Mar 22
Been looking at replacing our current Terminal Server environment and rethinking our workflow for our end users. Of course, VDI has come up and I’ve begun to ask whether we should move to some VDI solution or stay with Terminal Services (or Remote Desktop services as Microsoft now calls it). So, I’ve begun researching. And …
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Oct 25
I was once tasked with installing Autodesk’s DWG TrueView in a Terminal Server environment. Needless to say, it didn’t go well. Autodesk designs everything to run in a stand alone user mode with full admin privileges. So, to make this work, I found a website that had instructions that worked. The original site has since …
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Sep 29
Trying to push out Backup Exec Remote Agent to one of my terminal servers, and I received an error: Fatal Error 1719: The windows installer service could not be accessed. Great. Had this error once before on this server when I was trying to install this legacy application written for Access 2003. I was able …
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Sep 16
InfoWorld just did a nice little article on the top 10 features in Windows Server 8. Problem they had was that there were so many improvements it was hard to pick just 10. Here’s the summary for all you nerds out there: 10: Server Manager- Improved GUI and multiserver management. Views are search driven, so …
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Sep 12
So, due to certain pieces of custom software requiring elevated rights, we had to loosen up on user rights in our terminal server environment. But, in an effort to avoid too much damage, we instituted Software Restriction Policies, so users cannot run any executable other than what we specify. Needless to say, it has been …
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