It is said KPMG Australia is going to build their private could based on the VBlock platform which utilizes the technology from Cisco, EMC and VMware. The project starts from virtualizing the servers. In the short term, it will improve the virtualizaion level from current 20% to 70%. With the private cloud, the KPMG employees … Continue reading Private Cloud Is The Trend For Enterprise?
Five Silly VMware Administrator Mistakes
by Mike Nelson VMware administrator mistake No. 1: Virtual machine renames This mistake is a classic. In vCenter, it's very easy to rename virtual machines (VMs). Simply right-click on the guest object, select rename and type a new name. But that process just renames the object pointer in the vCenter database. The directories and files … Continue reading Five Silly VMware Administrator Mistakes
Windows 7 Cannot Access NAS or Samba Shared Folder
Windows 7 dose not allow you to access any shared folders on NAS or Samba server by default. This is due to the change of security response protocal to LAN manager authentication. To temporarily solve this problem, you can follow the solution: 1) Run ‘secpol.msc’. 2) Navigate to ‘Security Settings/ Local Policies/ Security Options/ Network … Continue reading Windows 7 Cannot Access NAS or Samba Shared Folder
Windows 7 Logon Background Changer
I don’t have a photo frame on my working table, instead I set my favorite photo as my Windows 7 logon background by using the tool named ‘Windows 7 Logon Background Changer’. Alternatively, you can edit the registry to do the same thing. But using this tool allows you to preview it before you make … Continue reading Windows 7 Logon Background Changer
Find Additional AD Account Information
I like to add an extra tab named ‘Additional info’ in the AD users’ property, as it gives me more information on the users’ account, like when the account was created, or when the password has been reset. To install it, firstly you need to download the acctinfo.dll file and place it somewhere on your … Continue reading Find Additional AD Account Information
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