Quick Tip on Adding Roles and Features to Windows Server 2012 (and Windows 8?)
Unlike Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, which pre-stage all available roles and features during setup for easy addition at any later time, Windows Server 2012 (and…
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No video or audio with some media files on XenApp 6.5
If H.264-encoded video (e.g. security camera recordings) or AAC-encoded audio (frequently found in MPEG4/MP4 videos) don’t play right (no video or no audio) on Windows 2008 R2 /…
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should – Custom VMware Update Manager Depots
That’s the gist of the lesson I learned today – :) Again. A while back, I read about custom depots for VMware Update Manager. I love VMware Update…
Drunk Mouse® when RDPing from a Citrix Session to a Windows 2012 Server
Sure, it’s a deep rabbit hole, but as a consultant I am frequently leveraging Citrix XenApp to get into an environment and then using RDP from that session…
Maximize productivity with custom Outlook rules for email management
Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán on Pexels.com Seems to be an Outlook kinda week. Here’s a quick write up from Aaron Silber detailing the creation of Outlook Policies/rules…
Clean up your PVS server (EventLogs)!
Here is another great tip by Aaron Silber: Here is a quick tip I just came up with which I thought I would share. If you are working…
Windows 8 shortcut Keys
Have you made the jump to Windows 8 yet? Aaron Silber sent around this handy chart of Keyboard Shortcuts for the mouse averse. Click the image for a…
Surviving Windows 8 annoyances with HiDrop
Post by Jacques Bensimon: Some Windows 8.x annoyances you may be up against, with solutions. (1) By default, Windows 8 administrative shares (C$, Admin$, etc.) cannot be accessed…
Email enabled ShareFile Folders
Sam Jacobs sent over this great tip for anyone using ShareFile. A client asked if ShareFile supported email-enabled folders. They frequently exchange large documents with their clients, and…