Scripting

The Bees Knees script for installing VMware Tools

December 3, 2008

Updated 19th October 2010… This is what I call the “bees knees” of scripts for deploying VMware Tools. It will detect if it’s being installed on a Terminal/Citrix Server, and remove the appropriate components that may impede performance, etc.

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Implementing a fully automated unattended build process

November 18, 2008

The methodology I use for deploying and managing Citrix XenApp solutions has proven very successful over the years. To maintain a homogeneous environment conducive to stability, utilisation of a well-defined and automated server build process is a best practice. Automated server builds can save countless hours when deploying new servers, rebuilding a problematic one, or […]

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Displaying useful connection information on the desktop wallpaper

October 27, 2008

Updated on 6th April 2010… Like most IT professionals, I’ve been using Bginfo to embed some useful information in the wallpaper of a users Desktop for some years now. So what you say! Well…not too long ago Warren Simondson of CTRL-ALT-DEL IT Consultancy created a couple of cool utilities called TSBackdrop and PCBackdrop. I was […]

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Print Spooler Self Healing 2.0

October 21, 2008

I was driven to write this script for a client that was using Novell’s iPrint. iPrint was causing some threads to hang, ending the spoolsv.exe process, and therefore stopping the Print Spooler service. Those of you that are using such poor printing solutions would no doubt have clocked up a considerable number of headaches. The good […]

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Intelligently changing the drive letter assignment for multiple CD/DVD ROM Drives

October 19, 2008

Diskpart may fail when creating more than one partition when executing the “assign letter=D” command. This is because Windows, WinPE included, by default assigns the first CD-ROM “type” drive to the first available letter after C:. So if you are partitioning a new server, or repartitioning a server that contains only 1 partition (C:), the CD-ROM drive […]

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Place a XenApp Server in and out of service the easy way

September 8, 2008

The new theory for placing a server off-line is to apply an “Out of service” load evaluator instead of disabling logons. The “Out of service” load evaluator consists of an empty Scheduling rule. The issue with this theory is that if you automate the move of a server into an “Out of service” load evaluator […]

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Scripting updates to the GPT.ini for the Local Group Policy

August 26, 2008

Updated on 27th October 2010. I came across a challenge whilst working on a big XenApp deployment in a Novell environment. I needed to make changes to the Local Group Policy Object on all Terminal / Citrix servers. This was specifically required for implementation of a logoff script, as logoff scripts are not supported via […]

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Print Spooler Self Healing 1.0

August 15, 2008

Despite the new Health Monitoring & Recovery feature of XenApp 4.5, I continue to implementing a “Self Healing” mechanism for the Print Spooler service.

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Running Logoff Scripts in Novell Environments

August 6, 2008

Updated 28th October 2010. Due to a lot of requests and feedback, this script in now included as part of the script posted under Scripting updates to the GPT.ini for the Local Group Policy. Cheers, Jeremy.

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Managing MS Office 2007 Quick Access Toolbar(s) with Roaming Profiles

August 4, 2008

Hmmm…why oh why would Microsoft place the Office 2007 Quick Access Toolbar (.qat) files in the “%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office” folder rather than the “%appdata%\Microsoft\Office” folder??? The “Local Settings” folder does not roam, nor would you want it to, so I don’t understand their thought process behind this one. The only real workaround is to use logon […]

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