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Hidden Gem in View 6.1 and Transparent Page Sharing
I’ve just updated my lab to View 6.1 and came across a nice little gem. This is related to the recent out-of-the-box hardening of vSphere where Transparent Page Sharing is disabled between virtual...
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View Dashboard warns of pending certificate expiry
This is one of the benefits of running a home lab with a production like deployment. You get to see and experience things which helps you appreciate more on the operations of the environment you design...
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Optimising Windows 8.1 Visual Effects
Optimisation Type [explain] : user experience (↓↑) / resource optimisation (↑) / functionality (-) / administration (-) I have just been involved with a View deployment where the customer wants to use...
View ArticleCustom Database Role for Horizon View Events Log
This post is based on something I am working on and since I found no other information on it, I had to figure it out. Now that I think I’ve got all the pieces in place, I’d like to share it too. The...
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Windows 7 – Optimise Visual Effects for all New User Profiles
Optimisation Type [explain] : user experience (↓↑) / resource optimisation (↑) / functionality (-) / administration (-) this is my 3rd post about Visual Effects optimisation. It must seem I have some...
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Errors in a KB Article – Horizon View 6.x Network Ports
This post was written on the 5th May 2015. Hopefully sometime in the near future it is no longer relevant, but until then, be aware of an error in a KB article (2085383) for Horizon View 6.x network...
View ArticlePrivate VLANs with Distributed vSwitch & Extreme Networks Switches
I came across this just this week working with on a virtual desktop deployment. One of the requirements is to disallow virtual desktops in the same subnet to talk to each other. The most efficient way...
View ArticleHorizon View – Session Timeout Changes in 6.x
Here’s something that changed in Horizon View 6.x that we have noticed recently. This particularly affects Zero Client users more, or more specifically clients that are not able to report client...
View ArticleTune PCoIP for LAN like picture quality over WAN
This is a question that was posed to me recently, it’s an unusual but valid scenario which I feel is worthy of sharing. This is a Horizon View virtual desktop use case where the virtual desktop is...
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Windows 7 Update taking forever to scan
if your Windows update for Windows 7 is taking to scan, even after many hours… it’s possible that your Windows 7 is in need of a patch to for it’s “patching service”. Since Windows Update by this time...
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