Month: August 2009

Virtualization, vSphere (ESX 4.0), Windows 7

Running vSphere Client on Windows 7

When i recently set up my ESX box I had an error when i tried to launch the vSphere Client. Luckily there is a workaround for this problem for which the instructions are located here: http://www.techhead.co.uk/running-vmware-vsphere-client-on-windows-7 Hope they release an updated client soon!!

Windows Server 2008

Create Multiple ADAM Users

Check out this post on technet on how to create 100,000 users in an ADAM instance easily via a script. Could come in useful some time 🙂 http://blogs.technet.com/ad/archive/2009/08/14/bulking-up-an-adam-test-instance.aspx ‘************************************************** ‘ This script adds i = n users to a specified OU or CN.  ‘  Alter as needed. ‘************************************************** ‘ If the application NC  DN is …

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 System Requirements

Windows Server 2008 R2 System Requirements To use Windows Server 2008 R2, you need:* Component Requirement Processor Minimum: 1.4 GHz (x64 processor) Note: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is required for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Memory Minimum: 512 MB RAM Maximum: 8 GB (Foundation) or 32 GB (Standard) or 2 TB (Enterprise, Datacenter, …

Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows 7 & Server 2008 R2 Release timeline

August 7, 2009 Volume License customers with an existing Software Assurance license will be able to download Windows 7 RTM in English via the Volume License Service Center. The rest of the languages for Windows 7 RTM should be available within a couple of weeks after that. For more information you should checkout the Windows …