Gus Pinto

I’m a developer who started in the Virtualization industry over 10 years ago working for both Microsoft and Citrix. I spend lots of time writing apps and sharing knowledge on the internet. I’m also a 4x Microsoft MVP - Virtualization Technologies and I currently work at Citrix Systems as a Technology Evangelist.
Jan 01
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» Top virtualization.info’s post of 2008

For the fourth year in a row virtualization.info grew over 50%, now surpassing 2 Million page views / year.

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We also reached 9,000 subscribers and almost 2,000 members of our network…

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» Top virtualization blogs of 2008
As our readers know virtualization.info tracks the evolution of the virtualization.info since 2003 thanks to the huge help of an overwhelming number of news sources, including mainstream news…
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» Happy New Year, new poll, and Expo stuff...
Mac OS X Hints will be closed for the new year’s holiday tomorrow and Friday, returning Monday with the usual hints — I’ll be at Macworld Expo next week, checking out the latest in tech toys along…
Dec 31
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» Virtualization Congress at Citrix Synergy 2009

If you’re addicted to virtualization.info like me you’ll have seen the announcement by Alessandro Perilli that the industry’s first vendor neutral virtualization conference, Virtualization…

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» Geek Speak Live! in 2009 - you get to choose the agenda

We have a lot of exciting plans for Geek Speak Live! in the coming year which I wanted to give you all a heads up on. For those of you who haven’t heard of Geek Speak, it’s a program of informal…

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» Export Shazam tagged songs list from jailbroken iPhone
If you have a jailbroken iPhone, and want to save the Shazam tagged songs list, you have to connect to your iPhone via ssh, then go to this path: /private » var » mobile » Applications »…
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» Quit frozen iPhone apps with Home button double-tap
I have used this many times when applications freeze, and neither the Home button nor the Lock button have any effect.

If this happens, try double-tapping the Home button to invoke the Home button…
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» 10.5: Fix a hang on admin password entry
I Googled and looked everywhere when I tried fixing this issue, but couldn’t find the fix (possible I didn’t word it correctly). Eventually, I came up with the solution on my own, so I’m sharing…
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» Fix various Word document issues via copy-and-paste
Working on a long, complex Word document recently, with several layers of tracked changes, I was preparing the document for final distribution. While trying to clear all the tracked changes, I…
Dec 30
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» There goes the Neighborhood !

The Ideal XenApp User Experience - A few years back our usability and design teams started a comprehensive research project aimed at crafting the ideal user experience for XenApp. The results…

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» A fix for unrecognized trackpad clicks on new laptops
My mom recently upgraded to a new MacBook, which has one of them shiny new trackpads. I’m not exactly sure why, but the “Ignore accidental trackpad input” checkbox is not shown in the trackpad…
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» Collect files in new folder via AppleScript and a plug-in
The Group in New Folder script in the Big Cat Scripts Plug-in was my favorite Finder tool for a long time, and I was very upset when it was broken in Leopard. I have managed to hack togather…
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» Reboot a hung system with Spotlight and Terminal
I hate switching off the power on a hung system. As a last resort before doing that, when logging out or even Force Quit won’t work, I’ve had some success with this method. Invoke Spotlight with…
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» On second thought maybe it is better to Receive!

Since it’s inception in 1996 with the first release of WinFrame the “ICA Client” has been on a continuous improvement cycle. As WinFrame grew and evolved into XenApp the client grew and evolved…

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» Do you want Citrix XenApp to run Windows apps on the iPhone ?

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Running Windows applications on the iPhone may not be a high priority for Steve Jobs, but for many IT users and providers the desire seems to be increasing. The…