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First steps with your VPS
A VPS is a server of your own: you choose the operating system and you have full root access. That also means the...
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Connecting to a Windows VPS with Remote Desktop
A Windows VPS is reached with Remote Desktop instead of SSH. The rest - how the server is delivered and what's your...
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Managed or unmanaged VPS: which to choose and who does what
Two VPS with the same processor, the same memory and the same disk can be priced very differently. The difference is...
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Reinstalling or changing your VPS operating system
On shared hosting the operating system is not your choice - and just as well, because it is not your problem either....
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Where to find your VPS or dedicated server IP address
You bought a VPS or a dedicated server and you are missing the address to connect to. It is the request we get most...
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Which operating system to choose for your VPS or server
When you order a VPS or a dedicated server you choose the operating system, and the list is long. The choice matters...
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VPS, Cloud or Dedicated: how to choose
All three give you what shared hosting cannot: resources that are yours alone and administrator access to the...
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Your first session on a new Linux VPS: the commands to type, in order
You have just received the VPS address and password and do not know what to type first. The answer is a fixed order,...
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Your first hour on a new Windows VPS: updates, users, firewall and backups
The short answer: a new Windows VPS is ready to use but not ready to expose. In the first hour there are six things...





