Daniel Petri

After properly configuring Server Core and getting it ready to deploy, you decide you want to download and install the latest Windows Server 2008 R2 updates from the Windows Update site. But, how do you do that? In this article, MVP Daniel Petri provides 5 ways to accomplish the task. Read on for more…

A great reference guide for creating and cloning virtual machines for use with VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V or Citrix XEN and how to avoid the most common pitfalls.

Not able to send mail from Outlook or OWA 2010? Is it stuck in the Drafts folder on your Exchange Server? Learn why this is happening and how to fix it in this quick tip article by MVP Daniel Petri.

In this article, MVP Daniel Petri provides a solution for service providers that need to connect to multiple customer locations (using different protocols, according to customer requirements) and want to provide a single access point through which all outgoing traffic is routed.

Learn how to enable “God Mode” – a tweak for Windows 7, Server 2008 and Vista that shows all Windows customization settings in a central GodMode folder.

Learn your options for limiting User Account Control (UAC) notifications and/or turning them off completely in Windows 7 in this article by MVP Daniel Petri.

One of the toughest questions that IT professionals commonly face in today’s dynamic IT world… Who touched the servers and what did they do? ObserveIT provides products which allow enterprise-wide recording and indexing of any human interaction with your servers, and index this data alongside with detailed metadata of what is seen on the screen. Learn all about it in this article by MVP Daniel Petri.

Previously, when doing an RDP-in-RDP session, the yellow RDP bar or tab sits one on top of the other, making it hard to minimize one screen instead of the other. However, new functionality in Windows 7/ 2008 R2 makes it possible to drag these tabs to any side of the screen, making it easy to see one tab on top of the other. Get the details in this article by MVP Daniel Petri.

I am running a multitude of Windows-based virtual machines hosted on a bunch of virtualization products, ranging from Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual Server (yes, I need those for most of the Microsoft Official Curriculum courses I teach), Microsoft Hyper-V, along with those hosted on VMware products such as ESX and (my personal favorite) Workstation….

This article is one of a list of articles dealing with Windows Virtual PC on Windows 7, and in it I will show you what are the virtual disk options that you can use when building and configuring a VM in Windows Virtual PC. If you haven’t done so yet, read my article on installing…

As you probably all know by now, Windows XP Professional allows you to only use one concurrent Remote Desktop session. The moment the remote user connects to the workstation by using Remote Desktop, the locally logged-on user is locked out of the computer, and the remote user, if he or she are using the same…

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 are a package of add-ons that allow administration of computers running Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2 from a remote computer that is running Windows 7.