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VMware VSphere vCenter 6.0 Appliance Installation Adventures
It took a long while longer than expected to get back to doing a serious lab trial. We wiped everything and put evaluation versions of version 6 update 1. Here are some observations.
Read MoreVMware vSphere Client 6 is very slow and hangs with Windows 10
Issue: VMware vSphere Client 6 takes a long time to open and hangs when trying to connect to the vCenter or directly to an ESXi host. Reported on Windows 10. Description: We encountered this problem after updating our machines to windows 10 and our lab server to vmware vSphere 6. The client installed but took…
Read MoreWindows 10 breaks VMware workstation 11 and 12 bridge networking
I updated a lot of computers to Windows 10 recently as everyone else most likely has, and I ran into a bug which prevents vms running on VMware Workstation 11 (and previous versions) from using bridged networking (bridge connection) to the Network Interface Card (NIC). It turns out that Microsoft has seen fit to prevent…
Read MoreMicrosoft Windows 10 released! Useful shortcuts to know.
Even though the betas were rock solid for us, it appears a lot of people are reporting a rather generic message during downloading or installing of Windows 10. The message, as displayed here, is simply telling you that “Something Happened”. It certainly makes me long for the Basic days when a line number would appear…
Read MoreIntel now offers an 18 core processor
Intel has released 12 new 22-nanometer Xeon E7 v3 processors. The power consuption will be as predicted with a range of 115W to 165W. If you need more processing power you’ll find the number of cores going from the low end Quad to an 18 core superstar. These new processors support both DDR3 and DDR4…
Read MoreMicrosoft Windows 10 launches July 29, 2015
It’s official Windows 10 will be launched on July 29th, 2015! Here’s a short list of what to expect:
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