Posts tagged Windows 7
Getting a broker without going broke,...
So what’s a broker, or connection broker to be accurate? A broker is software that connects an instance of Windows 7 or XP running on the server, aka host to a specific users “PC.” In other words, in the old style way of running a network you have 100 users who have self contained PCs. When the PC switches on the PC and logs [...]
Waiting for Godot, part II
Waiting for Godot was a play written by Samuel Beckett about some itinerants waiting around for a character named Godot. While I don’t want to explain the plot, I will say that the characters spend time twiddling their thumbs waiting for something to happen. That same twiddling occurs while you’re rebuilding your user’s XP o [...]
So how big is your starter motor?
Men are always (or used to) bragging about the size of their car engines and just how powerful they are. They brag about having a V-12 (very nice), V-8 and sometimes a V-6, but I’ve rarely heard anything about a 4 cylinder and absolutely not a word about the engine’s starter motor. The reason no one discusses their starter motor i [...]
The laptop dilemma
Laptops are becoming more and more popular for office use. They are very fast, self-contained and can be taken with to clients or to work at home. And that’s the dilemma. How does the IT department stop laptop theft, data theft, hacking and the many other computer attacks once the laptop has left the building? You can, of course, encryp [...]
Magical effects, or should I say FX?
The FX in this instance is RemoteFX which Microsoft is including in their Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008, Release 2. From the VDI point of view the key component is RemoteFX, a new technology to provide amazing graphics for VDI endpoint users that use thin clients or repurposed XPs.
So what is RemoteFX, and why? The trick here is to t [...]