Tag: microsoft

What’s the deal with the new PVSCSI drivers?

New in vSphere are ParaVirtualized SCSI drivers. From what I have read at various places, 12% performance throughput increase with 18% decrease on guest CPU ... Read More

No Windows 7 support for VMware View yet. :(

Either as a Client or a Source. I found a workaround for running a Windows 7 Desktop VM here though : https://blog.virtualarchitect.nl/2009/03/how-to-add-windows-7-to-vmware-view/ It involves switching ... Read More

TAKE A STAND AGAINST ALL CAPS EMAILS …

A pet peeve of mine is improper use of the CAPS LOCK key in emails. Marcos Velez has written up a quick Outlook rule that ... Read More

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, ... Read More

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 ... Read More