May 23 2015
IBM i can communicate with a Windows printer share using the LDP Unix protocol. This is so much better than a Client Access printer session since it relies on a simple share and a Windows service. There is no need to start a session manually. On Windows On the Windows server, open server manager, add […]
Apr 19 2015
Client Access can be deployed by GPO with the MSI file provided in the installation directory. However you will have to create a MST file containing custom parameters that will add up to the MSI. Create a Transform file The transform file contains customized settings you may apply to the software you are going to […]
Dec 13 2014
You have freed up a lot of space on your hyper-v virtual machine and tried to compact the vhd file but no luck, it doesn’t shrink as much as it should. Here are a few things I tried to optimize disk space:– Defragmentation– Shrink volume from the VM disk manager– Defrag adding the vhd on another […]
Jan 29 2014
Windows 2003 Server and XP do not provide any tool to extend the boot partition. Diskpart, Microsoft default disk manager, works with secondary volumes only.In this context, Dell have released ExtPart, a free piece of software you can download for free that works on any hardware (I was successful on HP servers). Download Extpart Dell […]
Mar 11 2013
Windows 2003 Server comes with 2 remote desktop sessions for administration. If another session is initiated, you will get the following error message: A workaround exists though, Microsoft have made a hidden extra session available. It can be started running mstsc from the command line. /v:server is not mandatory, you can set it on the […]