VM’s pause for no reason in vSphere…

Check your power settings… The system is likely going into Hibernation/Sleep.

Tends to only be a default setting on a desktop OS. (Windows XP, Vista, 7)

System Config Info from Command Line

Run the command “systeminfo” from a dos/CMD window. Outputs: Computer Name, OS info – including version, registration info, Windows product id, original install date, system uptime, make and model of the computer. It also shows processor, pagefile and ram useage, timezone, Windows hotfixes, and network card info.

A lo of useful information from the [...]

Windows 7 and NAS devices

How to get Windows 7 to work with a NAS device. [...]