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Restoring the NVIDIA Control Panel and Tools after the Appx Package Change

July 14, 2024

Updated 12th August 2024: Post install code snippets updated Article wording updated With the move from the Standard driver model to the DCH (Declarative Componentized Hardware) driver model implemented from GRID 15.0 (Windows driver version 527.41) and above, the NVIDIA Control Panel app is now distributed through the Microsoft Store as an Appx Package. Even […]

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The Citrix PVS Target Device Driver is a SCSI Adapter Bully

July 13, 2024

Working on a Citrix upgrade project a few years ago I was continually getting a blue screen when a Citrix PVS image booted. The symptom was obvious during the boot process. It was as if there were two NICs or the image was trying to load twice. PVS write-cache was also incorrectly being redirected to […]

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Best Practice for the Active Setup StubPath value

September 25, 2023

It’s been a best practice for a long time to clear the Active Setup StubPath value per application to avoid the Active Setup processes from running at logon, impacting the user experience. This is a challenge we constantly have with Vendors and packaging teams. But blindly clearing the StubPath value could lead to application issues. […]

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Cold Starting and/or Hydrating Your Applications To Improve Their Startup Times

June 27, 2023

In the End User Computing (EUC) space we know that after the first time the application starts post reboot, the next time is faster. The first startup is referred to as a cold startup and all subsequent runs are warm startups. The first time the application starts, components of the application, such as the EXEs (executables) and […]

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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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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

***New release expected Q3 2023. It will include browser language detection to make it easy to translate into different languages. Also includes some new methods and further improvements. ***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 […]

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