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Some intriguing examples of how we can use Live Map data? How about live flight details coming in and leaving Sydney air space?

dcaddick — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:08:55 +0000

While I was at the local MS TechEd event some while back I went and had a chat to the folks manning the Bing Search booth and this also deals with the info regarding Live Earth and mapping etc, and the up shot of this chat was they they forwarded this info as a follow [...]

Use XPerf for troubleshooting performance issues in Windows 7 or Server 2008?

dcaddick — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:48:51 +0000

Just something worth mentioning that I have come across recently that might be of some help? I was recently hunting down the exact reason for why a 2533 running RGS across WiFi was struggling to be able to deliver the video content and found that I had to do quite a bit of logging and then [...]

Looking deeper in to the T5545 ThinPro Linux Thin Client from HP – and how to tweak it and make deployments a breeze?

dcaddick — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:26:04 +0000

The T5545 Thin Client from HP is quite a neat mid-range device that has some nice features that can make your life quite easy, but so far it seems that it’s not all that easy to find out how to go about tweaking it to your environment and users? I’ll update this later with some additional [...]

Some recent comments around Client Virtualization, View, XenDesktop, Remote Protocols,etc… now that VMworld 2009 has been and gone

dcaddick — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:54:40 +0000

The best piece I have read from the IT Industry in the last two weeks or so is: Why desktop virtualization projects fail Desktop virtualization is one of the hottest topics of interest and a major initiative of many companies. Touted benefits include lower operating costs, simpler management and desktop mobility. Below [...]

Fujitsu Esprimo Q1500 Windows 7 Media Center Mini HTPC | eHomeUpgrade

dcaddick — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:05:38 +0000

Well with the release of the Windows 7 Embedded and how easy it is to create a customer Embedded OS I was almost considering getting back on my high horse to use a Thin Client (with added HDD? ) to create my idea of a small ultra quiet Home Theatre PC – but [...]

Useful list of resources around Server 2008 R2

dcaddick — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:59:13 +0000

This arrived in my inbox at work courtesy of a colleague at work and it looked too useful not to share… I hope it’s useful? Useful Sources Blog: Cluster Team: http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering Blog: Ask Core: Clustering Training: Course 6423a: Implementing and Managing WS08 Clustering Website: Cluster Information Portal Website: Clustering Forum (2008) Website: Clustering Forum (2008 R2) Website: [...]

If you are seeing issues relating to Hardware after installing Windows 7 do not forget to check the BIOS is up to date?

dcaddick — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:52:29 +0000

It seems that although I have been running various early releases of Windows 7 since around late January I have had no real problems at all – but just prior to being out of the office for an event I found a few issues: VPN wasn’t working for some reason I didn’t have the time to [...]

Server 2008 R2 – Trying to deliver "Pooled Virtual Desktops"??? Is there something I’ve missed? ;-)

dcaddick — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:57:51 +0000

Hi All, I have created a number of HyperV Servers that all have at least 1 instance of a Windows 7 VM running – and yet it seems that the Admin Tool from MS is *very* restricted in that there is no way to *pick* the VM’s up? They have to be auto-recognised somehow? With View, XenDesktop [...]

Citrix “announces” HDX-3D on ahead of VMworld, but no sign of a download or trial yet?

dcaddick — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:08:20 +0000

So it’s hardly a surprise that Citrix have decided to “Announce” the long awaited HDX-3D “high quality user experience” protocol enhancement in the early hours prior to the start of the VMworld conference? Pardon me for being something of a sceptic, but it seems that this might have more to do with the fact that [...]

I have been chasing Network issues lately and have come across these very useful FREE Tools that both work under Windows 7

dcaddick — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:45:35 +0000

Some while back one of my US based colleagues passed on some advice about checking out some details on how to get the best out of Wireshark For anyone interested in getting their feet wet using Wireshark the network protocol analyzer. This knowledge can be useful to have when dealing with network anomalies. www.chappellseminars.com/s-wireshark101.html Download the latest [...]

HP’s range of Linux Thin Clients getting a refresh?

dcaddick — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:52:01 +0000

So some of you may be aware that the new T5545 was released some while back with a new O/S designated ThinPro – this has recently been updated with a new release of Build 31 and now looks a little like this in Admin mode: To switch to Admin mode there is a simple menu [...]

Apollo 11, 40 years on it’s still an amazing feat?

dcaddick — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:03:31 +0000

I remember watching these grainy images on a Black and White TV in primary school when it happened, now looking back I can scarcely believe the audacity of the folks at the time to think that they could get there and back safely based on the technology of the day? I have since been to [...]

How to install Remote Desktop Services in Win 2008 R2 with Screenshots

dcaddick — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:29:29 +0000

So I noticed some good info coming out of the MSDN Terminal Server blog, like:Introducing Remote Desktop Connection Manager and I was reasonably curious if the RDS Brokering would allow you to attach or add Physical devices like BladePC’s or BladeWS’s to the Virtual Pooling of resources available for users to RDP in to. So I [...]

HP reference configuration for Citrix XenApp: 1,500 Microsoft Office 2003 users on HP ProLiant BL460c G6 server blades

dcaddick — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:42:02 +0000

Just like London Buses, you wait around for ages, and then they all turn up at once? (Whitepapers, that is?) HP reference configuration for Citrix XenApp: 1,500 Microsoft Office 2003 users on HP ProLiant BL460c G6 server blades This document illustrates multiple blades configurations using bare-metal configurations and converting them to virtualized ones. The [...]

New Whitepapers from HP about how to Automate Citrix XenApp on XenServer with Powershell scripts, etc.

dcaddick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:46:04 +0000

**UPDATE** I have received the following comment: has anyone had any luck with the Automating Citrix Xenapp whitepaper, as i have issues when trying to import the deploy XenServer Altiris job as both .bin files seem to contain the same jobs, which are for deploying clients. And yes this is the case – I have contacted [...]

Planning a Desktop Virtualization project? – it might be worth making sure you investigate if the Business needs a Remote Protocol that can deliver a “High Quality User Experience”? Is RDP7 up to it?

dcaddick — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:08:04 +0000

***UPDATE*** Please check the comments below – but it appears I’m incorrect on the statement regarding Teradici PCoIP needing a PCI card, there is a SW/SW version in development and I’d be guessing this might be coming out sometime around VMworld as Beta? Just a guess on my part? So just as we headed in to the [...]

Getting Citrix XenDesktop Receiver working on Windows XPe Thin Clients

dcaddick — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:19:27 +0000

If installing Citrix XenDesktop Receiver on any HP Thin Client with Windows XPe *prior* to the most recent release (Build 710) you may get an error, even after removing the original Citrix Client, that it is unable to install because of a previous Citrix Client install still exists… I didn’t really waste any time on [...]

Getting Citrix Printing working with the T5735 Thin Client

dcaddick — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:30:14 +0000

Essentially, the printer needs to be configured locally first, pretty much the same way you have it now. There’s additional information, with screen shots on how to configure this for ICA starting page 22 of the attached guide: http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01367435/c01367435.pdf I’ve also reference a guide to supported HP printers with Citrix, just in case: [...]

Want to update your HP XPe Thin Client to SP3?

dcaddick — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:01:27 +0000

For those who want to update their existing XP embedded Thin Client to SP3 – here are the links depending on which model you have? 5730 & 5630 (also supports 5720): http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=3634720&swItem=vc-71017-1&prodNameId=3634724&swEnvOID=1058&swLang=13&taskId=135&mode=3 2533: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3691093&swItem=ob-70258-1&prodNameId=3691094&swEnvOID=1058&swLang=13&taskId=135&mode=3 6720: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3660785&prodNameId=3660787&swEnvOID=1058&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ob-70196-1

Hints on Travel to/from London and around Europe

dcaddick — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:03:29 +0000

I was at a conference with some other HP Colleagues a couple of weeks ago and we got to chatting about travel and it turned out that one of the chaps had travelled plenty around Asia and the US but hadn’t been to Europe or UK at all and was now going for his Wife’s [...]