Jeremy Saunders

ESRI ArcGIS Pro and Desktop License Type and Program Selector User Interfaces

June 20, 2023

Updated 17th July 2024 Here are two awesome User Interfaces (UI’s) I built that will compliment any ESRI ArcGIS Pro (AGP) and/or ArcGIS Desktop (AGD) deployment. More specifically from my point of view, they have been developed with a Citrix Published Application, VMware Horizon, Remote Desktop, VDI and AVD deployment in mind, giving the users the […]

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XDPing C# Function

June 13, 2023

I wrote this C# (csharp) function back in 2020 when developing the Self-Service Session Reset Tool. I have since enhanced it for improved error checking and logging and am happy to share it here for anyone else who wants to leverage it. I released a PowerShell version back in 2019. I like to integrate these […]

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Sentinel LDK License Configuration Helper Service

June 9, 2023

Introducing the Sentinel LDK License Configuration Helper Service. This new tool I’ve created uses registry values and/or XML files to configure the client-side Sentinel LDK License Manager (hasplms) service, which updates the configuration in the License Manager Configuration File (hasplm.ini) found under the “C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Aladdin Shared\HASP” folder on a 64-bit Windows machine. It […]

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How to extend the Adobe Flash Player EOL to prevent it from blocking flash beyond 12 January 2021

December 31, 2020

With the fast approaching end of life for Adobe Flash Player, some organisations have been caught out with legacy apps that have yet to be decommissioned or migrated to HTML5, etc. Some of these apps may be business critical. Unless you take action by the 11th January 2021, this is what your users will see […]

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Citrix Self-Service Session Reset Tool Process Flows

October 31, 2020

***Updated for the release of v1.6. There are eight (8) main process flows for the how the Citrix Self-Service Session Reset Tool works: User Opens Web Page Process Flow Get Sessions Process Flow Logoff Sessions Process Flow Disconnect Sessions Process Flow Restart Machines and Forcefully Restart Machines Process Flow Hide Sessions and Unhide Sessions Process Flow […]

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Citrix Self-Service Session Reset Tool

August 28, 2020

***Please refer to my article on Development Planning for the Citrix Self-Service Session Reset Tool to learn about what updates and new features are being worked on. ***If using a release less than v1.9, please refer to the release history below to understand the new features, enhancements and fixes now included. This tool has been labelled as a […]

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The COVID-19 DIY Standing Desk

May 28, 2020

Whilst I’ve worked from home on an off for many years and have a really good office setup, the COVID-19 work from home situation prompted my wife and I to reassess our setup and make it more comfortable. We got some office partitioning to help reduce noise, especially when we’re both on the phone. Jo […]

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Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) Post Install Script

July 18, 2019

UPDATED 20th January 2023 The implementation of UviProcessExcludes registry changes was improved and made easier for others to follow. Although some of these items can be excluded from the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) installation, checking and managing them in a post install script ensures we have consistency between all installations and VDA versions. All these actions need […]

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Installing, Configuring, Securing and Using MDT Webservices – Part 3

June 28, 2019

In Part 1 we walked through the installation and configuration of Deployment Webservices. In Part 2 we walked through securing the Webservice. In this part I will demonstrate how to use the Webservice via a PowerShell script to securely move a computer object during the operating system deployment (OSD) task sequence using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit […]

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Best Practice for the Windows Client Side Caching (CSC) kernel driver in VDI workloads

May 21, 2019

It’s been a best practice for a long time to disable Offline Files in both RDSH and VDI workloads. However, this has only ever been based around the Offline Files (CscService) service and some registry tweaks. What people don’t realize is that you must properly disable Offline Files in all VDI workloads by also disabling the […]

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