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How to increase swap memory on a Windows machine

Evoxt — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:52:11 +0000

Google Chrome ran out of memory? "Google Chrome ran out of memory while trying to display this web page", or your server ran out of memory while trying to run a task?

If upgrading your VM plan is not an option, try increasing the swap space of your server.

To increase your Windows server's Swap memory,

Option 1

Go to > Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced

Click on Advanced system settings

Option 2

Alternatively, you can go to windows search > Run and type in SystemPropertiesAdvanced.exe and click ok.

Setting the swap space

On the performance tab, click settings

On the Settings tab. Click on Advanced.

Then, on the Advanced tab, click change to set a fixed amount of swap memory manually.

Key in a swap size that you need, and click Set and Ok

You will be prompted to do a restart

Proceed to restart your Windows VM and your Swap memory will be increased.

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Prioritize IPv4 over IPv6 on a Windows server

Evoxt — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 19:40:14 +0000

With the new Evoxt implementation, where all new VM deployments will be assigned an IPv6 address, we have received reports from customers due to websites and servers not supporting IPv6 and causing problems.

All Windows servers will prefer IPv6 over IPv4 if IPv6 is enabled. Disabling IPv6, which is the new internet protocol, will cause your server to be not future-proof. So this guide will help you configure your Windows server network connection to prefer IPv4 over IPv6.

Change IPv4 priority on Microsoft's Network Shell

To do that, you will need to do so from CMD

1) Head to CMD, Windows Search > CMD. Alternatively, you can access it through WIN + R, then type in cmd.exe and press ok.

2) On CMD, copy these lines and paste them into CMD. This will move the priority of the IPv4 mapped address to the top, making Windows use IPv4 as the default internet protocol. ::ffff:0:0/96 is an IPv4 mapped address range, equivalent to IPv4. Created to aid in IPv4 to IPv6 transition.

netsh interface ipv6 set prefixpolicy ::ffff:0:0/96 50 4
netsh interface ipv6 set prefixpolicy ::1/128 40 0
netsh interface ipv6 set prefixpolicy ::/0 30 1
netsh interface ipv6 set prefixpolicy 2002::/16 20 2
netsh interface ipv6 set prefixpolicy 2001::/32 5 5
netsh interface ipv6 set prefixpolicy fc00::/7 3 13
netsh interface ipv6 set prefixpolicy fec0::/10 1 11
netsh interface ipv6 set prefixpolicy 3ffe::/16 1 12
netsh interface ipv6 set prefixpolicy ::/96 1 3

Now try to ping google again. Ping should default to IPv4.

Bonus:
To change IPv6 back to the default internet protocol used, use the command below and do a restart.

netsh interface ipv6 reset

Change IPv4 preference through Registry

1) Head to Registry, Windows Search > Regedit. Alternatively, you can access it through WIN + R, then type in regedit.exe and press ok.

2) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Services > Tcpip6 > Parameters (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\)

3) On the folder, right-click and create a Dword (32-bit).

4) Then, rename the entry to DisabledComponents

5) Right-click on the entry and click on modify

6) Enter 0x20 in the value data field as shown in the screenshots below, then click Ok

7) Once this is done, do a server restart.

Now try to ping google again. Ping should default to IPv4.

Bonus:
To change IPv6 back to the default internet protocol used, delete the entry (DisabledComponents) and do a server restart.

Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/configure-ipv6-in-windows

If these are too complicated, you can also choose to just disable IPv6 networking entirely. However, this will disable the dual stack status and cause your server to be not future-proof. Take a look at this guide here

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Windows Server showing incorrect disk size after configuring partition

Evoxt — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 22:49:05 +0000

Windows File system size is not showing correctly after configuring the Windows partition.

Prerequisites

You will need CMD for this entire fix. Get yourself comfortable with using the command line.

To get started,

1) Head to CMD, Windows Search > CMD. Alternatively, you can access it through WIN + R then type in cmd.exe and press ok.

CHKDSK command to repair drive

1) On CMD, type in chkdsk /F and press enter

2) Key in Y and enter if you are prompted with a message requiring a drive repair or system reboot.

If this method does not fix your issue, try the next method.

DiskPart

1) Type in diskpart in cmd to go into diskpart

diskpart

2) Use the command below list volume to list all available volume

list volume

3) Select the volume that the partition size is displaying incorrectly, use command select and in this case Volume 0, so the command, in this case, will be select Volume 0

select

4) Extend filesystem, use the command extend filesystem

extend filesystem

Your file explorer's size should show correctly now.

If you are worried and not comfortable with command lines, please file a ticket and our support team will be happy to help you with this. Please do not forget to include your server's IP and password in the ticket for faster ticket processing. Deploy a Cloud Virtual Machine with Evoxt now !
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Disable IPv6 on Windows Server

Evoxt — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 22:25:38 +0000

With the new Evoxt implementation, where all new VM deployments will be assigned an IPv6 address, we have received reports from customers due to websites and servers not supporting IPv6 and causing problems. Here is how to Disable IPv6 on a Windows Server

If you are facing issues with IPv6 enabled and want to disable IPv6 on your Windows Servers, this is how to do it.

To check if you have an IPv6 address set up, head to the command prompt and type ipconfig to check all the assigned IP addresses.
As you can see on the screenshot, IPv6 is indeed assigned, and we want to remove that.

Step 1:
Head to Control Panel by searching Control Panel on the search bar. Alternatively, this can be done by going to run ( WIN + R ), type control.exe and press enter.

Step 2:
Head to the Network and Sharing center to make network changes

Step 3:
We needed to disable IPv6 networking on the main interface. To do that, go to change adapter settings on Network and Sharing Center

Step 4:
Right-click on the adapter, and click on Properties to make changes to the network interface

Step 5:
Untick Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) to disable IPv6 Networking and click Ok to save the configuration.

To check if IPv6 is disabled, head to the command prompt and type in ipconfig again. All IPv6 addresses should be now gone.
If IPv6 address is still showing, do a restart.

Ping ipv6.google.com to check your server's IPv6 connection. If you have this disabled, the ping will not be successful.

C:\Users\Administrator>ping ipv6.google.com -6
Ping request could not find host ipv6.google.com. Please check the name and try again.

Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/configure-ipv6-in-windows

Alternatively, you can set your Windows server to prefer IPv4 networking by default. With this you do not need to disable IPv6, maintaining a dual-stack protocol. This is the preferred method.

Please take a look at this guide here

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Enable audio in Windows Server

Evoxt — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 10:47:30 +0000

If you are not getting any audio on your server, try to connect through Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection.

If you require more help on how to use Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection, we have a guide here

Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection supports remote audio.

If you are still not getting any audio after connecting with Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection,

Go to the bottom right of your screen, right-click on the audio icon and click Sounds.

You will be prompted with an option to enable remote audio in your server, click Yes to enable audio in your Windows server.

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How to run Android Emulator on VPS

Evoxt — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 22:44:48 +0000

Due to the nature of virtualization, most Android Emulator does not work on a VPS. If you tried, you know how tough it is to find an Android Emulator that works on a VPS.

But don't worry, we will settle this once and for all.

Featuring SmartGaga

SmartGaga has been tested on Evoxt VPS and is guaranteed to work on Evoxt's VPS as of October 2021.

Some screenshots

Android Emulator on VPS

WhatsApp on Android Emulator VPS

Evoxt.com Android Emulator VPS

Google Sign in Android Emulator

Google Play Store on Android Emulator

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To deploy a Windows VPS / RDP to run Android Emulator:

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Note: Android Emulator will consume a lot of resources, usages that consume a lot of resources such as gaming will be impossible.

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How To Connect To A Windows VPS

Evoxt — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 20:07:59 +0000

This is a guide on how to connect to your Evoxt’s VPS.

After purchasing a VPS from Evoxt, you will receive an email about your VPS information within 24 hours.

The email will contain IP, Username, and Password.

To connect with the given credentials, you can go to the Windows search bar > remote desktop connection. Alternatively, you can access them by pressing Win key + R and type mstsc.exe and press enter.

This will be the program that you will be using.

Then, key in the IP of your VPS here

After that, key in the username and password.

Press OK. Andddd, you are connected!

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How To Change Windows VPS Password

Evoxt — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 19:58:47 +0000

This is how to change Windows VPS password. To change your VPS password on Evoxt,

1) Connect to your VPS, ctrl+alt+end. Click on "Change a password".

2) Change password

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How to increase Windows VPS size after VPS plan upgrade

Evoxt — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 19:56:51 +0000

Upgraded to a higher plan yet the disk space did not increase?

This is how to increase your Windows VPS storage after VPS plan upgrade

1) Connect to your VPS, go to Disk Management

Alternatively, you can go to disk management by going to Run> diskmgmt.msc

Run diskmgmt.msc

2) Click on your primary drive, in this case (C:),

Right Click> Extend Volume

*** If you've already upgraded to a higher plan but you did not see the unallocated disk space, please do a server restart, if you still don't see the unallocated disk space after restarting, please contact us.

3) Next

4) Choose the amount of space you want to extend ( In this case, we have 15 GB unallocated and we want to extend all spaces, hence, 15359 MB )

5) Click finish

anddd you are done!

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How to connect to a Windows VPS / RDP

Evoxt — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:21:56 +0000

This is a guide on how to connect to your Evoxt's Windows VPS.

After purchasing a VPS from Evoxt, you will receive your VPS information within 3 minutes.

The email will contain IP, Username, and Password. Which are labelled as (1), (2) and (3).

To connect with the given credentials, you can go to the Windows search bar > remote desktop connection. Alternatively, you can access them by pressing Win key + R and type mstsc.exe and press enter.

This will be the program that you will be using.

Then, key in the IP of your VPS, which is labelled as (1)

After that, key in the username and password. Labelled as 1 and 2 respectively.

Press OK. Andddd, you are connected!

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