Thursday, December 31, 2009

Supporting Technology with Technology.: Enable 24 bit color in RDP for XP or 2003 Server




Supporting Technology with Technology.: Enable 24 bit color in RDP for XP or 2003 Server

The option to connect to XP systems or windows 2003 servers with a color depth higher than 16 bits is available to be selected as an option before connecting to the remote computer. However, the RDP connection is never made at a color depth higher that 16 bits to neither a windows 2003 server or an XP desktop. There is a way to connect with true color 24 bit using rdp to XP or windows 2003 server.
A pre-defined default limit on the remote XP or windows 2003 server limits the color depth of RDP connections to 16 bit maximum on XP or windows 2003 server but can be changed to 24 bit true color by using group policy o nthe rmote computer or for all computers in a windows domain by linking a GPO to an OU or domain. How to configure the "server side" of remote desktop to accept connections at 24-bit true color.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Adding dsa.msc on Windows 2008 Server


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How to add dsa.msc to windows 2008 server

If you wanted to access active directory users and computers from a member 2003 server it was as easy as clicking start run then entering dsa.msc in the box and click open. That little useful feature is not added into a default 2008 server installation it needs to be added during the initial installation of the server or afterwards by adding a feature. The image in this post shows what options to select to add the dsa.msc command back into your member server. For people who use this a lot it's quite worth the several minutes to install. Adding the feature does not require a reboot.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Dell SAS 6iR Plug-in card, PCI Express x8, 2 CH, PC, Unix

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Dell SAS6/iR Integrated SAS Controller Card Storage controller (RAID)- Serial ATA-300 / SAS- 300 MBps - Plug-in card, PCI Express x8, 2 CH, PC, Unix .

This RAID controller card from Dell only supports RAID 0 and RAID 1. It support 2 hot swap drives and has a combined 12Gbps throughput from 4 channels at 3Gbps. It's not a bad controller card for entry level servers and workstations but one of it's limitations is that it does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10 (RAID 0 + 1). I discovered this unfortunately when trying to configured RAID 10 (RAID 0 +1) in a PowerEdge r610 server.

Dell Storage Controllers


Dell Storage Controllers

Desktop and server remote access support software