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Disable the “Disconnect” button

Danny — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:14:32 +0000

When a user connects to Windows XP desktops through Terminal Service {RDP, Citrix Xen}. By default, they are able to disconnect from the desktop. By disconnect, the terminal session remains open on the terminal host. This issue is driving me nuts at work, because when users try to connect again, Xen DDC doesn’t seem to deliver their last (opened) session. Instead, it trys to give them a new one.

It makes me want to cry, because we’ve specifically told users to log off instead of disconnect.

Sure, there are a few group policies you can modify to kill disconnected sessions. But I want to let users know, I don’t want them to disconnect! Period…

Disable the Disconnect button should do it, this policy is under Administrative Template > Windows Component > Terminal Services. It can be applied in the Group Policy on the VHD itself, or through the GPO on your domain controller. Enough said… I hate id10t users.

TIPS: WINDOWS PRINTER ISSUES

Danny — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:00:34 +0000

Here are my tips to the “Senior Tech Wannabe” about windows printer trouble shooting.

Problem: “I selected the printer, and hit the delete key a few times. But it doesn’t delete, though the status says deleting.”
Answer: “Cancel all the unfinished documents in the queue first. Damn it!”

Problem: “I cannot cancel or restart a job in the print queue. It’s just stuck!”
Answer: “Right click on My Computer > Manage > Services and Applications > Services > Right click on Print Spooler > Restart.”

NO SHOUTING IN THE DATACENTER, PLEASE!

Danny — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:34:14 +0000

Check this out, apparently shouting at your disks causes extreme latency. So, either keep your noises down in the datacenter, or upgrade to solid state drives! Click read more to watch the video.

How Appointment Works

Danny — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:13:28 +0000

Main Entry: ap·point·ment Pronunciation: ə-ˈpȯint-mənt Function: noun

1 a: an act of appointing : designation b: the designation by virtue of a vested power of a person to enjoy an estate2: an arrangement for a meeting : engagement appointment for an interview>3: equipment, furnishings —usually used in plural appointments>4: a nonelective office or position appointment>

The purpose of an appointment is to arrange and meet up in a spcific time. Why are people in the corporate environment thinks it’s OK to respond or show up 40 minutes later? Stupid retards! I’m going to change that, I will prospond a day for each minute of them being late.

Happy Friday!

Danny — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:25:37 +0000

Yeh! It’s Friday again. I’m hella bored at work, so I thought of something fun to do: I changed my windows logon sound to the one from Windows 95.

Download the sound in WAV format. Why don’t you do it too!?

I’ve been messing with Ubuntu these few days. Because at work, we’re working on a LTS project. Where all the terminals will boot from the linux terminal server then logon to Citrix. Instead of having hard drives on every machine. Dude, this isn’t new anymore. A lot of corporations has been using this method for years now.

But, my company is poor! OK? we’re in the gethoo!