Archive for February, 2009
Stop beeping at me!
After Windows 2003 SP1 came out, Microsoft released a BEEP hotfix to get rid of the BEEPING beep in Terminal Server sessions. Strangely enough after we installed SP2, the BEEP, came BEEP back..! (even if you disabled it trough policies,praying or throwing the kitchen sink at it)
Posted: February 27th, 2009 under SBC.
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Follow-up post on The App-V 4.5 client may BSOD your Citrix servers!
About a month ago I blogged about the newly discovered issue that the App-V client may BSOD your Citrix Server. Since then it seems that Microsoft AND Citrix have both released hotfixes pertaining to this issue.
Posted: February 26th, 2009 under SBC.
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XPNet document says App-V sucks and what does Microsoft say?
A couple of weeks ago, rumors were spreading about a document that compared the major application virtualization players: Citrix XenApp, Altiris SVS Pro, VMware ThinApp and Microsoft App-V in a head-to-head comparison.Since then lively discussions followed in the blogosphere. Usually the vendors that are being trashed (read: Microsoft’s App-v) in reports like this are more [...]
Posted: February 16th, 2009 under Application Virtualization.
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Quicknote: removing unwanted outlook toolbars
A fast VQ (Virtualistic Quicknote) I had some trouble with Outlook a few weeks ago. Users were not allowed to see a toolbar which was installed with a certain program. I removed the addin from HKLM but the toolbar remained visible to users who had already started Outlook. The solution is to remove all instances [...]
Posted: February 11th, 2009 under Quicknote.
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Is VMWare ever going to fix the alarms?
Today,I was searching the VMWare communities for a solution to a annoying issue that has been bugging me for as long as I can remember. (pretty long I found out..)
Posted: February 9th, 2009 under VMWare.
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VC says:no sir,no snapshot is present but my LUN has no room left..help sysadmin!
Last week I came into the office and had a colleague come up to me even before I took my coat off. (You know who you are!). A VM was turned off and wouldn’t let itself be turned on again. Ok..what’s the story of this VM?
Posted: February 3rd, 2009 under VMWare.
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