SysPrep Reboot Loop [Fixed]
Ran into an interesting (read: Annoying) issue at a client the other day. While deploying a fairly generic XP SP3 template with vCenter’s integrated SysPrep, the resulting machine…
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Access Mailboxes that you have hidden from the GAL.
Here’s a quick and dirty tip that I grabbed from Jacques Bensimon. If you have ever tried to create a MAPI connection to mailbox user that is hidden…
Testing Virtual Machines on Hyper-V
Recently I was asked how a client could convert a bunch of their ESX Virtual Machines to Hyper-V Virtual Machines for bake-off purposes. Here’s a quick rundown of…
Quick DOS tip! GetMAC!
Aaron Silber showed me this little gem yesterday! Working with Citrix Provisioning Server lately, I have been up to my eyeballs in MAC addresses while finding and writing…
vExpert 2009 and the New Facebook Group
VMware announced their inaugural class of vExperts for 2009 this week and I’m thrilled to say I made the list. Thanks to VMware for making the effort to…
EdgeSight Email Alert Error.
Here’s another quick EdgeSight tip …This one from Sam Jacobs. EdgeSight alert emails are incompatible with the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. Suggested workaround is to uninstall .NET…
Duplicate SIDs, Big Deal! Why you might not need to care.
Recently, I have been having some great conversations about the benefits of using golden images of servers and desktops to rapidly deploy using either templates or streaming technologies. …
How Big should I make the Paging File in Windows?
Here is a repost of an article sent to me by Aaron Silber. Can’t get much of a better source than Mark. He wrote an article on pushing…
EMC extends partnership with Microsoft in the Virtualization world.
Interesting news from Microsoft and EMC. In short, Microsoft and EMC will partner to provide solutions where Hyper-V and EMC make more sense for customers than the current…