Microsoft has released an update for the System Center Endpoint protection client. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2865173/en-us?sd=rss&spid=1060 This updates actually includes two updates, apparently both has to be installed but I haven’t been able to find this in any documentation. To update the existing clients you can use Automatic Client Upgrade found under Site
This is one of the old ones, I have never had the time to blog. I some situations you might find you self in so big trouble that you would like to recreate the original Domain and Domain Controllers policies. This is possible with the command DCGPOFIX http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh875588(v=ws.10).aspx As an
When deploying Windows I sometimes need to change the default search provider to Google for all deployed computers. While this can be done in many ways I prefer to use unattend.xml because users can then change it if they want. An alternative could be to use GPP but it
One way to set a environment system variable during a MDT or SCCM Task Sequence is to use the SETX command. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755104(v=ws.10).aspx This command SETX LLVAR TEST /M will set the variable LLVAR to the value TEST If we take a closer look at the System variables after this step,
I sometimes need a quick overview of the latest SQL server builds, while the information is available on different sites I have found this particular site to be very helpful. http://sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com/ You might also be able to use this resource in your daily work
After publishing a RemoteApp and defining certificates you may still se this information warning: A website is trying to run a RemoteApp program. make sure that you trust the publisher before you connect to run the program. The certificate used is trusted but the message is still shown. On
If you do not like that newly created computers in Active Directory goes into the folder Computers, you can change this with the command redircmp http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770619(v=ws.10).aspx First create the desired OU in Active Directory where you want your computers to go, here MyComputers: Then change the default location to this
In Windows 2012 you don’t need to use PowerShell to enable the recycle Bin, but please note that you can not disable it when first enabled. PowerShell is of course still possible to use In Server Manager, select the Tools menu, and click Active Directory Administrative Center. In Active Directory
I would like to recommend this link http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX129229 When building new XenApp 6.5 environments I always visit this page to see if the recommendations has changed since last time. The page not only recommend Citrix hotfixes but also Microsoft hotfixes related to XenApp or RDS.
lately I have noticed that some of my customers is unaware of the hotfix rollup Microsoft has released for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 2008 R2 SP1. The hotfix includes many of the fixes needed in an enterprise environment, so it might be a good idea to take a closer
This is one of the small things that sometimes drag my attention. A customer once asked me if it was possible to create a subnet in Active Directory that would catch all clients, and then still have some individual subnets defined for exceptions. I must confess that I didn’t know
In some situations I need to always show all icons in the system tray. So instead of this layout: All users on the computer must see all icons ad shown here: This can be done through the GUI by selecting Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar:
Cumulative Update 2 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 has been released http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2854009 After upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 CU2, you will be able to identify the update in many different ways. First let us take a look at the console, after the update the console
Citrix Receiver creates a system tray icon, you might not like that in some situations. To hide or remove the icon we can create a registry entry for every single user. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareCitrixReceiverShowIcon (REG_DWORD) with the value 0. We can set this in a SCCM or MDT task sequence if
Sometimes I have to create a published application that just starts Windows explorer.exe. As explained here this does not work as expected: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX128009 I have had no luck with Method 1 (ApplicationLaunchWaitTimeoutMS) even though the described hotfix should be part of rollup 1. But method 2 works for me (LogoffCheckerStartupDelayInSeconds):
You might find your self in a situation where you are unable to use the Collect Logs button on your Windows 8 client connecting with Direct Access. The most properly reason for this is that you have not entered a Helpdesk email address when configuring the DirectAccess Client Setup page.
Previously I showed how to remove the text Your Windows desktops and apps on demand – from any PC, Mac, smartphone or tablet from the Citrix web interface. What if we would like to change the text? Start by copying the file accessplatform_strings.properties from your web interface installation, my default
I have in some situations seen a problem where I suddenly is unable to start a vbscript in an SCCM 2012 OSD task sequence with another account specified. When the situation occurs I can see this error in the smsts.log: CScript Error: Can’t find script engine “VBScript” for script The
In Office 2013 the default location of Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon customizations is still saved in to AppDatalocal folder by default and because of these settings do not roam. In order for Quick Access Toolbar and Ribbon customizations to follow the roaming profile we can set a GPO. User
If you disable protected mode you might see warnings like this when starting Internet Explorer Protected mode is turned off for the Internet and restricted sites zones or Protected mode is turned off for the Internet zone. One way to disable or hide this warning is to set a registry
This is a short vbscript to pin programs to the taskbar. The script can for example be used in a login script. Set objShell = CreateObject(“Shell.Application”) Set oShell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”) Set ofso = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) strFile = “C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice12OUTLOOK.EXE” PinToTaskBar strFile = “C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice12WINWORD.EXE” PinToTaskBar
On XenApp 6.5 you might see a long delay when reconnecting to a published desktop, and the desktop was locked when disconnected. The user will during the delay just see a black screen: In the event log on the XenApp server you will see an event ID 1009 from the
When using SCUP 2011 it creates a local database in your user profile. You can verify this by selecting options: And then Advanced as you can se under database file it is placed in the user profile path. It is possible to move the database and share it with
In some situations I want to hide the tray icon from VMware Tools. The way I use to remove / hide the icon is to set the registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREVMware, Inc.VMware ToolsShowTray and set this to 0 (REG_DWORD). You can set this in a SCCM/MDT task sequence by using
You might see this message when users are opening internet Explorer on your XenApp servers. A website wants to open web content using this program on your computer. One way around this message is to create this registry settings for every user. Settings as a reg file: Windows Registry Editor
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