C# Windows Forms & ASP .NET MVC programming SQL Smart Marine 3D Ship design Tribon M3 / AVEVA Marine | MBM Project | Why we have selected Hyper-V again (against VMware)

Just finished some quick but rather indicative tests of VMware vSphere with View 5 and MS Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V
We are long time looking for virtualization platform that would allow decent quality of 3D graphics and modeling applications.

Handling CheckedListBox ItemCheck event in C#

Common problem handling ItemCheck event in CheckedListBox control is the fact that when the event is fired the object's state change is not finalized.If within the ItemCheck event handling function we try to get the CheckedListBox item's check state using the most common methods like getting collection of all checked items

PROGRAMMING HELP | C#

2015/11/19 10:16

C# How to Modify DataSet Connection Strings at Runtime?

Detailed instructions by Paul Keister in his excellent article Adaptive Connection Strings for Windows Forms Applications
In brief
the connection string property is set read only in the Settings.Designer.cs class:

public string MyAppConnectionString {
   get {
            return ((string)(this["MyAppConnectionString"]));
         }
}

PROGRAMMING HELP | C#

2015/10/19 11:07

Windows KMS

To install a new KMS host key for Windows 8 activation or for Windows Server 2012 activation, run the following command:

cscript %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk <KMS host key>

Note In this command, "KMS host key" is a placeholder for the new KMS host key for Windows 8 activation or for Windows Server 2012 activation.

Important: Every KMS host key is associated with a group of Windows editions.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | KMS HOST

2015/10/19 11:01

Hyper-Threading and Virtualization

To enable or to disable hyper-threading on virtualization hosts?

There are many articles, documents and discussions in Internet and there is no definitive answer about the hyper-threading usage in virtualized environment.

About Hyper-Threading

A processor architecture feature that allows a single processor to execute multiple independent threads simultaneously.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | HYPER-V

2015/10/19 10:37

Implementing RemoteFX on HP ProLiant

Quick check list and brief instructions on hyper-V RemoteFX set up
RemoteFX requirement:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | HYPER-V | SERVERS AND STORAGE

2015/10/19 10:31

SAN vs local server storage and virtualization

The Old Story
Every year purchase new server(s) loaded with as many disk as it can handle. Install software and transfer data from the old servers (3-4 years old) that go out of business due to reliability consideration and increased need of storage space.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | SERVERS AND STORAGE

2015/10/19 10:19

Hyper-V , HP network teaming and VMSMP Event ID 28

Installing HP DL370 G6 server with 4 integrated network cards and following the HP recommendation about the installation sequence as specified:Host OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with SP1
(1) install Hyper-V and all updates without virtual network