Note: I am not actually sure of the actual cause of this error, if someone has some details please share them below. Then choose Require use of specific security layer for remote (RDP) connections
Then go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Security In most cases this error starts after virtual machine resource changes, or some windows updates. One of the Remote Desktop Services was not running. , rather than RDS.local or something internal. If you use RemoteApp, ensure the DNS address is what people use to connect to, e.g. It can also be cause when a windows servers is running on vmware or hyper-v and in some cases with a stand alone server where hardware has changed. If you don't have a publicly signed SSL, it's time to get one. Restart the service or system to make the change active., Open regedit, and go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp" then select the PortNumber REG_DWORD entry and change the value data in Decimal to the new port number. WARNING, Incorrectly editing your registry can cause your system to become non functional.
However, in some cases this may not be possible, so you may change the port number which may help mitigate the attack.
Reboot the Windows host machine afterword’s to restore its RDP. Review the necessary Schannel registry keys on Microsoft Technet and remove the incompatible registry key. Its best practice to limit RDP connections to specific IP addresses or via a VPN to prevent this. If you recently applied a cipher suite order using group policy, the cipher suites likely applied were for an incompatible version of Windows that is not supported. In order to resolve this issue change the setting in the 'System Properties' window on Windows Server to 'Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure)'. This can occur with with to many rdp connection attempts, someone may be trying to break into your computer/server.Ĭheck your resource monitor network usage, if you see many connections (10, 20+) with svchost.exe (termsvcs) then someone is attempting to break into the system. The 'internal error' message is due to a setting on the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012.
09 August 2018 Shawn-Hyde How To Guides, Quick Tips, Microsoft, Windows, Windows Errors (0)