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29Aug/110

New Worm / Virus spreads via RDP!

I just read about this virus that uses RDP to spread itself. Not shocking but disturbing definitely. Let’s see how it works and how you can protect your machines.

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12Jul/111

Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) Features that you might not be aware of

You should know by now that Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) has been released. Here are some more details on WinTPC that you might not be aware of.

30Mar/113

10 RemoteFX Tips

Over the last week tweeted ten times with tips on RemoteFX. In this article we will summarize them.

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23Mar/113

Thincomputing.net Tools - the Cloud Edition (free!)

Always want to have the latest Sysinternals tools in your Start Menu without installing anything? Sounds impossible right? Well it is not! Thincomputing.net has reached for the cloud(s) and Thincomputing Tools - the Cloud Edition is here.

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7Mar/110

How Many Users Can I Host Per Server With RemoteFX for Hyper-V and What Is The Cost Per User?

This is the question that is one everyone’s mind since SP1 was released. Let’s take a look at some of the answers to this question.

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27Jan/110

A closer look at the new "Dynamic Memory" feature of Hyper-V: is it worth it for VDI?

Over the past couple of months we have been designing the integration plans for Quest vWorkspace with RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory. I have gather my thoughts and written an article about it which has been published at BrianMadden.com.

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26Jan/110

Installing print drivers and migrating the logical printers on Terminal Server

With all the beauty of Universal Printers being available in all major desktop virtualization products, installing a printer driver often is still needed for some printers. This article tells you how to do it via a PowerShell script. Then we will look at how to

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25Jan/112

Large Pages, Transparent Page Sharing and how they influence the consolidation ratio

This is a great article by VMware expert Gabri van Zanten. It also is a great example of why I think Dynamic Memory is going to be a very popular feature.

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21Jan/110

Hackers are moving their attention to mobile devices. Here’s why.

I recently read this article that states that hackers are moving their attention to mobile devices. This is exactly what I expected. Let me tell you why.

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15Nov/101

An Up-Close Review of Microsoft RemoteFX in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows 7 SP1

In the upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 and Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Microsoft is introducing a technology called RemoteFX which will prove to be groundbreaking for anyone that knows RDP (which is probably everyone that reads this). In this article we will have a look at what RemoteFX exactly is, what it can do and what it cannot do and how it works under the covers.

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