Monthly Archives: October 2010

Virtualize Active Directory for 2011

Virtualize Active Directory? Is this madness? No, this is virtualization in the new age. If there is one system in a Microsoft shop that could potentially cause the most damage for an enterprise if improperly managed, it would be Active Directory. I think this is one reason why there is so much resistance to virtualizing this [...]

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VMware 4.5 video card settings

So I'm trying to setup a pilot of VMware view for an employer with Windows 7 x64 Ent VM's. I'm all excited about using PCoIP for the users, but when I log into my VM with the client (4.5.0 build 293049), the display is stuck at 800 X 600. When I go to change the [...]

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Train Signal’s 8 Year Anniversary Contest — Voting Now Open

I enter Train Signal's photo contest this year, so I'm counting on you guys to send some votes my way. The contest was to take a picture in front of a monument with a Train Signal product. Mine is in front of Alcatraz island. If I win, I get a paid trip to VMWorld in [...]

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