Blackforce

vSphere 4, 2008 R2 RDS Freeze at login

Dale — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:26:56 +0000

Recently we deployed some Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS virtual servers to a customer. All was working well until a number of users were deployed to the servers. The servers would freeze for the users on the server when another user logged in. It would freeze at the preparing local session manager stage

After opening a support call with Microsoft we were instructed to rebuild the server on a physical server. On a physical box the problem went away.

Eventually it was found that adding another CPU to the VM resolved the issue. Vmware were also able to recreate the issue and an official bug has been logged for their product.

How to export email addresses from Active Directory

Dale — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:58:33 +0000

A neat little command to dump out the whole of Active Directory users email addresses to the root of c: can be found below :-

dsquery * -filter "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(mail=*))" -attr mail displayname -limit 0 > c:\email_addresses.txt

Wimborne Bridge

Dale — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:41:32 +0000

Wimborne Bridge, originally uploaded by Dale Hayter.

Went out this evening to Wimborne to try and get some sunset shots. Couldn’t find anywhere and was quickly running out of time. Had to settle for here.

Hope you like

Holes Bay at Sunset

Dale — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:11:33 +0000

Holes Bay at Sunset, originally uploaded by Dale Hayter.

This is a photo from last year. Thought I would revisit it and process it again. I really like the last light as the sunset.

Were quite lucky in Poole to have such nice scenery.

Seaweed at Osmington Mills

Dale — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:44:03 +0000

Osmington Seaweed At Sunrise, originally uploaded by Dale Hayter.

Thought I would post a picture from a few weeks back when I visited Osmington Mills for sunrise. It was damn cold. brrrrrrr

Third Rock From The Sun

Dale — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:19:13 +0000

Third Rock From The Sun, originally uploaded by Dale Hayter.

Went to Kimmeridge in Dorset on Saturday evening for sunset. There were loads of photographers down there so it was a tight squeeze.

However I did manage to get this picture.

Hope you like

Majorca 2009 Pictures

Dale — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:48:00 +0000

We put the kids to bed early last night and I found the time to process the holiday photos from my camera.

Click on the gallery link at the top or click on the pic below to view them. Adios.

Plex and Snow Leopard

Dale — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:26:00 +0000

I upgraded my mac mini to Snow Leopard last week. Had to go back to Leopard as Plex doesn’t work properly. The remote is all over the place. Playback stutters. Not good.

Also within 20 mins of having it up and running Photo Booth Crashed!!!! It never has before.

Amy’s 6th Birthday Party

Dale — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:15:27 +0000

Pictures are now up from Amy’s 6th Birthday Party. Enjoy ……..

Snow Leopard released on August 28th

Dale — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:08:33 +0000

Been reading up on Snow Leopard. Apple have certainly bigged it up and made it look very impressive.

Lets hope that it lives up to the hype and most importantly my order from Apple arrives shortly after the 28th.