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Disable SBS console

To remote desktop to your office you need to know the internet address of your terminal server for example ts.mycompanyname.com.au
Depending on the client operating system you may find the remote desktop client in slightly different locations
Under the start menu go to All programs -> Accessories

On older Windows XP systems remote desktop  is under the sub folder [...]

Running Window 2008 R2 server and VMWARE v2 with 3 virtual machines, we frequently find that after a restart, or loss and regain of network connectivity to the server that the virtual machines can no longer be contacted over the network.
pening the VMWare infrastructure web access and the console for that particular machine shows no [...]

By default Windows 7 and 2008 no longer display the quick launch toolbar. Some users prefer this to the new taskbar method of pinning programs. The problem with pinning is you cannot create distinct shortcuts to particular files, you can only group like files on the program that executes it.

To add the quick launch toolbar [...]

In group policy go to Computer Configuration\Policies\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment
Define the Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services policy
Add the users or groups you want to block from user remote deskop
Regards
Brendan King

When you try to remote control another session on a Windows 2008 R2 terminal server you may receive the message.
Change the RDP Compression setting on the server to “Balances memory and network bandwidth” (recommended) or “Optimized to use less memory” using Group Policy. If using Windows Server 2008 R2 you may also choose “Do not [...]

Having copied a Hyper-V VHD file from one server to a new server I ran through the Hyper-V wizard to create the new machine pointing to the existing VHD file.
Failed to create external configuration store at c:\Virtual Machines’: General access denied error
 I found that if I created a new virtual machines folder c:\Virtual Machines 2 [...]

Open the Local Security Policy
Select Network List Manger Policies
Right click on the Network name and properties. Set the required properties

I recently installed Outlook 2007 on a HyperV Windows 2008 R2 server terminal server talking to Exchange 2010 on another HyperV on the same box.
The server is a Dual Xeon with RAID 10 SAS drives pumping out 800Mb/s throughput yet Outlook 2007 would take about 8 seconds to open. Rubbish!
I found by disabling all add-ins [...]

Save the text below as IE8Search.adm and then link the group policy.
Regards,
Brendan King
CLASS USER
CATEGORY !!WindowsComponents
CATEGORY !!InternetExplorer
POLICY !!PopulateSearchProviderList
   #if version >= 4
   SUPPORTED !!SUPPORTED_IE7
   #endif
   EXPLAIN !!IE_Explain_PopulateSearchProviderList
   KEYNAME “Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes”
   VALUENAME Version
   VALUEON NUMERIC 65001
   ACTIONLISTON
    KEYNAME “Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{C003E69C-00DE-4439-A922-BFA17117197F}”
    VALUENAME DisplayName  VALUE “Google Australia”Â
   Â
    VALUENAME URL               VALUE “http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&source=hp&q={searchTerms}&meta=&aq=f&aqi=g3g-s1g6&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=18a51b3ed23f0245e”
   END ACTIONLISTON
  END POLICY
POLICY !!DefaultSearchProvider_GoogleAustralia
   #if version >= 4
   SUPPORTED !!SUPPORTED_IE7
   #endif
   EXPLAIN !!IE_Explain_PopulateSearchProviderList
   KEYNAME “Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes”
   VALUENAME Version
   VALUEON NUMERIC 65001
 ACTIONLISTON
  KEYNAME “Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes”
  VALUENAME DefaultScope VALUE {C003E69C-00DE-4439-A922-BFA17117197F}
    Â
 END ACTIONLISTON
END [...]