Deploying Ultra VNC with Group Policy

I found a program on Sourceforge today that customizes an UltraVNC Server install and repacks it into an MSI file for Group Policy installation. The whole setup went very smoothly. Just don't forget to add a Windows Firewall exception to the GPO.

The download also includes the installer for UltraVNC itself.

Print Migrator

I just migrated about 30 printers from our NAS box (running Storage Server 2008) to our Server 2008 AD controller. I used Microsoft's Print Migrator software and the whole operation took about 15 minutes. Linky

NFS shares for ESXi Servers

There are a lot of good tutorials out there to guide you through setting up a NFS share host VMs for VMWare's free ESXi server platform. Unfortunately, a lot of them leave out some details that can make setting your server up a bit challenging.

• Make sure that the NFS permissions for your share are set to allow anonymous access
• Make sure that the UID and SID for the "root" account are set to '0' in SFU
• Add the "Anonymous User" account is a member of the same OU as the "root" account.
• Set the permissions on your NFS share to "read+write" and check the "allow root access" box

Android and Java

I started learning Java today with the intention of developing an application or two for Android. Its been a long time since I've done any coding at all and I've probably forgotten just about everything I knew. I've found some decent tutorials on Youtube but I don't know how far they'll take me.

Netflix New Release Change

Not an hour after ordering the disk from Netflix to install the PS3 client, I read that I, along with every other Netflix user, will have to wait 28-days from the DVD release of any Warner Bros movie to queue it up.

I guess a month isn't that long to wait, and there are plenty other movies and TV shows on Netflix to watch, but I just don't like the idea of having the quality of a service reduced and still paying the same amount for it.

Toshiba Mini nb205 Rundown

Likes

- They keyboard is fantastic. Great size, great feel.
- Battery life. 9 hours is hard to beat.
- Toshiba HDD Protection. Anything to make it last is a good thing.
- Expandable RAM. 2GB isn't out of the question.

Dislikes

- At $399, bluetooth would be nice.
- I wish that it had the ability to scroll using only the touchpad.
- Large glowing power button right smack in the middle is bothersome at night.

2010 New Year's Resolution

My goal for this year is a rather modest one. I want to get my body weight up to 170lbs, but a much leaner 170 than my current 163. I started working out about a month ago, and as I have no plans of slowing down, I can see myself easily keeping this resolution.

Perhaps I'll bump it up to 180 if things go as well as I hope they will.