August 2008 - Posts

09 August 2008
Connection Manager Administration Kit for Vista

Curiosity got the better of me. When I was analyzing why Hyper-V Remote Management didn't always work over a VPN connection due to DNS the other day, I mentioned that I wasn't familiar with the replacement technology for CMAK in Windows Server 2003. Well, Read More...

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Filed under: Network Infrastructure Systems, Misc Factoids & Rambling, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

 

08 August 2008
Hyper-V: Eight useful links and tidbits for 08-08-08

I've had a few links I've been meaning to post up for some time now, so here's a small collection of eight of them on the 8th of the 8th, 08... WMI/Development using Hyper-V The WMI SDK for Hyper-V has recently been updated with code samples in C# and Read More...

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Filed under: Information, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

 

07 August 2008
Hyper-V: Why does Hyper-V Manager not always work over VPN connection? Access Denied or RPC server unavailable errors.

This post examines a problem several people have reported when running Hyper-V Remote Management tools over a VPN connection  - specifically hitting an error “Access denied. Unable to establish communication between ‘SERVER’ and Read More...

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Filed under: Desktop Operating Systems, Network Infrastructure Systems, How to Articles, Misc Factoids & Rambling, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

 

03 August 2008
Do I have the latest BIOS installed? (And a cheap laptop repair)

For Hyper-V to operate correctly, it is strongly advised, and in many cases, required, to install the latest BIOS onto your hardware for hardware virtualization features to operate correctly. While some OEMs provide fantastic information, my experience Read More...

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Filed under: Information, Misc Factoids & Rambling, Misc Factoids & Rambling, Hyper-V