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Access SkyDrive as a Map Drive

Requirement:

Windows 7 (some says Windows XP would work, not test)
Office 2010 (beta is fine; need to verify if this is optional)
Windows Live account

Set up:

Download SkyDrive Simple Viewer for WebDAV
Run dumpurls.exe <Windows Live UserName> <Password> to get a list of addresses
Map a network drive with one of the addresses
Enter Windows Live ID and password

VMware vSphere 4 Notes

1. vSphere Editions for Small Businesses Comparison

Basic ESXi physical hardware limit: 2 physical processors, 6 cores per processors, 256GB memory.

2. VMware vCenter Server

VMware vCenter Server Installation

Hardware requirements (for up to 50 ESX(i) hosts and 250 VMs):

2 CPUs
4 GB RAM
3 GB Disk

Software requirements:

Windows Server 2003 or 2008 x32 or x64
SQL Server 2005 or 2008 or Express Edition

Can be installed in a physical or virtual machine.
Reference:

VMware vCenter Server Administration

After installing vCenter Server:

Create a datacenter
Join ESX(i) host to vCenter Server

Koala – Create bootable OS installation USB flash drive

http://www.freemodding.it/index.php?topic=10388.msg236638#msg236638

Batch File for Checking OS Architecture Type

@echo off
echo Detecting OS processor type

if "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="AMD64" goto 64BIT
echo 32-bit OS
REM Run 32-bit executable
goto END

:64BIT
echo 64-bit OS
REM Run 62-bit executable

:END

Batch File for Checking OS Architecture Type

@echo off
echo Detecting OS processor type

if "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="AMD64" goto 64BIT
echo 32-bit OS
REM Run 32-bit executable
goto END
:64BIT
echo 64-bit OS
REM Run 62-bit executable
:END

Allocate Virtual Processors

The recommendation is to allocate more virtual processors than you have physical processors and let the hypervisor take care of scheduling the CPU work across the physical cores. Microsoft typically recommends you have no more than eight virtual processors per physical core.

Virtual Desktop Environment in Windows Systems

http://www.dexpot.de/

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