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ThinApp 4.6 now available!

Friday, August 20th, 2010

VMware released ThinApp version 4.6! After the last version 4.5, that was an impressive release, version 4.6 is another great step forward with lots of new features such as:

Full support for Internet Explorer 6 running on Windows 7 32bit and 64bit
ThinApp 4.6 adds the ability to “Harvest” Internet Explorer 6 from an existing Windows [...]

Wyse P20 Firmware v3.2 with support for VMware View 4.5 available today!

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Today, Wyse Technology Inc. released the new firmware version 3.2.0 for Wyse P20 PCoIP enabled Zero Client device. This new release contains some new features such as:

Added support for analog audio input in PCoIP connections between zero clients and a PCoIP server installed with VMware View 4.5
Added support for pre-session secure user authentication via smart [...]

Slow performance using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in VMware View Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with Oracle JInitiator Java 1.3 application

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Today I had a very weird issue with the RDP protocol within a VMware View Virtual Desktop environment. When connecting to a logged off virtual desktop using a View Client or even directly with mstsc.exe one single Java application had a really bad performance. Especially keystrokes were delayed enormous.
After disconnect and reconnect to the same [...]

VMware vCenter Server – Error 1711: Check to make sure enough disk space is available…

Friday, July 30th, 2010

While installing VMware vCenter Server I get the following error:

After extending my basic disk, with Dell’s ExtPart.exe utility, to 16GB I still get the same error message. Validation on the MSI installer package shows that the installer package becomes corrupted. After downloading a new one from the VMware download page everything works just fine.

vExpert 2010 Directory

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Now that all VMware vExpert 2010 announcements have been send, you may be looking for other vExperts around the world. Arnim van Lieshout decided to create a VMware vExpert 2010 Directory. The list is sorted by Country, so you can easily find a vExpert near to you in case you ever need one. Arnim, good [...]

Internet Explorer 6 support for Windows 7 32bits and 64bits in upcoming ThinApp 4.6

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

VMware just published a blog post regarding new support for ThinApping Internet Explorer 6 and run it on Windows 7. IE6 can be fully virtualized and is working perfectly on Windows 7 32bit and 64bit.
So far does it look very solid and they have tested over 40 add-ons which all work on Windows 7. Many [...]

VMware vExpert 2010

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

I am very pleased to be announced as a VMware vExpert 2010! Thanks to VMware, especially to John, for continuing this award. Also congratulations to all other vExperts 2010 and again welcome to vExperts 2009!
  The VMware vExpert Award is given to individuals who have significantly contributed to the community of VMware users over the [...]

VMware View 4.01 Multiple-Monitor issue (using PCoIP)

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

While configuring VMware View to use two monitors from a PCoIP enabled ThinClient I get a weird issue. Firstly I set up a VM linked clone, installed VMware tools and VMware View Agent. From this Virtual Machine template many VM’s are deployed in a non-persistent pool. When connecting to a Virtual Machine, directly after provisioning, [...]

Performance benchmark RDP – PCoIP

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Last week I did some benchmark testing to find out what is exactly difference between the RDP protocol and the PCoIP protocol. We all know that PCoIP has a much better enduser experience than RDP but what is really happening in the back-end?
My lab environment is based on VMware View 4 and contains Windows XP [...]

Windows XP Logon Screen Saver in VDI disturbed Single-Sign-On (SSO)

Friday, May 7th, 2010

When you are using Windows XP desktops within a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) lots of desktops are often provisioned and started a long time before they will be actually connected to a user. By default, if you do not press a key for 10 minutes, the Windows logon screen saver (Logon.scr) starts. This behavior disturbed [...]

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