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- 22: How to extend your Pi-Hole Ad protection beyond your own LAN
- 09: Using ChatGPT to pass technical certifications
April 2023
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January 2023
- 27: My favorite Custom Monopoly Rules
- 24: Improved REG & INI File Sort Utility
- 16: What’s Running in Home Assistant? A Lovelace Card
December 2022
November 2022
- 02: Unboxing the $440 VilliaNeri Light Starter Pack!
- 01: Help: OneDrive Directory Synchronization Status?
October 2022
- 24: Why I added the Eaton 3S UPS to my Tesla Powerwall Setup?
- 08: Adding Solar Lights to the Front Walkway – 2 YEARS Ago!
- 07: Veeam Backup Limitation with Nutanix Acropolis
- 04: Two Way Group Policy Locator Tool
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
- 28: How to add columns to vSphere 7 HTML5 Client
- 26: What’s new in VMware Horizon 2206
- 25: zLauncher Version 4 – New Features
June 2022
May 2022
November 2021
- 23: How to Configure Home Assistant Energy Dashboard
- 22: Wink is Garbage
- 09: Choose Local Control for IOT when you can
- 03: Citrix ICA File Interceptor v2
October 2021
- 27: VMware Horizon – Failed to connect to the Connection Server – v2106 and Above!
- 19: Quickly customize your Citrix sessions dynamically with ICAceptor!
- 16: A Quick and Easy Accent Lighting Idea
August 2021
July 2021
- 22: Migrate Azure AD users to On-Premise Active Directory
- 20: Best Practice – PC Printer Connection Configurations
- 16: What’s new in VMware Horizon 2106
- 13: Which VMware vSphere licensing edition is right for your business?
- 12: How to (REALLY) disable Citrix Client Drive Access
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
- 22: SmartMerge – Free Command Line Directory Merge Utility
- 01: Convert PEM to PFX certificates to use with VMware UAGs
December 2020
November 2020
- 30: Eliminate annoying Alexa Package Descriptions with this simple trick!
- 27: Home Assistant Pet Automation Example
- 15: Home Assistant IOS Actionable Notifications Example
- 09: How to Change Your August Smart Lock Batteries in 3 Easy Steps
October 2020
- 25: How to Track Stocks in Home Assistant using a Custom Component
- 23: What happens if you let VMware Support Expire?
- 12: Using the VMware Help Desk Tool to Troubleshoot Horizon Sessions
- 09: Simple Example of using YAML Node Anchors in Home Assistant
- 02: Optimizing Meetings in VMware Horizon
September 2020
- 22: The New Wyze Smart Video Doorbell
- 14: VMware Horizon 2006 (8) client not supported on Windows 10 build 1809
- 12: Home Assistant Smart DIY Basketball Backboard Project
- 06: Citrix Provisioning Services – Upgrade is very Slow
- 05: Smart Home Plugs – Power Measurements
August 2020
- 31: Adding a Lightning Sensor to Home Assistant
- 28: What’s New in VMware UAG 3.10
- 23: MS Edge (Chromium) issues on Citrix with Fixes
- 21: What’s new with VMware Horizon 8 (Or 2006 as it prefers to be called)
- 05: How to Enable Alexa Guard Mode via Home Assistant using Presence Detection
July 2020
- 30: How to Deploy VMware UAG to Azure
- 20: zLauncher v2: Introducing “Thin Client Mode”
- 17: How to configure Garadget for LOCAL MQTT Only
- 08: Best ways to Shrink and Optimize FSLogix Profile VHD files
- 07: Add a splash of elegance to your garden with a solar water fountain
- 06: See inside Registry.pol with the Pol2Reg utility
June 2020
- 30: VMware Horizon Client TimeOut Settings
- 23: VMware App Volumes, NVIDIA, InstaClones, and the Invalid Session Cookie Error
- 22: Updating and installing NVIDIA GPU drivers on VMware vSphere
- 19: Five Home Assistant Tips with the SuburbanNerd
- 16: How to free up space on VMware vCenter Appliance
- 15: Light up your landscape with solar-powered Motion Lights!
- 12: Blame the Network Team
- 11: VMware App Volumes Synchronized across Horizon sites
- 02: How to enable DNS logging to monitor requests
May 2020
- 31: My Home Assistant Vacuum Automation! Rescue Me Mode!
- 28: The Home Assistant Logbook
- 25: Phyn Plus – Smart Water Shutoff Device
- 18: The Return of Citrix QFarm
- 17: PowerShell: Move DHCP Server to a new server
- 16: Wyze No Contact Thermometer
- 15: Citrix Grey Screen Issue – SOLVED
- 13: Upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 LTS for Home Assistant
- 12: Empower your team with My VMware Portal delegation rights
- 09: Wink’s Crappy move to force a Subscription Plan on its existing users
- 06: VMware Cloud on Azure
- 05: Load Balancing VMware Horizon servers – Doodle ShoutOut
- 03: Fixing my Garadget Door Opener in Home Assistant
April 2020
- 30: Microsoft Teams Pro Tip
- 28: Microsoft Teams Custom Backgrounds
- 27: HelpDesk Tool: SessionInfo v1.0
- 26: SOLVED – ‘Error establishing a database connection’
- 22: VMware: Failed to connect to the Horizon Connection Server
- 21: A Better Windows Path Manager
- 13: Google Chrome Audio not working in VDI session.
- 12: zLauncher – The Easiest Customizable Application Launcher ever!
- 09: VMware: Failed to Deploy OVF package
- 06: New FSLogix software patch release
- 05: 8 Free News Channels for your Roku
- 03: Microsoft Teams Cheat Sheet
March 2020
- 25: Join Microsoft Teams meetings from within Outlook
- 09: VMware vSphere 6.0 END OF General Support
- 03: VMware NFS has reached the maximum number of supported volumes
February 2020
- 25: How to drag shortcuts into Administrator Prompt
- 24: PSA: Protect your WordPress Site
- 23: Updated: Registry String Redirections / IPM Utility: Get@String 2.0
- 16: How to Add Webhooks to Home Assistant
- 14: Dang it Microsoft – Why did you break FindTime?
- 12: VMware ESXi install fails on UCS C220 – Partition Error
- 10: What is the VMware UAG Gateway location?
- 09: Quick Robocopy switch refresher & Defender Speed tip!
- 04: TabloTV Automatic Commercial Skip Premium Service
- 03: Windows Defender Hidden Settings Control Utility
January 2020
- 23: New Tool: Check if your Citrix Netscaler have been Compromised
- 22: SONOS ends support for legacy speaker devices
- 19: Charter Home Security shuts down its service
- 16: PSA: The NSA says PATCH your Windows machines
- 15: How to check if your Citrix Netscaler has been compromised by attackers
- 13: Microsoft Teams: Cannot install for all users when a VDI environment is not detected
- 10: Alexa enabled Gas station Pumps?
- 08: Thin Client Certificate issues
- 07: Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability: Allows access to corporate network without accounts
- 06: VMware UAG and Horizon Broker Certificate Gotchas in 2020
- 01: Save Money with Home Assistant and Nest – An Automation Example
December 2019
- 28: Are your Wyze Devices Safe?
- 25: Smart Home Yule Log 2019
- 23: HassKit – Home Assistant Mobile UI for IOS and Google Android
- 18: Project Connected Home over IP
- 15: Using IFTTT with Alexa Routines (Plus Home Assistant!)
- 12: How to Name your Alexa Routines
- 10: Upgrade EMC/Dell VxRail Best Practices (4.7.100 to 4.7.301)
- 08: What happens if the Wink Platform goes out of business?
- 06: Creating a Website in Amazon Lightsail for ~4 Bucks
- 05: VMware User Environment Manager (aka Dynamic Environment Manager)
- 03: The Wyze Smart Lock
- 02: Upgrading VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.1 to 8.1
November 2019
- 29: New Wyze firmware due in January – Highlights
- 28: Happy Thanksgiving from vCloudInfo.com and Bear Stone!
- 26: How to fix your Pi-Hole integration with Home Assistant
- 24: What is IAAPA?
- 19: Alexa Beat Cortana … or is about to.
- 15: Adding Days Until Sensor to my Home Assistant Speech routines
- 13: vCenter 6.7 Upgrade failing during pre-checks on Stage 2. [Internal Error]
- 12: Disney Plus launches today!
October 2019
- 24: Microsoft Application Layering using MSIX
- 23: Updated ‘This PC’ Namespace Item Creation Tool v1.5
- 20: How to Build Home Assistant Sensors using Wolfram Alpha
- 16: Creating ‘This PC’ Namespace Items — New Utility
- 15: How to Create Volatile Registry Keys: New Utility!
- 12: Novostella 13W LED Bulb vs Philips Hue Smart Bulbs
- 09: How to add an SSL Certificate to Home Assistant (the old fashioned way)
- 07: How to upgrade Cisco VIC drivers via VMware Update Manager
- 04: How to Fix WiFi interference with WiFi Analyzer
- 01: Want a free Amazon Echo Auto device?
September 2019
- 25: When is Microsoft Exchange 2010 Support End date?
- 24: How to upgrade UCS firmware
- 22: Cleaning up your Amazon Echo setup for better voice control
- 18: Fix your Magic Home LED issues with this simple IOS setting!
- 17: PSA: Update your LastPass extensions NOW!
- 12: Why No more Comments?
- 11: What does Accelerated Office Activation really do in Citrix PVS?
- 07: How to Enable the Home Assistant System Health Component
- 05: Citrix ShareFile is deprecating TLS 1.0 and 1.1 soon. Upgrade your ShareFile Tools.
- 03: How to Enable Citrix Receiver logging for ALL platforms
- 02: Charge your Car like your Phone in Emergencies
- 01: vSphere Ports and Protocols. All of them.
August 2019
- 30: Unboxing the Echo Show 5 and Setup
- 29: How to enable 365 day Data Retention in Citrix Director
- 28: Windows 10 Start Menu Behavior Rationalized
- 25: Swapping Etekcity RF outlets to Tuya Wi-Fi switch outlets
- 23: Every VMware Horizon Application Firewall Network Port you will ever need! (for v7.x at least)
- 21: I am not going to VMworld this year.
- 19: Upgrading VMware App Volumes to 2.17
- 15: Easily Upgrade your Outdoor Lighting with LED Solar Spot lights!
- 14: New to Me: VxRail Network Validation Tool
- 13: VMware App Volumes and FSLogix container conflicts resolved.
- 11: A Brief History of User Profiles …and an Idea for Microsoft!
- 10: How to increase the root space on my AWS Hosted WordPress site
- 08: Static IP addresses for Amazon Web Services instances
- 07: How to add Smart Landscaping lights to your Yard with Home Assistant
- 02: VMware Horizon 7.9 Upgrades – What’s new?
- 01: Simplifying your Hue configuration with Home Assistant
July 2019
- 27: How to optimize WordPress images for SPEED using WEBP
- 22: Upgrading Home Assistant and Fixing icon_template warning errors
- 15: How to upgrade Docker Cockpit on Ubuntu 18.04
- 11: My tweet went viral thanks to Elon Musk. Sort of.
- 10: New IOS 13 Features and Changes!
- 09: RIP: Microsoft HealthVault – Migrating the data out
- 08: How to Activate Office Faster with Citrix PVS 1906
- 05: VMware PowerCLI – Quick query to list VMs restarted in an HA event
- 04: IPM’s new Remote Session Super Switcher utility
- 03: IOS Charging not Available Screen!
- 02: Using PowerShell to log into VMware vSphere Web Client
June 2019
- 29: How to use Template conditions in Home Assistant
- 28: How to enable JIT (Just in Time) VM Access in Microsoft Azure
- 27: Citrix VDA Setup: What does “Create a master image” actually do?
- 26: Controlling Windows Explorer’s Thread Count (new utility)
- 25: Troubleshooting Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS) Stalling at 50%
- 24: Building Communities…
- 23: Harmony of the Seas Free Text Messaging – Royal Caribbean
- 19: Citrix Synergy 2019 : An Executive’s Perspective
- 17: Home Assistant Breaking Change: All Light Groups
- 06: Putty Putty Putty & Windows Terminal
- 04: Citrix VDA User Profiles: The Mysterious "…"
- 03: No patches showing up for VMware vCenter Appliance–FIXED
May 2019
- 30: Elevate your home security with these essential additions to Alexa Guard
- 28: My Site has gone down for the SECOND time (and hopefully the last!)
- 23: How to set up Bloomberg Keyboard with Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop.
- 20: Not attending #CitrixSynergy this week? Follow along from Home!
- 16: Google Nest saves ‘Works with Nest’ program – sort of.
- 15: How to add Physical Disks to EMC’s VxRail Hyper-converged Solution
- 14: Google is shutting down the Works with Nest API.
- 10: Disk 2000 is not Moving – Crazy weird message from VMware
- 09: Data Collection from Acropolis on Nutanix
- 07: $20 Wyze Sense and Camera Unboxing – Early Access Program!
- 05: PSA: Purple Screen of Death when collecting logs on VxRail Cluster
- 03: Restrict VMware Horizon Users from using UAG remotely
- 01: New to Me: TryBalanceVMsPerHost – VMware advanced option
April 2019
- 25: Maximize your productivity with this 4-monitor Dell P2719H Setup
- 22: Citrix Smart Tools End Of Life’d May 31st!
- 14: How to manually upgrade your Synology Surveillance System firmware
- 10: Migrating Windows Based vCenter to VMware Virtual Appliance 6.7 Walk Through
- 09: Solar-Putty: The free, feature-packed Putty alternative you’ve been waiting for!
March 2019
- 31: Easily connect your Foscam cameras to Home Assistant and Synology for Notifications
- 27: VMware Distributed switches or stick with Standard switches?
- 21: Home Assistant 0.90 release upgrade
- 19: Watch your cameras on the big screen with Roku and IP Camera Viewer
- 18: This time it was Citrix, … sort of!
- 14: Revisiting the Pi on Pi Day with Home Assistant
- 12: Need to send a Huge file securely and free?
- 05: How to add Garadget to Home Assistant
February 2019
- 28: Amazon Discontinues the Dash Button
- 27: Take your meetings to the next level with Office 365 and Webex integration
- 25: How I Upgraded Home Assistant to 0.88.1 – fixing all the breaking Changes!
- 23: 1000 Subscriber Milestone! And thanks to the #HACommunity!
- 22: Breaking down the Flag Sensor in Home Assistant
- 20: Upgrading VMware vCenter 6.0 appliance with a Windows based Update Manager option
- 19: How to set up Home Assistant Presence Detection using NMAP
- 17: How to Upgrade VMware UAG 3.3 to 3.4 (Universal Access Gateway)
- 14: Everyday Holiday Smart Lights – Valentine’s Day Edition
- 11: How to Upgrade Home Assistant Ubuntu to 18.04.1 LTS
- 10: Upgrading VxRail from 4.5.227 to 4.7.100–One Click operations by EMC/DELL
- 08: My Pi-Hole is out of Space! How to free up space to upgrade.
- 07: Rejoining a Citrix DDC will break your Site!
- 05: Check bad Passwords with Google Password Checkup
- 04: How to add "Classic" Sticky Notes back to Windows 10
January 2019
- 31: Failed to upload AOS package to Nutanix via Browser
- 30: Lovelace is now standard! I don’t care.
- 29: How to upgrade your Horizon Infrastructure (7.7 Edition)
- 25: The projected file system: Unlocking new possibilities for Windows developers
- 23: Step-by-step guide to moving your blog from Blogger to WordPress on AWS
- 22: How to change the Default Microsoft Verification Option
- 21: Open Live Writer Error 400 –> Moving to WordPress
- 15: PSA: You have 1 year to upgrade your Windows 7 deployments!
- 14: How to opt out of Citrix Director’s use of Google Analytics.
- 13: My DIY weather resistant Wi-Fi switch – 1 Month Later!
- 11: Pi-Hole DNS resolution is currently unavailable – FIXED
- 10: Citrix Summit 2019 in Orlando Florida
- 06: Enabling Guest Mode TTS feedback for Home Assistant
- 03: How to install Windows 10 1809 “Features On Demand” Without Internet Access
- 01: PSA: Change the batteries and your passwords!
December 2018
- 30: 2018 by the numbers–And new Channel Trailer!
- 28: Is Amazon killing off the name Alexa?
- 27: Quick and easy: How to install Microsoft Office (or O365) in just 4 steps!
- 26: Quick tip: Saving Credentials for Multiple RDP Hosts at the Same IP Address
- 24: Fixing my Home Assistant Breaking Changes with Atom!
- 21: Automate your home using Amazon Routines! No Software Needed!
- 20: Logitech removes local API access. Bricks Harmony Hub for Home Automation Enthusiasts
- 19: A few devices share that name. No they Don’t Alexa! [Bad Firmware]
- 19: Determining (Almost) Any Shortcut’s Target
- 17: New Features of VMware UAG 3.4 (Universal Access Gateway)
- 15: How to Weatherproof your Outdoor Smart Plugs on the Cheap!
- 14: Bye Bye Skype for Business ; Hello Microsoft Teams!
- 09: How to Determine the Security Zone with the GetSecZone Utility
- 07: Maximize your Alexa Routines – Scheduled Volume Control for Echo Devices
- 05: Get to know the Epson XP-7100 Small-in-One Printer in our review
- 04: Locked out of your Citrix Sharefile Account? You’re welcome.
- 01: Breaking down my Home Assistant Volume Control
November 2018
- 29: Simple steps to Stay up-to-date with Dell server firmware updates
- 28: Missing EMC VxRail nodes; VMware vCenter blissfully unaware.
- 26: Waze is the reason I dislike CarPlay now.
- 21: Routine Tasks; Adding Tesla PowerWall sensors to my Home Assistant!
- 20: Don’t neglect the Virtual Machine hardware!
- 19: Screen sharing coming to Microsoft Teams!
- 16: Routine Tasks; Upgrading Home Assistant to Latest Beta!
- 15: The end of the External VMware PSC.
- 13: Cortana, Meet Alexa!
- 10: Prevent explicit content with Alexa Parental Controls
- 06: What’s the deal with the Citrix Cloud?
- 04: Port Forwarding on the ARRIS TG1682 Modem Router
October 2018
- 30: Easy Smart Home Gadgets I use for my Holiday Lighting setup!
- 26: New Facebook Portal!–Works with Alexa.
- 24: Siri Store and Retrieve shortcuts for ANY information!
- 23: Using Microsoft’s FindTime to schedule meetings effectively.
- 20: How to enable Alexa Whisper Mode and Hunches
- 18: Lights, Camera, Automation! Hue light setup Part 2.
- 12: PSA: We don’t trust Symantec Certs anymore!
- 11: Adding a Smart Light to my Smart House – Video
- 04: Upgrading Home Assistant in Docker
- 01: Huge Windows 10/2016 improvement!
September 2018
- 27: Unboxing the Philips Hue Calla Landscape Smart Lights
- 25: How to Upgrade VMware App Volumes from 2.14.0 to 2.14.2
- 21: Amazon, Take my money.
- 20: Quick guide: Port forwarding on your Sagemcom FaST (F@ST) 5260
- 18: Need dedicated Antivirus software? Probably not.
- 13: Please stop saying Alexa in your YouTube Videos
- 06: Re-Installing the Tesla Solar Panels AGAIN on my Roof.
August 2018
- 29: VMworld 2018 highlights! (All the way from Florida)
- 23: Getting the Kids to school using Home Assistant
- 15: Talking about my TabloTV setup – #CordCutting
- 13: How to get an A+ from Qualys SSLLabs on your Horizon UAG deployment.
- 10: Where is the Idle timeout setting in Horizon?
- 07: Telsa’s new PowerWall feature called Storm Watch!
July 2018
- 24: The Bear Stone Smart Home Icon Collection 2018
- 10: GoodBye Citrix XenApp, Long live Citrix Virtual Apps …
- 09: Weird little VMware Error – “Your vSphere Client Session is no longer authenticated”
- 05: ThrowBack Thursday! – Converting VMs from vSphere 4.1
June 2018
- 26: Adding Certificates to App Volumes
- 22: EMC VxRail Deployment Screens
- 14: Rolling out some new Docker Containers to my Smart Home.
- 04: Using Home Assistant to fix my JuiceBox Pro 40 connection issues.
May 2018
- 25: Upgrading your Citrix XenDesktop DDC Failure. [SOLVED]
- 20: New Feature Alert : Amazon Alexa Brief Mode
- 18: Weekend Reading? How about EVERY WINDOWS COMMAND …
- 18: Considering upgrading to vSphere 6.7? I’d wait a few months …
- 16: Domain Controller in Safe mode? Marcos brings the Vet office back online.
- 14: Windows Update Strikes again! – CredSSP Encryption Oracle Patch
- 10: Adding the new Meraki Hardware to my Lab – MS220-8P
- 08: Disney Cruise Tech and some tips
- 03: New Feature Alert! Alexa’s Remember this!
- 02: Printer Review: Epson Workforce Pro ET-8700
April 2018
- 30: Using Veeam Replication to move Datacenters : Lessons Learned
- 25: New VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.1 released.
- 23: My #VMwareEMPOWER experience – Atlanta, GA
- 20: My 1000 mile, 2 day RoadTrippin’ Telsa Model S test Drive experience via Turo!
- 16: Real life Lessons from 2 Weeks of Tesla Model X Ownership
- 12: Some of my Favorite Home Assistant resources!
- 06: Broadcasts! Alexa’s new feature
- 01: Guest spot on the Home Assistant Podcast
March 2018
- 25: Nest announces remote temperature sensors
- 21: First real-time outage using the Tesla PowerWall 2
- 10: A Decade’s worth of posts!
- 09: Alexa gets Follow Up Mode … Sort of.
- 06: Spring is almost here–New Look for the site
February 2018
January 2018
- 15: Why I HATE Apple’s CarPlay.
- 07: Epson WorkForce WF-7710: The perfect printer for remote work
- 04: What you need to know so you Don’t Meltdown from Spectre! How to patch your computers.
- 02: Going GREEN to save some GREEN in 2018
December 2017
- 28: Giving the house a Twitter Account.
- 07: Collecting data from Customer Sites
- 01: Unboxing the Epson Expression Premium ET-7750 Eco Tank Color Printer/Scanner
November 2017
- 22: Building the World’s Greatest Smart Alarm Clock
- 20: Building a digital Cuckoo Clock with Home Assistant
- 16: Increasing LUN sizes on vSphere [ Weird Error]
- 13: Yet another inexpensive Motion Sensor for Home Assistant
- 03: WINDOWS SERVER 2016 – GOING IT ALONE…
October 2017
- 28: Speak naturally to your Alexa! Context aware lights available now!
- 23: Moving Home Assistant DBs to external Flash Drives
- 19: Still running vSphere 5.5? Get with it Man!
- 16: Adobe Flash, I HATE you.
- 13: Inventory your vSphere environment with RVTools
- 11: SRM Upgrade issues
- 09: IOT Fun!–Interactive short film about a smart thermostat!
- 05: Running Thin without the Office Suite … and not turning back!
- 03: Veeam, Data Domains, DDBoost and making it all work!
September 2017
- 27: New Alexa Goodies announced!
- 19: PSA: Citrix Netscaler Builds temporarily offline.
- 15: Smart Home Lessons from Hurricane Irma
August 2017
- 29: Multi Room Audio for the Echo! It’s finally Here
- 28: Not attending VMworld? That’s no reason to not follow along from home (or work)!
- 21: PSA: vSphere Patch can break working NVIDIA GRiD set ups. (And don’t look directly at the sun #SolarEclipse2017)
- 20: DIY LED Accent Lights for Your Home: A Step-by-Step Guide
- 15: Project Update : Visualization of the Home using Fire Tablets and Home Assistant [Final Mount]
- 07: VMware SRM–After failover, LUNs still have ‘snap-xxxxxxx’ in the name
July 2017
- 31: VCSA 6.5 Fails to start. File System and then Network Service errors.
- 28: Giving Voice to the Smart Home
- 13: vSphere Enterprise licensing Plus Throw Back Thursday [2017 Update]!
- 11: My Smart Home – a LOOK at the parts that make up the sum.
- 03: Bring your smart home to life with Home Assistant and Fire tablets
June 2017
- 21: PSA: Check out your smoke detectors (once every 10 years)
- 17: Building my Home alarm system (Hardware Phase)
- 13: Those are some BIG log files you have there buddy!
- 08: Home Protection from Power outages (Sort of) with the BGE70.
- 07: Upgrading your Data Domain OS
- 05: Video: #Syn706 – Building a XenApp real-time session monitoring dashboard
- 01: Total Uninstall — A paean to the most indispensable IT tool I know!
May 2017
- 30: Citrix Synergy 2017 recap
- 14: PSA: Powershell script to find unpatched machines. (WannaCry)
- 12: PSA : Patch your Windows Servers (MS17-010)
April 2017
- 24: Cleaning up Horizon Database Errors
- 19: Pushing the NVIDIA Grid VIB to vSphere using Update Manager for vGPUs.
March 2017
February 2017
- 27: Installing SRM–Time Error when connecting to PCS
- 21: New Versions of our favorite tools.
- 16: Time for a new editor.
- 14: VMware HA Heartbeat issue.
- 01: Veeam Backup and Data Domains
October 2016
September 2016
- 26: Stuck in Maintenance mode after 5.5 ESXi upgrade
- 20: A quick look at the Horizon 7 Access Point Appliance
- 14: Upgrading VMware Site Recovery Manager from 5.8 to 6.1.1
July 2016
June 2016
- 27: Centralized policy definitions – Bad idea! … with a remedy.
- 16: New IPM utility Net2SwapFlag — solves infamous KB2536487 issue
May 2016
April 2016
- 11: Continue to build out your network
- 07: Catch Sam Jacobs at Citrix Synergy 2016!
- 04: Stick to the Basics–vMotion fails at 21%
March 2016
- 31: Link Collection–Antivirus guides for Citrix & Terminal Servers
- 29: Removing a Node (or 3) from a Nutanix Cluster
- 22: vCenter 5.5 Update 3b Upgrade Bug
- 16: High Level First Look at Citrix’s AppDisks
- 10: VMware Horizon View Maintenance releases/updates
January 2016
December 2015
November 2015
October 2015
September 2015
June 2015
May 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
December 2014
- 25: Happy Holidays from vCloudInfo!
- 17: PSA: Watch out for CryptoLocker / CryptoWall emails
- 15: IPM Sponsored – Upcoming VDI Rollout Webinar
- 03: VMware Site Recovery Manager – DNS Stalls for 20 minutes.
- 01: Citrix XenDesktop 7.x Internals Cheat Sheet
November 2014
October 2014
July 2014
June 2014
- 13: First Look: Citrix Provisioning Service Cache size
- 12: Safe to upgrade to vSphere 5.5 Update 1 with NFS
- 11: Quick Tip on Adding Roles and Features to Windows Server 2012 (and Windows 8?)
- 09: Citrix PVS Pro Tip : Watch your Slots on VMware!
May 2014
- 28: Have you seen this behavior before?
- 20: Caution When Upgrading your SSL Certificate(s)
- 16: Synergy 2014 – Migrating WI Customizations to StoreFront
- 14: Memory Leak in XenDesktop 7.5 Desktop Studio MMC
- 07: Not at a Tech conference this week? Bring the conference to you!
- 06: Citrix NetScaler Security Hotfix Update
- 05: No video or audio with some media files on XenApp 6.5
April 2014
- 24: Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should – Custom VMware Update Manager Depots
- 22: PSA: vSphere 5.5 Update 1 and NFS
- 09: Citrix Netscalers and Heartbleed Bug
- 07: Rethinking Network Printing (with new PConn2 IPM Utility)
- 02: TS/RDS User Home Directory policy Explained
March 2014
- 31: Drunk Mouse® when RDPing from a Citrix Session to a Windows 2012 Server
- 28: Citrix XenApp & XenDesktop 7.5 Released
- 26: Maximize productivity with custom Outlook rules for email management
- 24: Saving files in MS Outlook Natively! NOT as email attachments!
February 2014
- 25: Clean up your PVS server (EventLogs)!
- 24: Vendor Stencil Round-up
- 03: Citrix Provisioning Services & Cisco UCS Blades
January 2014
- 31: Windows 8 shortcut Keys
- 30: vSphere Installation Media : OEM or VMware?
- 22: IPM Public Relations
- 20: New IPM utility: SetWallpaper.exe
- 15: “OK Glass, Request Refund”
- 13: New IPM Utility – UnHideICA
- 08: OFF TOPIC:\ BLACK HAT Movie CrowdFunding
December 2013
- 30: “Short changed” by Citrix Provisioning Services!
- 26: Updated TSFlag / TSFlag-x64 (v1.1)
- 23: The little-known Google domain you need to know about
- 18: Surviving Windows 8 annoyances with HiDrop
November 2013
- 27: VMware’s Message of the Day – Your vSphere client is frozen.
- 25: The “Goods” from Synergy 2013 session – Migrating WI Customizations to StoreFront
- 14: Email enabled ShareFile Folders
- 08: Citrix Web Interface End Of Life dates
October 2013
- 23: Not so new Cool Utility: Update the Default User profile in Windows 7/2008
- 18: XenServer to VMware Jingle [to the tune of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]
- 17: Provisioning Server and Firewalls
- 14: Upgrading to VMware Tools 5.1 can cause log spew
- 09: Citrix SSL Error 61 : Resolving Trust in a Security Certificate
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
- 22: Tips for avoiding Citrix Printer Spooler issues
- 20: WinSxS and reclaiming space
- 17: rant: Office 365 Spam “Protection”.
- 15: Citrix ShareFile Outlook add-in.
- 13: Uneven XenDesktop DDC load – Check your VDA policies.
April 2013
- 25: EMC’s HAVT utility tip
- 24: Tweaking your Windows 7/XP Desktops on VDI
- 19: Google’s Follow your World (or House)
- 18: Sam Jacobs presents at Citrix Synergy LA
- 02: VMware Build number Decoder Table
March 2013
- 28: Have you enabled the Turbo Button on your ESX hosts?
- 25: Evernote searching just got a LOT better!
- 22: Upgrade those ESX 3.5 servers if you still have them …
- 05: Have you seen the new Windows 8 copy Dialog?
February 2013
- 27: Empty cubicle wall space? Get your PVS Boot poster here…
- 25: From the Not So Surprising News Department–vSphere 5.1 Support for Latest XD/PVS.
- 22: Top Virtualization Blogs 2013 Voting (i.e. The vDundies)
- 21: Citrix PVS Support Webinar notes
- 11: Have a Dozen ESX hosts? PVS Boot ISOs might not scale well.
- 08: Snowed In? Great time to Jailbreak your iPhone.
- 06: Occupy Hotfix: Citrix PVS patches 66% complete.
- 04: King for a Day – What would you change?
January 2013
- 31: Minimum XenDesktop / PVS account access into vSphere needed.
- 29: Patching and Antivirus : Technology Doppelgangers?
- 28: VNXe Software Update 2.4.0.20932
- 25: Don’t trust the Internets… Not all of them at least.
- 23: Why do we Bother patching systems?
- 21: Choosing to work with consultants …
- 17: Invalid Backing on a Virtual Machine’s Network adapter.
- 15: Patch Management? I don’t care for it but YOU should!
- 09: Hold your horses, Explorer!
- 04: Lunch Flow Chart Social Media style.
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
- 22: XenDesktop Setup Wizard fails after PVS upgrade.
- 17: PVS Target Blue Screen of Death: 0x0000050 [Resolved]
- 10: Reader Question : Ask the Readers about VPLEX Backups
September 2012
- 17: The Mystery of the Disappearing Pinned Shortcuts
- 11: PSA – No vSphere 5.1 upgrade for PowerPath/VE 5.7 users right now.
- 04: Reader Question: What do you add to *your* SendTo folder?
August 2012
- 28: vSphere 5–Unable to Create NetApp FC DataStore [Resolved & then Resolved AGAIN :)]
- 24: Not going to VMworld? Follow along at home via VMware NOW
- 21: Aaron Silber’s Registry tip!
- 14: [iPhone 5 release date Rumor]
- 10: Something New : A Tumblr Mini Photo Blog
- 08: Better understanding Memory Management in vSphere 5.
- 02: Removing Personalization Settings from AppSense 8.x
July 2012
- 23: XenDesktops not registering with 5.6 Feature Pack 1 [Resolved]
- 17: Microsoft Office 2013 Preview is available for download.
- 16: XD5 to XD5.6 : Make sure you have some Desktop Groups Defined.
- 12: Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1 error–IPC error 0xA0070002
- 10: How to Back Up Your Citrix Netscaler
June 2012
- 18: Collecting Old Citrix Client Versions.
- 14: Possible issue with VMware View 5 and vSphere hardware v8
- 11: Cool Utility: EventCombMT
- 04: Cool Utility: NetRouteView
May 2012
- 22: The Magic of CSS–Customizing Citrix Web Interface
- 16: How to Retrieve the Username from a PNAgent Site
- 13: Dropbox 2012 Quest! Get an additional 1GB of space.
April 2012
- 30: AppSense <-> ThinApp issue. [Resolved]
- 26: PSA : DNS Malware infections
- 23: VMware vExpert 2012
- 19: ‘Printing’ to Evernote using Folder Imports
- 11: Multiple Versions of Word (Same Machine) via Aaron’s App tip!
- 01: Fake News of the day.
March 2012
- 28: Quick Tip–The Registry.
- 21: How to update firmware on a WYSE R90x
- 19: Teaming Broadcom NICs in Hyper-V
- 16: Why I’m still Jailbreaking my iPhone.
- 14: User Roaming feature with Web Interface
- 12: Old News: VMware View client for the MAC.
- 09: Thanks @JTroyer & @LXmaier #vExperts
- 07: Updating a Standard image in Citrix Provisioning.
- 02: Some Basic Citrix XenDesktopProvisioning Troubleshooting Steps
February 2012
January 2012
- 26: How to add a Shortcut for all users in a VDI environment via Group Policy Preferences
- 23: 2012 : Getting back on track– A peek behind the scenes.
December 2011
- 27: Database Permissions in XenDesktop 5–Use SQLCMD mode!
- 06: Reverting iOS applications using Dropbox!
November 2011
- 30: PowerShell Tutorial – How to Keep Tabs on XenApp Printer Queues
- 28: Registry String Redirection / IPM Utility: Get@String
- 24: Happy Thanksgiving from vCloudInfo, HyperVInfo & vCloudInfo.com!
- 21: How to Add a 3rd Party driver to a baseline in Update Manager
- 17: RANT: Does Microsoft offer adequate SPAM protection for their Cloud Mail service?
- 14: Not enough room for vSphere 5 Upgrade? Free some up!
- 10: My blogger blog was GONE.
- 09: Quest Discontinues vConverter.
- 07: Quick Tip: Pin to the Start Menu or NOT…
October 2011
- 31: My Digital Graveyard
- 28: Off-TopiC:\ Evernote Tip: Remember house stuff.
- 25: VMware Purple Screen of Death KB alert.
- 20: Removing the Citrix Access Gateway client.
- 19: Cool Tool : Microsoft Mouse Without Borders.
- 17: vSphere 5 Trust issues : Cannot synchronize host.
- 13: Enabling/Disabling SSH via vCenter
- 11: Stop Tracking your IP with a Spreadsheet
- 06: Taming Chameleon Applications
- 05: Upgrade to the iPhone 4s or Wait for the iPhone 5?
- 04: AppSpeed 1.5 left behind if you upgrade to vSphere 5.
September 2011
- 30: Virtual Machine Discrimination; Shame on you Google!
- 29: ESX Hardware Boot options (via vCenter GUI)
- 28: Surgically eliminating Windows Installer app repairs
- 27: Patching ESXi with vMA
- 23: Tweet Humor : Citrix’s new Multi Layered Antivirus Solution.
- 22: Pimping out the Citrix Netscaler – 2.0
- 20: Aaron’s Application Tip : IPv4 pings in a IPv6 World.
- 16: Why I am returning my AppleTV.
- 15: Some Windows 8 Screenshots
- 09: Aaron’s Application Tip : Repairing the unrepairable.
- 05: No more Windows Patching via VMware Update Manager 5.
- 02: Windows Refresher; Renaming Multiple files.
August 2011
- 31: Troubleshooting vCenter Service startup issues
- 26: RIP: Google Health-Another Cloud Service bites the dust.
- 25: Troubleshooting Citrix Provisioning Services vDisk HA issues.
- 24: Removing VMware Site Recovery Manager Site IDs from vCenter.
- 22: Citrix Provisioning Server Error : Data Login Failed
- 18: BriForum : Advanced Netscaler Customizations by Sam Jacobs
- 10: Off Topic : Weekend Project : Wine Bottle Tiki torches.
- 01: VMware View : Transfer Status LOCKED.
July 2011
- 27: New Office Patch to Avoid : KB2501584
- 25: VMware Enterprise or Enterprise Plus?
- 21: Citrix Provisioning Services Error : Unexpected MAPI error Occurred
- 19: Automate Citrix Receiver Configuration for Mobile Devices
- 14: How to Split a Netscaler AGEE Pair up Safely.
- 12: Don’t put those DCs on your Shared Storage! (If you are running Hyper-V)
- 09: Off Topic : Time Warner does not like “jailbroken” devices.
- 08: Expanding a Citrix Provisioning Service vDisk with Hyper-V
June 2011
- 29: Adding ESX host to vCenter : QueryConnectionInfo Failed
- 27: Citrix Provisioning with VMXNET3 : Blue Screen of Death on Clones
- 20: Lessons learned: Data Migrations (VMs or otherwise)
May 2011
- 31: VMware Site Recovery Manager – Error while executing ‘DiscoverLuns’ command.
- 27: My Virtual Self on Life Support
- 26: Troubleshooting paused Hyper-V Virtual Machines.
- 24: Unable to add ESXI host to VirtualCenter
- 20: XenDesktop Agent not registered in Citrix Delivery Services Console
- 18: ESXi Disk Full.
- 16: Terminal Server license server – NOT ACTIVATED!
- 13: Installing VMware Site Recovery Manager : Please wait while setup is initializing…
- 12: Hyper-V Networking
- 10: EMC World 2011–View on vBlock notes
- 04: Unsolvable Hyper-V / SCVMM issue : Error 2912 coupled with a VMRC error.
- 02: Missing Active Directory option in Citrix Provisioning Services
April 2011
- 15: All good things come to an end; i.e. Forced change.
- 14: Troubleshooting Tip: Run your Script in the SYSTEM context
- 12: VMware Fling : ThinApp’d vSphere Client
- 07: Creating an ESXi Installer on a USB flash key.
March 2011
- 31: Mozy for the iPhone
- 24: Determine your Office 2010 Version
- 22: Running ESXi 4.1, Check your network settings!
- 16: 64 bit Musings; aka Writing scripts in a 64 bit Windows Environment.
- 14: Can Akamai help speed your VDI implementations? I think so.
- 09: Installing the Citrix Virtual Desktop Agent on Windows 7
- 01: From Cloud to Tape and Back. Google’s Gmail outage.
February 2011
- 17: Licensing the Free ESXi
- 10: Patch Tuesday causes issue with VMware View Windows 7 connections.
- 09: P2Ving MS-DOS Machines …
- 07: Pesky vCenter ADAM Error
- 03: Date/Time on your RecoverPoint Appliance
- 01: Trivial FTP – Not so Trivial in a Citrix Provisioning Environment.
January 2011
- 27: Is SQL 2008 a supported configuration for that Citrix Product?
- 25: VAAI in vSphere 4.1 COULD break your RecoverPoint consistency groups!
- 24: Public Cloud : Turn your engineers into helpless users.
- 20: Dropbox extensions to make your life easier
- 19: Installing vCenter 4.1 in a Windows 2000 Domain
- 12: Building the ESXi Boot Drive.
- 11: Citrix XenDesktop DDC Installation Error
- 08: Off-Topic : Breathe some new life into your PC or Laptop with a Memory Upgrade
- 05: rant: The Path of Least Resistance
December 2010
- 31: Resetting my Flat Black Rock.
- 30: Citrix PNAgent for the BlackBerry.
- 28: 2010 – A Look Back
- 27: New RSA Soft Token for the iPhone is out.
- 24: Mobile Version of vCloudInfo.com
- 23: Quick Tip : Windows Uptime
- 22: Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 released.
- 20: Citrix Receiver 4.2.1 for iPad ; Lost settings after upgrading.
- 15: How to Hide (or Show!) Applications and Folders in Web Interface 5.x
- 09: View all active sessions in XenDesktop
- 08: Citrix Provisioning/XenDesktop Bingo!
- 06: Don’t be so eager to use ALL the products you own.
- 03: Monitor Uptime/Downtime of your Website/Blog for Free!
November 2010
- 30: Discovering the Terminal Server Aware Flag via MiTeC’s EXE Explorer
- 27: Off-Topic : $1 Tee Shirts at ConchTees.com
- 23: Reclaim your time! … and don’t waste mine.
- 22: Microsoft Windows Security Essentials – Free AntiVirus
- 19: Need to restart the Explorer shell Gracefully?
- 18: Enabling FAST Cache on your EMC Clariion with Flash Drives.
- 16: Cloud Computing : Email via Microsoft BPOS
- 09: AppSense Environment Manager issues
- 03: rant : Why do I have to log into your Knowledgebase?
October 2010
- 27: Are your VMware, Citrix and AD teams talking? They should be.
- 25: Dude, Where’s My VM? I have no Idea. 🙁
- 22: Best Practice : Start your Citrix STA ID names with STA. 🙂
- 21: Troubleshooting Provisioning Server Image Trust Issues
- 20: Using XenDesktop as a secure in-house GotoMyPC Solution.
- 18: Join.Me for Free Screen Sharing and Collaboration
- 15: In NYC October 17 or 18th? Check out the INTEROP Expo for free.
- 13: Installing Microsoft SQL Management Tools on Citrix XenApp 6
- 05: Upgrading VMware AppSpeed 1.2 to 1.5
- 01: Shadowing in XenApp 6? Not if you have Multi-Monitors.
September 2010
- 29: VMware SRM: VMs recover with Offline RMD Volumes.
- 24: Citrix XenApp 6 Bug : Black screen during logon
- 21: Interesting Citrix XenDesktop issues. Some Solved, Some Not.
- 09: Creating a Windows 2008 R2 Server without that pesky 100 MB System Reserved Partition.
- 07: Provisioning Windows 2008 R2 Servers with Citrix PVS
- 03: iDevices. iPad Skins, Cracked iPhones and iPhone Cases.
- 02: High Priority Emails? Not on the iPhone!
August 2010
- 31: Not at VMworld? You can Follow along at Home. (Sort of).
- 27: Funny : Selective Spam catching by MS Outlook.
- 24: Setting up EMC Storage Viewer VI Plugin for VMware
- 06: Pay it Forward and Get Away to VMworld 2010 –> FOR FREE.
- 04: Where are you storing your data?
- 02: Switching the Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller’s Product Edition (DDC)
July 2010
- 30: Citrix Provisioning target prompting for credentials
- 28: Windows 2008 SysPrep Error [Applying System Settings]
- 26: Best Practices for Upgrading XenDesktop 4 Virtual Desktop Agent.
- 22: Handy Screenshot sharing tool : Gyazo
- 19: Auto Accept EULAs for SysInternal PSTools.
- 15: Refresher : Citrix Client HotKeys
- 14: Release : vSphere 4.1
- 13: How to enable ALUA and Round Robin Multipathing with ESX and Clariion CX4
- 12: iPhone4 Scratches.. 🙁
- 09: Quick Friday XenApp Tip
- 07: Need free Virus Protection? Try Microsoft’s Security Essentials.
June 2010
- 21: Keeping up with Tech Field Days using Yahoo Pipes!
- 18: A Slightly Smarter Microsoft Support Knowledgebase
- 17: Advanced Web Interface Customizations [BriForum Slide Deck]
- 14: Speed up those Citrix XenApp Servers!
- 11: Released : vDR 1.2 (VMware Data Recovery Appliance)
- 07: vExpert 2010 – Cool!
- 02: 15 Minute SRM survey – Free Book and 10 bucks to UNICEF.
- 01: Released : Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6
May 2010
- 26: IPM’s Sam Jacobs to Speak at BriForum 2010
- 25: Released : Citrix Receiver for Blackberry 1.0
- 24: What is EMC’s new VPLEX?
- 20: EMC World 2010 – C’est fini!
- 19: So have you played with Microsoft’s SCVMM yet?
- 17: BYOC – Bring your Own Computer.
- 14: How to remove CRR or CDP in RecoverPoint
- 12: EMC World 2010 : What’s New for the Celerra
- 11: EMC World Session: Data Domain Best Practices for VMware
- 10: EMC World 2010 – The Journey to the Private Cloud.
April 2010
- 27: How to Resize a Citrix Provisioning Services’ VHD vDisk!
- 22: Can your NetScaler do this? Pimping out the Citrix NetScaler.
- 21: Location Based applications – Love em or Hate em?
- 16: Extending the BARTPE Fix-VMSCSI some more! – Reader Submission
- 13: NK2Edit – Edit your Outlook NickName file.
- 08: Full Feeds are here!
- 07: Quick Laugh – Stop Picking on the iPad! 🙂
- 06: Tech Field Day Bahston!
- 05: Update to the Iomega StorCenter ix4-200D : v2.1.30.8298
- 02: Citrix GotoMeeting for the iPad released.
- 01: Rumors, News and OMG posts!
March 2010
- 30: RANT: VMDKs or VHDs ; Why do I have to Choose?!?
- 26: Citrix XenDesktop End Of Life Announcements
- 24: VMware View: Direct Connections or Funneled through the Broker?
- 22: No room to upgrade from ESX3 to ESX4 vSphere. Time to Repartition!
- 19: COMPLETELY OFF-TOPIC : Induction Charging! – Way Cool!
- 17: Quick Tip : Slow Microsoft Delivery Services Console Fix
- 16: My Journey from 32Bit Win7 Beta to 64Bit Windows 7.
- 15: Upgrading your NT guests on your vSphere Hosts
- 10: Windows 7 DirectAccess Pre-Requisites
- 05: VMware’s Script-O-Mania ESXi Contest – 10 Days Left!
- 04: Enable VT and EVC in the Hewlett Packard (HP) BIOS
- 03: Separate Virtual Disks for each volume in Virtual Machines.
February 2010
- 26: XenDesktop Full Screen Flash playback can hang the Client Machine.
- 22: Checking VMware Data Recovery (vDR) build versions to verify latest code.
- 16: Google phasing out IE6 support starting 3/1/10
- 11: Clean up your Event Logs! ESENT Event ID 489
- 09: Only have Basic Support? But I bought GOLD? – VMware Support name change
- 08: vSphere Enterprise. Want Plus with that?
- 03: Participate in a Citrix XenApp survey and win!
January 2010
- 28: The Ides of March for EdgeSight 4.5, 5.0 and 5.1 : Planned Obsolescence 3/25/2010
- 26: The SVGA II driver can Freeze Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7.
- 21: Citrix Print Detective ; Oldie but a Goodie
- 18: Migrating the XenDesktop Database from Access to SQL.
- 15: Odds and Ends… Win a DVD and donate to a worthy cause.
- 14: Issue with latest ICA Client for Mac OS X users
- 13: vMotion Error : Failed to write.
- 11: Verifying Microsoft Exchange 2010 Support in VMware vSphere.
- 07: First NewSid and now UPHClean; Microsoft discontinues project.
December 2009
- 30: Take a trip in the WayBack machine!
- 28: XD 4.0 Support for U / L / T / X shaped monitor configurations
- 23: Drobo iSCSI SAN Discount courtesy of Tech Field Day
- 22: Scratching the Surface with VMware Data Recovery (vDR)
- 21: Do you have any Unmanaged VMware tools?
- 18: VCB and PowerPath compatibility Matrix
- 17: Are you using Google Wave?
- 10: vCenter Hardware Status Error – You do not have permission for this command. ; Broken Search
- 09: ESX 4.0 Agent Upgrade Check Overview
- 07: Job Opportunity : Senior VMware/Citrix Engineer : 120k Base + 18% – 20% Bonus : NYC Area.
- 04: Security is no Laughing Matter!
- 03: Dell ExtPart.exe ; Extend Volumes Easily.
- 01: Why we recommend Enterprise Storage Solutions
November 2009
- 30: Google Wave Invites : The Giving Season is upon us!
- 25: ALERT: ESX 4.0 to 4.0 Update 1 can cause an Unrecoverable system.
- 19: Clean up your Event Logs! WinMgmt Event ID 40
- 18: NewSid, no more?!… Say it aint so!
- 17: Issues with Citrix’s ICA Client 11.2
- 16: Way cool ICA App Launcher!
- 13: Tech Field Day : Additional Notes
- 13: Tech Field Day : MDS Micro & Xsigo
- 11: GestaltIT Tech Field Day!
- 09: Boot Options for a Citrix Provisioning Services Target
- 06: Cryptic Windows error codes no more!
- 05: vSphere – disable device hot plug on version 7 VMs
- 03: Slow VMs using Citrix Provisioning Services using VMXNet3 NIC driver
- 02: Citrix XenApp : Unwanted Event Log Entry : DCOM Event ID 10016 Error
October 2009
- 30: How To : Create a MetaLUN on an EMC Clariion CX4
- 28: Tweet, Tweet ; Just another Citrix Twitter List
- 27: XenDesktop Lock Group Policy Issue
- 26: SAN Headquarters (SanHQ) Program for Monitoring Equallogic Arrays
- 22: Windows 7 64-Bit Citrix Access Gateway Client Released
- 21: XenApp over XenDesktop; Are you getting the correct drive mappings?
- 19: Can’t get there with the Google Car? Try the Google Trike!
- 12: Help the Grassroots Citrix Community Effort
- 07: VMware Enterprise licensing rumors
September 2009
- 29: Looking for a Microsoft Job?
- 25: Vizioncore’s vProducts (vOptimizer, vRanger & vReplicator) rundown
- 23: So cool! … [Opened/Closed folder icons in Vista / Win7]
- 21: 64 Bit Citrix Access Gateway (CAG) client a priority at Citrix
- 18: Citrix Future : 64 bit / 32 Bit Windows and XenApp.
- 16: Edgesight 4.5 bug – Upgrade to SP5.
- 15: How strong are your passwords? Test them out at Microsoft.
- 10: WiseGuys, WDMs, TCX and Thin Clients
- 08: Red Screen of Death – HP DL360 G6s
- 04: A CEO’s Notes from VMworld 2009
August 2009
- 31: CloneZilla – Free Cloning software
- 27: Lock Down your View Connection Servers
- 25: They grow so quickly! … Windows 2008 VMDKs that is!
- 19: New VMware View Version – Say that 5 times!
- 17: Final release and End of Support for VMware ESX 3.0.2
- 13: Check out LogMeIn Central Beta
- 11: Configuring a Network share for VMware Data Recovery (vDR)
- 05: How to install the VMware Data Recovery Appliance (vDR)
- 03: The Great Debate : Citrix vs. VMware
July 2009
- 31: VMworld 2009 Schedule Builder – No more ridiculous lines! (Hopefully)
- 30: vSphere (ESX4) and Citrix Provisioning Services
- 27: Did you know? MSCORSVW.EXE Tip
- 24: Clean up Unwanted TermService PerfMon EventLog entries
- 23: Official Microsoft Windows 7 Release Schedule
- 21: It all Starts with Storage
- 16: Quick Provisioning Services Tweak for Physical Servers and Targets.
- 15: Citrix XenDesktop ICA Optimizations and Tweaks
- 14: VMware Partner Central now ‘In the Cloud’.
- 13: How to migrate an ESX 3.5 v4 VM to vSphere v7 VM
- 10: Interesting AMD Processor Issues – EdgeSight and GPOs.
- 08: Quick Tips for Troubleshooting vDR (VMware Data Recovery)
- 07: Road Warrior : Bluetooth Tethering with the AT&T Blackberry Bold
June 2009
- 30: Configuring Citrix NetScaler to Load Balance VMware View Connection Brokers
- 29: XenDesktop VDI Extreme
- 25: Seemingly Exponential Citrix EdgeSight Database Growth
- 24: Enabling Citrix Provisioning Server Verbose Boot Mode
- 23: Citrix Provisioning Services 5.1 Released.
- 20: Off Topic : RSA token for the iPhone or iTouch
- 20: Off Topic : Provisioning a Multi Purpose RSA Soft Token for the Blackberry and iPhone.
- 18: MAC OS on vSphere! Thanks to IDE support!
- 16: Which blogs do *YOU* read?
- 12: Running Windows 7 desktops on VMware
- 06: Off-Topic : Deploying signatures and disclaimers with Exclaimer Mail Utilities 2007 and Exchange 2007
- 05: VMware View Quirk w/Agent 3.1 – UserInit & WSSM Process popping up My Documents.
- 05: vSphere vMotion error : Mismatched Host CPU features
- 04: Scheduling VB Scripts via Scheduled Tasks
- 03: Training Lab simulator for vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT)
- 03: All Sorts of issues with VMware and Window 7 RC
- 02: What’s the deal with the new PVSCSI drivers?
- 01: WANTED: Full Time Citrix Administrator : 110k Base + Bonus + Benefits
May 2009
- 31: Quick Look : View Client Installation
- 30: Quick Look : View Manager 3.1 Installation
- 29: No Windows 7 support for VMware View yet. 🙁
- 28: VMware View 3.1 Released – New Flash Settings
- 26: Does your Farm support the new Fault Tolerance feature in vSphere?
- 21: TAKE A STAND AGAINST ALL CAPS EMAILS …
- 21: How to manually remove duplicate Citrix servers from the CMC using DSCHECK.
- 20: How to Kill a running process across a WHOLE Citrix Farm
- 15: SysPrep Reboot Loop [Fixed]
- 14: Citrix Receiver App for iPhone
- 13: VMware View IP address display bug in VirtualCenter.
- 12: Citrix Provisioning Server Service Pack 3
- 11: New vSphere Licensing
April 2009
- 29: Access Mailboxes that you have hidden from the GAL.
- 28: How to create a Custom ICA connection to a XenApp Server Console 0
- 27: More new stuff in vSphere.
- 16: EMC’s Low Cost SAN Starter for VMware (Iomega)
- 13: Testing Virtual Machines on Hyper-V
- 10: Cloud Computing in Plain English @ MikeDiPetrillo.com
- 08: Great XenServer Cheat Sheet (Poster Size) from UK’s 360 Information Security (360IS)
- 01: New Citrix Provisioning 5.0 Server Post SP2 HotFix for Platinum Licenses
March 2009
- 30: unICA your Workstation before installing a new XenApp Client!
- 28: Space Invaders?… How about Thin Invaders to Test Flash on XenApp or VDI!
- 27: Where is everyone coming from? 🙂
- 26: Have you renewed Maintenance on your Production Software?
- 20: No more XenApp Application Isolation Environment for Windows 2008
- 18: Quick DOS tip! GetMAC!
- 15: Samsung Solid State Hard Drive Awesomeness Video …
- 06: Comparing VMware’s ESX to the free ESXi Hypervisor
- 04: Deciding between RDMs or the MS iSCSI Initiator
- 04: Monitoring XenApp Servers with RM or Edgesight
- 02: vCenter Update 4 and the Performance Overview Plug-in.
- 01: VMware MVP phone Hypervisor?
February 2009
- 27: vExpert 2009 and the New Facebook Group
- 27: NetApp Battle Raps EMC and DataDomain Parody.
- 22: Off Topic : Geek Shirts @ ConchTees.com
- 21: EdgeSight Email Alert Error.
- 19: Quick Tip : Citrix EdgeSight Agent – Basic and Advanced Modes.
- 16: Duplicate SIDs, Big Deal! Why you might not need to care.
- 10: Quick Citrix XenApp Tip : Logons and Logoff messages in the EventLog.
- 10: Dusting off PlateSpin’s PowerConvert aka Migrate
- 09: Citrix Xen Based Client Hypervisor Previews (Project Independence)
- 05: How Big should I make the Paging File in Windows?
- 05: EMC extends partnership with Microsoft in the Virtualization world.
- 02: Enable VT and EVC in the Dell BIOS.
January 2009
- 29: Do you need a D drive in a virtualized environment?
- 21: OT : Pimp your Search!
- 17: Lost Creations relaunched with new app – Virtualization Manager Mobile
- 15: Nominate your favorite VMware vExpert(s)!
- 14: Intel + Citrix = PC Freedom
- 13: Replicating direct attached storage Virtual Machines
- 09: iSCSI – Hardware or Software – How many TOEs do you have?
- 09: Tweets, Twits, Twitter and Twittering!
- 06: VMware VirtualCenter as a Virtual Machine
- 05: Citrix XenAppPrep Cloning tool
- 02: Happy 2009 – Free Copy of Parallels Workstation Virtualization software.
December 2008
- 31: Microsoft’s PopFly Service! – Whack a Twitter Follower!
- 30: The requested operation is not implemented by the server.
- 29: Check your DNS with DNSDataView
- 24: Happy Holidays and Let’s have a great 2009!
- 22: Hyper-V Certification [Microsoft Exam 70-652]
- 21: Bandwidth, Bandwidth, Everywhere.
- 20: VI4 is gone before it even got here.
- 11: NY based Pre-Sales Solutions Architect needed
- 08: Off Topic : For the FaceBook fans out there..
- 03: Creating a LUN on an EMC NS20 Celerra Filer
- 03: P2Ving an XP Desktop? Turn off Simple File Sharing
- 01: Great VMware troubleshooting tip
November 2008
- 19: Citrix Print Detective
- 17: Citrix Edgesight 5.0 thoughts and impressions
- 17: Vizioncore’s vFogLight Quick Installation
- 14: Great Distributed Power Management Video
- 13: Nice to HaveWare : RVTools 2.1
- 11: Who took my Terminal Services? Don’t worry it’s been renamed Remote Desktop Services
- 08: Easy Ways to create ISOs for use in VMware
- 07: Wanted: A few good Blogs!
- 04: New Hypervisor Feature Comparison Chart by Citrix
- 04: Post P2V Batch file information to Automate Cleanups 2
- 03: Suppressing the Citrix XenApp Tray Icon
- 03: HOWTO: Create a LUN on NetApp Filer for VMware
October 2008
- 30: Creating a local disk VMFS manually:
- 30: Next Generation of Citrix Certifications
- 29: Nice Uptime!
- 27: Time for a new Server? I’ll take TWO!
- 23: Setting Full Hardware Acceleration with VBS in a POST P2V script.
- 21: Using ISOs to transfer files to Virtual Machines. [The EASY way!]
- 16: Extending the BARTPE Fix-VMSCSI some more!
- 15: Post P2V Batch file information to Automate Cleanups
- 13: Annoying Security Warnings – Importing certificates in Vista
- 03: Need a new Job?
- 03: More P2Ps – Extending BartPE Fix-VMSCSI Plugin
- 01: Quick overview of a XenDesktop installation
September 2008
- 30: Is my Server 64 Bit Compatible?
- 29: First Look : BlueBear’s Kodiak Virtual Machine Manager
- 12: Be there VIRTUALLY with TOKBOX!
- 10: Network Beaconing for switch failure detection
- 08: First Look : vKernel SearchMyVM Appliance Beta 1.0
- 04: OVF – Open Virtualization Format
August 2008
- 22: HA and DRS behavior in a 2 node Cluster.
- 21: Backing up Virtual Machines using Vizioncore’s vRanger to a Data Domain
- 19: ESX Console Tab in VirtualCenter
- 13: Uploading and installing patches with the VI Client
- 12: BIG BUG in Update 2
- 06: Killing a hung, Frozen, Dead or otherwise unresponsive Virtual Machine
- 06: VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 Goodies
- 05: Missing Health Status
- 05: TechBlink.Com: Citrix Provisioning Server 5.0 (Project Charles) enters Release Candidate Status
July 2008
- 30: Health Status for VMware 3.5.0 Update 2
- 29: Creating a Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Machine
- 21: Basic Hyper-V installation Screenshots
- 21: LeftHand Network Training Notes
- 21: Speed up your Windows Servers (including Citrix)
- 16: VMware File Extensions
- 15: Upgrading ESX without Update Manager
- 14: Outlook running Slow?? TRY DELETING SOME EMAILS!
- 11: XenServer: Initial Deployment thoughts
- 09: SysInternals Tool Suite
- 09: Restart your Citrix Services with one Service.
- 09: New Citrix Utility – TSUserLog
- 09: HyperTerminal for Vista
- 08: VMware replaces Diane Greene as CEO
June 2008
- 19: P2V Linux boxes to VMware Virtual Machines
- 19: Have Citrix Netscaler add a header with the real Client IP Address
- 17: Cookie Required error when running Citrix AGEE with XDS
- 16: Video Issues running Citrix XenCenter from Citrix XenDesktop Session
- 16: Latest Citrix Product Naming / Acronyms
- 16: Citrix Provisioning Server Best Practices
- 12: Extending the BARTPE FIX-VMSCSI plugin
- 06: Citrix XenApp / Edge Sight Anti Virus Recommendations
May 2008
- 31: 3 Things you might not have know about Citrix ICA Session Reliability
- 29: Planning your VMWorld 2008 Trip!
- 22: ESX 3.5 Cisco Discovery Protocol [CDP] Support
- 21: ESX Home Lab on the Cheap II – The Free SAN!
- 21: Virtual Machines Device Manager – GIGO
- 15: 70GB Snapshot, YIKES!
- 14: ESX 3.5 Console installation
- 10: vRanger Pro Part I
- 09: Sysprep Windows 2008 in VMware
- 01: Everything you wanted to know about me. Mostly.
- 01: Subscribe, Follow, RSS, Twitter, Facebook, EMail – You Name it!
April 2008
- 30: Enabling DRS
- 30: VMware Tools Installation
- 30: Enabling NTP on ESX Servers
- 30: Microsoft Operating System Licensing under VMware
- 29: Patching an ESX server with Update Manager
- 29: VMware Distributed Power Management
- 29: Remotely Granting Shell access to Root
- 29: V2P Part II
- 28: Using Acronis to take an image of a Virtual Machine [V2P Part 1]
- 22: ESX Home Lab on the Cheap!
- 16: Epoch Time – Shadow Keys.
- 14: Universal Printer Driver
- 08: Graphic Helper Page