Nilesh Kapadia

There is some sort of problem with Vista's networking stack that is causing all kinds of software to fail to work. For example, there are issues with SSH tunneling and even Outlook 2007. The SSH problem I experienced myself when testing out tunneling RDP. The Remote Desktop session would start to connect but then freeze after displaying part of the screen and the SSH terminal would become unresponsive for several minutes.

If you are having any sort of problems that you think might be related to Vista's networking stack, you can try the following workaround:

I tend not to be very impressed with most of the software that comes out of Microsoft. Maybe its my bias for the alternatives, or maybe its because a lot of their software is not particularly good. But in any case, Remote Desktop is the exception to the rule. I am quite impressed with it and find it immensely useful for getting work done.

In this entry, I list various tools that can be used to keep a Windows PC safe. This includes anti-virus, firewalls, and anti-adware/spyware/malware utilities. I also describe some proactive strategies for keeping your PC out of trouble.