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Connect To a Console RDP / Terminal Server Session

Tuesday, April 22nd in Microsoft, software, TS, RDP, Terminal Server, Remote Desktop, RDC, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Howto, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2008, Console, MSTSC, Shadow Session by blandname | No comments

1) Regardless of connection limits or licensing issues, you will always be able to connect to a server using a console session and an administrator account

2) The console session will often allow you to see errors and popups that won’t appear in other sessions

3) As documented in this MSKB article, you will also be able to have the local user see what you are doing in this session, and vice-versa. This is called a shadowed console session, and is very handy.

There are a few ways to get a console session in Windows 2000, XP, and Vista:

Open your default.rdp file (typically in My Documents) and add the following line to the bottom: connect to console:i:1
In the RDC window, after the address, use the switch /console
From start, run, type: mstsc /console
Make a shortcut to RDC, edit it, and add the /console switch to it
If you are using visionapp Remote Desktop, there is a console session checkbox that you can use per connection

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Vista on Vista Virtualization using Virtual PC 2007

Saturday, November 18th in windows, Microsoft, beta, vista, software, virtual machines, vm, virtualization, os, operating system, Virtual PC, Screenshots, MSDN, Virtual, Virtual PC 2007, Virtual Machine, VPC 2K7, Windows Vista, Vista Ultimate, x64, x86, Vista on Vista by blandname | 1 comment

I can now confirm that the Windows Vista MSDN x86 ISO is fully installable using Virtual PC 2007 Beta on Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit.

Even though these are both MSDN images, neither of them was activated, nor did I enter a serial number during the install. Just click next when they ask you for a serial, and make sure to confirm that you do not wish to enter a serial number by pressing the “no” button.
(click on thumbnails for 1600×1200 images - the virtual machine is running at 1280×1024)

The installation took some time, even with 1GB of RAM allocated to the Virtual PC 2007 virtual machine, but after about 30 90 minutes or so, Vista Ultimate x86 virtualized on Vista Ultimate x64 using Virtual PC 2007 is a definite go-ahead-and-try-it install.

Follow normal VPC installation procedure, select Vista as the guest operating system, and chug along as the install proceeds.

Coming up next: full installation instructions.

Note: Unfortunately Virtual PC 2007 is beta, and I don’t see any plans for adding 64bit virtualization any time soon. If you have info that states otherwise, please let me know is this appears to be the only viable option for Vista VMs at the moment.

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Tuesday, November 14th in code, programming, htaccess, linux, apache, solaris, windows, Microsoft, terminal services, vista, office 2007, software, web, web development, wordpress, weblog, weblog tools, virtual machines, vm, virtualization, VMWare, VMWare Server, workstation, server, os, operating system, OSS, Open Source, Virtual Server, Virtual PC, Terminal, blandname, TS, RDP, Remote Login, XP, Terminal Server, RDP 6, Remote Desktop, 64bit, RDC, PHP, Stats, Statistics, Digg, Pandion, MSDN, web design, MySQL, Virtual, Virtual PC 2007, RedHat, VNC, Remote Management, Virtual Machine, VPC 2K7, Windows Vista, bbpress, webdesign, Spam Karma 2, SEO, modrewrite, Analytics, Asterix, CRM, Exchange, FreePBX, Google, HeatMap, Office, Open, PBX, plugin, Remote, Desktop, Management, rewrite, SEM, Source, SQL, SugarCRM, theme, TrixBox, Machine, VMTN, VoIP, vTiger by blandname | No comments

Since installing bbPress on the forum.blandname.com subdomain, I’ve become addicted to the rapid posting workflow: add topic, title, description and post! It’s 4 steps and is over so quick I’ve been thinking about making a bookmarklet that will automate the task for me. Here’s the latest smaller posts I sent there, but should some day expand upon here (I’ll use blandname for longer posts from now on):

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Aero Glass on a Windows Vista Virtual Machine

Saturday, November 11th in Microsoft, tip, remote application, terminal services, beta, vista, software, virtual machines, vm, virtualization, VMWare, VMWare Server, os, operating system, Virtual Server, Virtual PC, Terminal, RDP, Remote Login, Terminal Server, RDP 6, Remote Desktop, 64bit, Remote Desktop Connection, RDC, Physical Machine, Virtual, Virtual PC 2007, Remote Management, Virtual Machine, VPC 2K7, Windows Vista, Aero Glass by blandname | No comments

Currently the only way to get Vista on Vista virtualization running is to either use Virtual Server 2005 with some tweaks, or if you are part of the Virtual PC 2007 beta you can install Virtual PC 2007 (VPC 2K7) on Vista with no tweaks or hacks needed whatsoever. Unfortunately neither of these solutions can virtualize a 64bit operating system, but VMware Server should be Vista compliant soon - so I’m holding me breath until then.

Following my friend’s guide to setting up Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista found over at WebandRaptors, I was able to get VPC 2k7 set up quickly and without pain.

Next came the Windows Vista install, which was pretty straightforward. Something to note: you don’t actually need to use a CD key during installation, you can simply click the “next” button and the installer will inform you that a CD key will be needed later, I think it’s about 30days before it becomes necessary.

Once Vista is installed and configured for remote access from within VPC, all you need to do to get Aero Glass running is to connect to the virtual machine using the Remote Desktop Connection (RDP 6) client. If your host, or physical, machine supports Aero Glass, the virtual machine will allow you to take advantage of it, giving you transparent blurred windows, mouse-over taskbar previews, and cool windows+tab animation!

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