We just converted 3 of our virtual machines running on Virtual Server 2005 R2 to VMware ESXi yesterday and it went pretty smoothly with just a couple of minor issues.

The first issue is the mouse cursor not working in VMware console after installing the VMware tools. The fix is just a simple registry edit:

1. Open Registry Editor (regedit)
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E96F-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
3. Double-click on UpperFilters and delete msvmmouf.
4. Reboot the VM.

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I was doing this yesterday to query our call logs which are stored in an Access database. I figured it would be really nice to be able to query our databases from one application. The software that came with our phone system to generate reports from the call logs is also not that flexible. It’s just much easier for me to run reports using SQL Server Query Analyzer plus we can join the tables from …

I’ve been using SSH Tunneling for a while now mainly to encrypt HTTP traffic when using public wireless access points. I won’t go into detail here, just Google for “SSH Tunneling” if you need more information. I’m also gonna assume you already have an SSH Server set up.

• Download PuTTY and save it to C:/.
• Open notepad, type in the command below and save it as securetunnel.bat (Note: removeusername@ and -pw passwordif you prefer to …

I finally got a chance to try this out yesterday on a Dell PowerEdge 6600 server that we use for testing at work. I’ve been testing it pretty much most of yesterday and today and I have to say that I’m very impressed with it so far.

Installation was very easy:  download and burn the ISO image, boot from it, follow the installation instructions on the screen (which is pretty much next, next next), …

I finally decided to install this on my laptop yesterday since I already wiped it out to prepare it for VMware ESXi (which unfortunately doesn’t support the onboard NIC on my laptop). I got this copy for free from the Microsoft Heroes Happen Here event and I’ve been avoiding it all this time because of all the complaints about it.

Well, after a few hours of working with it, I have to stay that I’m …