I knew yesterday was going to be exciting, but it went beyond my imagination. We left the Hampton Inn in Fort Lauderdale at 8 am. We drove south, heading for the Tamiami trail (route 41).The first stop was the “Shark Vally Visitor Center”. At the entrance we saw the first amazing animal. I have no idea what the turtle is called, but check out these pictures: At the parking lot we saw this little fellow: Baby aligators… Cute…! The adult aligators… And a lot of amazing birds. We arrived at the hotel in Orlando 10 pm last night.…
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Yesterday was amazing… We actually managed to spend more than 9 hours of non-stop shopping. Not even my wife can beat that 🙂 We got a lot of cool stuff, and to a very good prize… When you live i Europe, almost everything is about 50% off. Today we are heading for Orlando. We plan to drive through the Everglades National Park. The largest subtropical wilderness in the United States, visited by more than one million people each year. This is how our trip is planned, and hopefully we’ll arrive at our hotel in Orlando around 8 pm tonight.
Yesterday, my travel mates (Peter Schmidt and Jens Ole Kragh) and I, arrived at the hotel in Fort Lauderdale (Hampton Inn), where we’re staying for the next couple of days. The flight from Frankfurt in Germany to Miami was almost 10 hours. The flight was less than 50% booked, so even on “monkey class”, the flight was comfortable. Last time I visited Miami was 15 years ago, so I wanted to check out downtown Miami to see if anything has changed. We went to the Bayside Marketplace to grab some food and a beer at Hooters. Everything looked excalty the…
Tomorrow I’m leaving for “TechEd North America IT Professionals” (IT Forum) in Orlando. One of the biggest Microsoft events in the world for IT Pro’s. This time my main focus will be on Configuration Manager 2007 R2, Windows Server 2008 Branch Office Senarios and Hyper-V (Apparently, they are ahead of schedule and there’s a whirlwind of rumours that Microsoft will launch it next week). One of the great things about TechEd is opportunity to meet with colleagues, customers, partners and friends. If you want to have a chat, coffee or a beer during the event just give me a call…
Check out these cool Windows Server 2008 videos… Windows Server 2008 – Crouching Robot Windows Server 2008 – Command Line Windows Server 2008 – Exerciser More great stuff about Windows Server 2008 can be found at http://serverunleashed.com.
Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 now offers full support for management with Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, integrates customer feedback, feature Integration with Intel vPro Technology and enhances Asset Intelligent features. For reference, this is a new server and client version, so all need to be upgraded. And you will need to upgrade to SP1 in order to use the Configuration Manager 2007 R2 features (they require SP1). Service Pack 1 itself includes: Rollup of hotfixes since RTM Full Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Support Intel AMT Integration Asset Intelligence 1.5 Download Download Size: 1039.0 MB… Happy…
Update for Windows Vista (KB949587)Install this update to enable remote management of a Windows Server 2008 computer running the Hyper-V RC1 role. Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB950049)The Release Candidate 1 (RC1) update to the Hyper-V role provides improvements to security, stability, performance, user experience, forward compatibility of configurations, and the programming model. Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB949587)Install this update to enable remote management of a Windows Server 2008 computer running the Hyper-V RC1 role.
When you deploy a Windows XP client with Configuration Manager OSD, and the user hits CTRL+ALT+DELETE, the user gets the usual logon screen, but with the target set to the machine name, and not the domain the computer is joined to. This is not the biggest problem on the planet, but why deal with it the problem could go away? There are many workarounds to this issue, but I prefer using a "Post Configuration Task" in my Task Sequence. All you need to do is to configure two steps (Run Command Line) that will run the following commands: reg add…
A question that seems to popup from time to time, is how to import HDC Storage drivers in Configuration Manager RTM. When importing storage drivers into Configuration Manager 2007, not all types (Class), can be used (selected) from the Task Sequence wizard. This is a known bug. At the time ConfigMgr 07 shipped, Microsoft were not aware of any mass storage drivers that used the HDC class, so only SCSIAdapters were flagged as boot critical (UPDATE: This issue is fixed in Service Pack 1). To workaround this issue you need to do the following: When you import HDC storage drivers…
Still no x64 guests support… :(Hopefully we’ll soon see a beta version of "Virtual PC 2009" or "Hyper-V Desktop Edition" (Or whatever the name will be…), that supports 64-bit guests. This update for Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 includes support for the following additional Host and Guest Operating Systems:Additonal Guest Operating System support: Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1) Windows Vista® Business Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1) Windows Vista® Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1) Windows Server® 2008 StandardWindows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 Additional Host Operating System support: Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition with Service…