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64-bit Windows 7, Cisco VPN client and XP mode – Part 5

July 22nd, 2009 by Vladimir Stajic


How does it work in practice? I would say that for the people who understand what was happening up until this point, the operation of this blended environment will not be a problem. Normal user can end up being confused and frustrated, though.

64-bit Windows 7, Cisco VPN client and XP mode – Part 4

June 24th, 2009 by Vladimir Stajic


How do I now use the virtual applications? Simple :). I just go to the Start menu of Windows 7 and there's a subsection where the Virtual XP entry is. That subsection now has all the applications, that I have installed in Virtual XP, presented as published “virtual application”.

64-bit Windows 7, Cisco VPN client and XP mode – Part 3

June 16th, 2009 by Vladimir Stajic


First you need to start the Virtual XP, just like you would any old virtual PC.

64-bit Windows 7, Cisco VPN client and XP mode – Part 2

May 28th, 2009 by Vladimir Stajic


After the business apps such as Microsoft Office and Lotus Notes were up and running, I got to the part that I knew from the start would be tricky: the Cisco VPN client.

64-bit Windows 7, Cisco VPN client and XP mode – Part 1

May 20th, 2009 by Vladimir Stajic


I was a bit adventurous the other day. After a successful initial testing of the Windows 7 Release Candidate on a home PC, I decided that I would like to see how it would function in a business environment. After getting a blessing from the IT department and backing up all ...

Large hard drives in RAID 5 a problem?

December 2nd, 2008 by Vladimir Stajic


A colleague recently brought to my attention Robin Harris' blog post »Why RAID 5 stops working in 2009.« According to the blog, we're supposed to be nearing the limit of usefulness of RAID 5. Harris' thesis states that hard drive manufacturers currently specify that up to 100,000,000,000,000 bits can be ...