Last week I got some trouble to connect a Windows 2003 R2 32-Bit VM by using RDP.. I received this error:
Because of a protocol error, this session will be disconnected. Please try connecting to the remote computer again.
To resolve this issue you can delete the “MSLicesing” key/folder in the register. Goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ , delete MSLicesing folder and reconnect the server.
Today I started with upgrading my production Windows 2008 PDC’s to the R2 release. After mounting the Windows 2008 R2 DVD I received two warnings:
- You must have 15 GB of free space (it’s VMware.. so what’s the problem?)
- Prepare a Windows Server 2003 Forest Schema for a Domain Controller that runs Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2
To do step 2 you need to do a few things:
- Mount Windows Server 2008 R2 cd-rom
- Start CMD with Administrator rights (run as Administrator)
- Type: D:\Support\adprep\adprep /forestprep [Enter]
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Last week I bought a brand new OCZ Agility Series 60 GB SSD for my workstation as OS disk. I started a fresh Windows 7 64-bit installation and made some software tweaks for optimal performance. Down here some of those little settings to maximize your performance.
I already upgraded the firmware to the latest level v.1.5
My computer specs: click here
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You can monitor/check your ESX performance with esxtop, by generating a share to your vCenter Server and view the results with Perfmon you can follow this article.
Create Credentials:
1. I created a new share on my vCenter 2003 on E:\Logging\
2. I created a new user with username: Logging and password: Logging
3. On the new created folder I add the Logging account with full permissions to the security rights:
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I stumbled upon this reg key a few weeks ago. If you want to change the default folder view for all users on the local machine use HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. If you want to change it for a single user then use HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
“WFlags”=dword:00000000
“Status”=dword:00000000
“Mode”=dword:00000004
“vid”=”{137E7700-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262}”
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Description:
When a remote connection is established with Integrated Lights-Out/Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO/iLO2) using Internet Explorer 8, the browser may stop responding due to Internet Explorer 8 security features. The issue occurs while connecting to the iLO webpage and starting IRC or another iLO/iLO2 remote console client.
Scope:
Any ProLiant server using Integrated Lights-Out/Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO/iLO2) and connecting to a Remote Client using Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.
Resolution:
As a workaround, the iLO/iLO2 IP address or DNS name can be added to the Intranet Explorer 8 "Local Intranet" zone that lists Intranet websites.
Perform the following steps to add the DNS website name or IP address:
- In Internet Explorer 8 click on "Tools->Internet Options" and the Internet Options pop-up will be displayed.
- Click on the "Security" Tab.
- Select the "Local Intranet" icon and click on the "Sites" button to the right and the "Local Intranet" pop-up will be displayed.
- Click on "Advanced" and add the iLO/iLO2 IP address or DNS name into the blank text box and add the website to the local Intranet zone.
- After adding the website, click on "Close" to save the website in the zone.
After adding the iLO/iLO2 IP address or DNS name in the Internet Explorer 8 local Intranet zone, all iLO/iLO2 clients will connect as expected.
Source: HP and for the tip Eric Gray
It’s very easy..
Install the VMware vSphere Client by default from CD or from your ESX host.
Download viclient_fix.zip
Move and replace the content in “C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\”
Open the “VMware vSphere Client” from the directory
It’s working great! 
