Archive for the ‘Servers’ Category

New Software / Service Packs

Friday, July 4th, 2008

In the last few days the following (relevent to us and our customers) software has been released - Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2 This is just like the RDC program that's build into Windows. It allows users to connect to a server for administration or terminal services. We and ...

Hyper-V Final

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Hyper-V, Microsofts replacement for their great Virtual Server product has been released. Full 64 bit client / guest support and free on a Windows 2008 Server. Would be nice to get a Vista version but we're not holding our breath. Expect a host server reboot and a re-install of the Intergration ...

Windows 2008 Server DNS Cache Bug ?

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

A few times now we've spotted what looks like a bug with the Windows 2008 Server's DNS Cache. Every few months clients don't get a response to DNS queries with the answer is already in the cache. Removing the entry from the DNS server cache does nothing but clearing the ...

Auto USB Drive Mounting

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

For some time now we've had an issue at some customers sites that their servers don't auto assign a drive letter to a USB drive when added. This is a bit of a pain as some customers use USB HDs for backups, so each time they change them we need ...

Hyper-V RC1

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Looks like Microsoft have just released Hyper-V RC1. It can be downloaded from KB950049. We've been running RC0 on a few sites for a while without incident and really like the functions it offers. No crashes or lockups yet, lets hope that RC1 builds nicely on that. From Technet Blog