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  • Prevent users saving items on the Citrix/Terminal Server desktop.

    In my current environment we allow users to save items on their desktop. Because we are using mandatory profiles we save the settings using Flex profiles from Immidio. Lately some users are complaining that the logon times are increasing. After some investigation we came to the conclusion that the users are saving a lot of files…

  • Automation Machine for Hosted Desktops – Cache Cleaner Tool

    At a customer we are using Login Consultants Automation Machine for Hosted Desktops (Former Solution 4). Automation Machine (AM) is described as Management of Citrix and Microsoft desktop infrastructures for experts, by experts. This tool is using powershell foundation and it is based on scripts and XML configuration files. For some parts like software installations and printer driver…

  • Citrix XenApp Migration Powershell cmdlets

    In my previous post I mentioned the Citrix XenApp migration cmdlets. After some testing I found a bug in the migration tool. I ran the following command. Start-XAMigration -ExportOnly <ServerName> The migration starts and is creating log about what is being exported.

  • Citrix XenApp 6.5 disaster recovery

    High availability is always a hot topic at the customer but one thing is often forgotten. Disaster Recovery. Recently I had a disaster recovery test on a Xenapp 6.5 environment. Scenario, delete all components. Before starting I had to make sure that the backup was completed successfully. After deleting all components, VM’s, Databases etc… I started the restore. First…

  • Powershell – Check XenApp LoadEvaluator

    At a customer I was busy checking the servers via the Citrix Management Console wich load evaluator was set. Because the environment contains a lot of servers it is a time consuming job. Therefor I created 2 small scripts. The first script will do the following. Add citrix powershell Snapin Get a list of XenApp servers in…

  • Citrix Receiver – Security Warning

    When you start a Citrix Session and open an explorer window the following message appears. Citrix Receiver – Security Warning. This message is caused by the Citrix Receiver. The Receiver is trying map the local drives and is trying to access them. In case of a writable profile this is not a big issue. If…

  • This version of Citrix Receiver does not support selected encryption [Error 1046: The Virtual Driver is not loaded]

    At a customer we are building an environment based on the following technologies. Windows 2008R2 Citrix Xenapp 6.5 RES WorkspaceManager 2011 RES VDX (former workspace extender) Windows 2003 (Legacy Farm) XenApp 5.0 (Legacy Farm) At the client side we use a HP thinclient with Windows 7 embedded with the Citrix receiver 3.0. During the tests…

  • Old-fashioned troubleshooting Windows XP(SP3)

    Sometimes you have to help friends or family with there computer problems. Very often the problem is malware. Nowadays malware is a pain in the ass. It disables firewall, anti-virus, antispy- malware programs and sometimes it corrupts your TCP/IP stack. In my case the TCP/IP stack got corrupt and the DHCP Client services would not start.

  • Step by step guide: Installing Citrix XenClient RC2 from USB

    Last time I blogged I was telling about the new release of Citrix XenClient. I told about the installation. I installed XenClient via CD-rom but what if you don’t a CD-rom player or even cd’s. Well my colleague Henk Hofs created a step by step guide for installing Citrix XenClient from USB. Great work Henk!!…

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