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Setting Visio Viewer As Default

03-Jun-08

Got both Visio Viewer 2007 and Visio 2007 on the same machine but want to set Visio Viewer as the default for some users? Here’s what you’ll need to do.
With Visio 2007 and Visio Viewer on the same machine, Visio will the default application for .VSD files, so we need change the default application per [...]

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Application Compatibility And The Benefits Of Virtualisation

20-Mar-08

If there’s ever a great example of the benefits of application virtualisation it can often be found in the little things.
One of the guys in our team has been sequencing Volo View, which isn’t a particularly well behaved piece of software to begin with. It has a menu option that launches Windows Explorer to view [...]

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Installing Office 2007 on Terminal Server

06-May-07

When install Office 2007 on your Terminal Servers there are a few things you’ll need to be aware of. The first of which is that you will need an Enterprise or Volume License key, i.e. those keys that use Volume Activation 1.0 and do not require activation. There is also some configuration and installation options [...]

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Unattended VMware Tools

23-Apr-07

Here’s how to create an unattended installation of VMware Tools which I’ve aimed specifically at Terminal Servers, however you can apply the same concepts for any Windows server installed under any of the VMware virtualisation products.
Creating a Transform File
When installing a Terminal Server on VMware Server or ESX, you need to ensure you do [...]

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