Clean Up Your Migrated (P2V) Windows VMs

By admin, on September 23rd, 2010%

To show all devices that ever connected to your Windows VM (computer), do the following. Open a command prompt and type

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1

Then, in the same command prompt, type devmgmt.msc to start the device manager.

In the device manager mmc choose View -> Show hidden devices.

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Open-Mesh! Let the games Begin!

By admin, on September 23rd, 2010%

Being so preoccupied with other wi-fi architectures and deployments, I failed to catch up to the meshing Craze. Yes its true that for speedy wifi nets you need the directional antennas, the best and fastest SBCs or X86s, various optimizations and tens of other detains. On the other hand when you move closer to the ground, you different issues. To deliver signal to users you really need something better, more clever than a dozen of WDS devices. The truth is that mesh configs with OLSR and BATMAN really shine in Hotspot conditions and outperform older solutions. Continue reading Open-Mesh! Let the games Begin!

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VMware vCenter Error Call “PropertyCollector.RetrieveContents” for object “propertyCollector” on vCenter Server failed

By admin, on September 22nd, 2010%

I wanted to modify my templates. After converting a template to a VM I tried to edit the settings. I received the following error: Call “PropertyCollector.RetrieveContents” for object “propertyCollector” on vCenter Server “VC” failed.

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.NET Framework 4 – Microsoft Has done its Miracle Again!

By admin, on September 10th, 2010%

I was putting off an ERP Client update for so many days, up until we found a chance to Hit the upgrade button.

That meant that not only the ERP client was upgraded but also the new blue shiny .net 4 was also downloaded and installed. Thats when it all started.

Most of the Lenovo machines in the net that had windows XP Pro SP3 went completely dead. No network, no responsiveness, sloooooow login on to the domain, up until we had a pile of those machine stuck in a corner for inspection and eventual a reformat with windows 7 (A very long awaited and wanted opportunity :)).

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