shutdown/restart.

Click Continue and then the server will perform the selected action.

Restarting/Powering off via Command Prompt

First step is to open up command prompt. Open up the start menu in the bottom left corner and type in "cmd" then click on Command Prompt to open it.

Second step is to type in the command you want to execute.

Type "shutdown /s" to Shutdown your computer

Type "shutdown /r "to Restart your computer

Type shutdown /l" to Log off your computer

Then after just hit the "Enter" key to execute the command.

Downloading

You may follow the first step below to download via the app store or you may download the beta version by clicking here without going through the app store, note that this version will have a different color icon.

Open the App Store on your personal computer and search for "Microsoft Remote Desktop 10"

Opening App and Adding an RDP connection

After the download is finished, open the app via Search or your Applications tab in Finder.

Once the app is open click on the "+" symbol and then click "Add PC" to add your server.

Next step is to enter the IP into the computer name text box and then click "Add."

This may appear in many different forms, some examples:
- example.com (Domain)
- hostname.example.com (Domain)
- 123.123.123.123 (IP Address)

Connecting to RDP

Open the server you have added in the previous step Example IP used: 123.123.123.123

Enter in your username and password once prompted.

Example Username: administrator
Example Password: HIDDEN

If prompted with a certificate error, just click continue to connect to the server.

Step 1. Go to the Start Menu and search for Local Group Policy and open up Edit group policy.

Step 2. Start to navigate to the directory listed below:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Security

Step 3. On the right hand side, find Require use of specific security layer for remote (RDP) connections and open it.

Step 4. If this is set to Disabled or Not configured, set it to Enabled and then for Security Layer and choose, RDP.

Solution 2. Disabling Network Level Authentication (Server Side)

Step 1. Go to File Explorer and right click on This PC and then click on Properties.

Step 2. Click on Remote Settings on the left hand side.

Step 3. Under the Remote tab group un-tick the checkbox Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication (recommended).