Windows 7 Remote desktop full screen issue

There is a very annoying issue with Windows 7 remote desktop.

While in remote desktop when you press the restore button it will change to window mode.

When you try to maximise to get back into full-screen it never happens and you have a scroll bar on the right.

You have to close the window and connect back using full-screen under the display tab.

 

To toggle between window mode and full screen mode use CTRL+ALT+Break

Orb servers did not reply in a reasonable amount of time. They might be experiencing technical difficulties. Please try again later

Orb is a free streaming application which allows you to access your Music, Videos, Photos, Webcams and TV remotely. It also lets you browse through your folders. It is one of the coolest applications I ve ever seen.

The best part is it supports iPhone/iTouch, that means you can stream your stuff and play/watch on your device. But the catch is OrbLive which is the iTouch/iPhone app is not free though it is free if you access it via a browser.

I recently jailbroke my iTouch so getting OrbLive (for free) was not difficult.

But there was an issue. It plays perfectly while I am at work but when I come home and try it throws an error “Orb servers did not reply in a reasonable amount of time. They might be experiencing technical difficulties. Please try again later.”

After researching I realized that when you are in the same network as the streaming server it does not use internet. In my case it uses Wireless which is brilliant and I was looking for something like this for a while. So finally I found the fix.

Here is the fix (I am using Windows 7)

1. Start -> Search programs and files
2. Type “Windows firewall with Advanced security” without quotes to access the advanced Firewall settings
3. Click on Inbound rules on the left
4. You will find a rule on the right called “Orb” which by default is set to Public
5. Double click and go to Advanced Tab
6. Check “Private” under Specify profiles to which the rule applies.
7. Apply

Orb URL: www.orb.com

Check out this brilliant tutorial of OrbLive on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjMLBADbK1g

Cheers

Install Vmware ESX Server 3.5 on Vmware Workstation 6.5 – Testing Blogz

I found an excellent website which talks about virtualization.
Link: http://xtravirt.com

I successfully installed Vmware ESX Server 3.5 on Vmware Workstation 6.5. on my PC using the below mentioned link:
Link: http://xtravirt.com/node/101

Im using an Intel Quad core Q6600 and 2 GB ram. The instructions are very clear with screen shots as as well.
You need to first register on the website to access the stuff, its quite simple though.

Cheers