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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Windows 2003 SP2 64-bit Domain Joining Bug

November 29, 2009

On a recent project we were automating the build of 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 2003 SP2 servers. This was within a very large “Global” Active Directory environment, with many Trusted and External Domains. The 32-bit builds were working fine, but the 64-bit builds were not adhering to the Active Directory Sites and Services locations to […]

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Script to Join a Computer to the Domain

November 28, 2009

This script will join a computer to a domain. You can either specify the parameters as command line arguments, or look them up in an ini file. If an OU is not specified, the value is set to NULL, which means that the computer object will be placed in the OU/Container that is set as […]

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Locking a Virtual Desktop Session

July 20, 2009

How to lock a remote VMware View session? I’ve had mixed results getting a consistent method for locking VDI workstation sessions using VMware View across different client types, so have endeavored to document all possible methods to help come up with a best practice. Updated 4th September 2009: As per Resolved Issues in VMware View […]

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A collection of VDI Multimedia Test Material

June 21, 2009

This page will be a collection of multimedia test material for a VDI deployment…

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Reacting Positively to Criticism

June 3, 2009

Shawn Grant from Channel Connect has published a very good article on Reacting Positively to Criticism. Well worth the read.

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Three Little Words Every Leader Needs to Learn

May 30, 2009

My boss recently sent around an excellent article by Rosabeth Moss Kanter from Harvard Business School titled “Three Little Words Every Leader Needs to Learn“. Those three words are “I was wrong”. People respect you more when you admit to mistakes, that you don’t know the answer to their question(s), or that you’re man/woman enough […]

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Understanding Microsoft Licensing for a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Environment

May 27, 2009

Here is an excellent whitepaper titled “Understanding Microsoft Licensing for a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Environment” that simply explains the licensing requirements without needing a PHD to sift through the information and Briefs posted on Microsoft’s Overview of Licensing for Virtualization web page. More specifically I’m referring to the Brief on Licensing Windows Vista for […]

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WFCRUN32 Error – Failed to set Event Logging

May 12, 2009

A message box may appear titled “WFCRUN32 ERROR”, with the message being “Failed to set Event Logging.” as per the following screenshot:

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