Possible bug in VMware Client
Nov17

Possible bug in VMware Client

KB ID 0000413 Problem Unable to use multiple console sessions in Windows 7. 1. Seen on Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, with and without aero enabled, on two separate machines. 2. Happens if connected to VCenter OR directly to ESXi (build 4.1.0, 260247) 3. Does NOT happen with the same software from Server 2003. (Same systems, same vesion of the VI client). 4. Does NOT happen on Server 2008 R2 Standard x64 (Same systems, same version of the VI...

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Beware “Free Public WiFi”
Nov17

Beware “Free Public WiFi”

KB ID 0000338  Problem Ever sat in a train station, cafe, or airport, and seen “Free Public Wifi”? It’s a well known fact that my personal motto is “there’s nothing better than free things”, sadly in this case your not going to get what you were expecting 🙁 Solution There’s nothing particularly sinister about it, it’s caused by a bug that was in Windows XP. This particular bug was fixed...

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Deploy ODBC Settings via Group Policy
Nov17

Deploy ODBC Settings via Group Policy

KB ID 0000805  Problem I’ve briefly mentioned this before when I wrote about Group Policy Preferences so when I had to do this on-site this week, I jumped straight into the group policy management console, and found that because my ODBC connection was using SQL authentication (with the SQL sa account), this would NOT WORK, (it only works with Windows authentication and even then it needs a tweak). If you are using SQL...

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AnyConnect  – “Error Contacting Host”
Nov17

AnyConnect – “Error Contacting Host”

KB ID 0000555  Problem I was creating some “Bookmarks” on a client’s AnyConnect web portal last week. They were simply CIFS links to shared folders on his servers so he could access them remotely from his Android tablet PC’s. However every time I clicked a link I got this error; Solution A bit of searching later and I found that in the release notes for version 8.0(4) this was a known problem that had been...

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