VirtualBox network blues

If it happen to you like me and you install the latest VirtualBox version on Windows 7. Setup is running smoothly and everything looks fine. But when you try something like the docker toolbox and all you get some strange errors. This could point to a problem with the network stack.

In this case remove your current installation and do a restart. Now start the install, e.g. via "Run" like this:

VirtualBox-x.x.x-yyyyy-Win.exe -msiparams NETWORKTYPE=NDIS5

This tells the installer to use the older version of the VirtualBox network stack. Using this the docker toolbox works like charm.

Windows 10 Remote Desktop Via RD Gateway fails

Using Windows 10 there was a problem using the remote desktop client to connect to my company windows machine. It was not possible to get beyond the remote desktop gateway. All I got was: "Your computer can't connect to the remote server because the Remote Desktop Gateway server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting later or contact your network administrator for assistance."

But today I found that workaround at: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/58521677-b54c-4285-9a06-9a966a9d8549/clean-install-windows-10-can-not-rdp-via-2012-rd2-rdg?forum=winserverTS

Long story short:

Add this using regedit:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
Name: RDGClientTransport
Type: Dword
Data: 1

Restart all running mstsc.exe instances and everything should work as expected.