Scripting

An improved and enhanced version of the famous LaunchApp.wsf

September 3, 2012

Have you ever wondered why your logon script fails to map network drives when an Administrative user logs onto a computer with User Account Control (UAC) enabled; even though the drive mapping process completes successfully? To understand this you need to read the section from “Group Policy Scripts can fail due to User Account Control” […]

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Finding Orphaned Group Policy Objects

September 3, 2012

Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are stored in two parts: GPC (Group Policy Container). The GPC is where the GPO stores all the AD-related configuration under the CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=… container, which is replicated via AD replication. GPT (Group Policy Templates). The GPT is where the GPO stores the actual settings located within SYSVOL area under the Policies folder, which […]

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Installing the HP Universal Print Drivers on Citrix/Terminal Servers

December 9, 2009

I have found the latest batch of HP’s Universal Printer Drivers to be the very stable. The command line I use for installing the HP Universal Print Drivers on Citrix/Terminal servers is as follows: Version 5.0 PCL 5 install.exe /q /npf /nd /dod /dos /dpm /ddu /dso /gdssnp /snptm=0 /dm /dmpa /dads /pqdmpa /pqdads Version […]

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How to prevent certain MS Outlook dialog boxes from showing?

December 6, 2009

This script will manage the “PONT_STRING” registry value to control the “Don’t Show Dialog” Setting for some of the Outlook dialog boxes that don’t have a simple way of preventing them from showing via a Group Policy Setting, etc. Under Outlook 2007 there are two particular dialog boxes that may prompt the user when a […]

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Deployment Script for Citrix Profile Management 2.x

November 29, 2009

Here is my deployment script for Citrix Profile Management 2.x, formerly known as User Profile Manager. Enjoy!

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User-Self Help Tools for an SBC and VDI Deployment

November 29, 2009

Whenever I implement a Citrix/Terminal Server farm, I always include certain applications and tools that I believe users will get some value from, which may in-turn assist IT Support by lowering the number of helpdesk calls. Who knows??? I have blogged about all these tools before… The unbelievably awesome Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy tools The Repair […]

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Deployment Script for the very cool Convert utility

November 29, 2009

Here is a deployment script for the very cool convert.exe utility from Josh Madison. Enjoy!

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Deployment Script for the Repair Clipboard Chain utility

November 29, 2009

Here is a deployment script for the Citrix Repair Clipboard Chain (RepairCBDChain.exe) utility as per Citrix KB article CTX106226. This utility does not have a nice default icon, so I have used one that looks like this: I have zipped up the actual ico file here: clipboard Enjoy!

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Script to Speedup the Delivery Services Console Launch

November 29, 2009

This script addresses a known issue where Delivery Services Console (DSC) or Access Management Console (AMC) takes longer than expected to launch. Refer to Citrix KB article CTX120115 for further information.

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Script to Fix the Delivery Services Console Shortcut

November 29, 2009

This script will update any shortcuts to the Delievery Services Console (DSC) and Access Management Console (AMC). Launching the DSC or AMC on 64-bit system is a bit of a challenge. The CmiLaunch.exe does not work correctly on a 64-bit system. It does not start and we receive the following three errors in the System […]

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