I wasted about half an hour trying to figure out an annoying feature of Outlook 2007 which prevents emails getting cleared from Inbox. So, when I delete emails from Inbox, it gets striked off(marked for deletion) but just sits there. But If you think that you don’t need to delete the emails from the Exchange Server… Continue reading Outlook 2007 – emails not deleted, only striked off
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Exception: 1219 WNetAddConnection2 Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again.
This could happen when you use VMware Server with SMB storage or otherwise. The error message is pretty self explanatory but here is how it can happen with VMware Server. Consider that VMware Server is installed on a machine which mounts SMB storage location with an administrator account. Windows doesnt allow two sessions access the… Continue reading Exception: 1219 WNetAddConnection2 Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again.
Xen-Mapping OS image names with VHD files
This applies to Citrix XenServer 4.1, 4.01 and other Xen variants. Consider we have 3 images in the storage namely Redhat, Win2k3 and Win2k and you want to know the name of the VHD files in the storage. Xen has a convoluted way of relating to operating system files. This is how the naming goes… Continue reading Xen-Mapping OS image names with VHD files
VMware Server on Linux – Console appears blank/black
Problem ------------ You have VMware Server intalled on Linux and you are not able to view console of the VM. You know that your VM is running as you can ping it, ssh it and you know that your resources are consumed. Sometimes, it could be that you can view the console with your account… Continue reading VMware Server on Linux – Console appears blank/black
Salesforce plugin not visible in Outlook 2007
Consider this. You want to integrate Salesforce into your Outlook 2007. You went to salesforce.com and downloaded 'Connect for Outlook'. Installed it and restarted Outlook several times but still not able to see the Salesforce Outlook buttons. Outlook 2007 has a strange way to put the Salesforce plugin in the 'Disabled items' list. What you… Continue reading Salesforce plugin not visible in Outlook 2007
VMware Server – Poor experience with Vista Windows VMs.
Problem After installing VMware Tools, you are still having a bad experience interacting with your Win2k8 or Vista VM. Firstly, it could be because you have not enabled full hardware accelaration. Please check you hardware acceleration settings to confirm that you have set it to the fullest. To check for hardware acceleration, Right click on… Continue reading VMware Server – Poor experience with Vista Windows VMs.
Ubuntu: There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.
"Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work correctly." blah blah blah There were several posts on the web but none of it could get me my Ubuntu working. What i suspect is that this is a very generic error message and this could come so many ways. My scenario ----------------… Continue reading Ubuntu: There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.
VMware Server – Increasing speed of vmnets
Do you expereince slow data trasfers between your guest operating systems? Is data transfer between the host and guest also very slow? Are you getting megabyte trasefer rates even though your network adpaters are of gigabit speeds? Here is the solution. The slow trasfer rates between VMware guest operating systems could be due to VMware… Continue reading VMware Server – Increasing speed of vmnets
VDI Solution; A jungle out there
With so much Ga Ga over VMware and Xen, the industry overlooks the importance of dozen other players who play key roles in maintaining a thriving virtualization ecosystem. Let me call the whole ecosystem a "jungle". Like a jungle which contains all kinds of animals and each one playing a unique distinct role, virtualization ecosystem… Continue reading VDI Solution; A jungle out there
Cannot SSH into a VMWare Guest.
Note:- This article is technical.May not be useful for people NOT working with virtual machines Scenario The Host machine runs Vmware Server on Linux and the guest also runs Linux virtual machine. Problem Summary When trying to ssh from the Host Linux box into the guest Linux box, it just stays with the command and… Continue reading Cannot SSH into a VMWare Guest.
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