Mapping a WebDAV share as a drive through AppSense DesktopNow Environment...
I’m still stuck trying to complete the world’s most infuriating post – one on setting up a default Windows 8.1 Start Screen – so while I struggle against this, I thought I would put out something a bit...
View ArticleQuickPost – Citrix XenApp published application launches full published desktop?
This burns me on a semi-regular basis, so I’m going to write a quick blog post about it to save me digging the same solution up time and again. So hopefully it should also help some of you out there!...
View ArticleQuickPost – XenDesktopServerSetup crashes when installing XenApp or...
Today, whilst trying to put together a XenDesktop PoC system, I was confronted with an error that had me stumped for quite some time. The installer (AutoSelect.exe from the XenDesktop 7.6 installation...
View ArticleQuickPost – how to stop user folders showing as “My Documents” for support...
If you redirect your users’ My Documents folders to a network share where each user maps to a subfolder of a root directory (e.g. all users redirect to \\SERVER\SHARE\%username% for the My Documents...
View ArticleWindows 10 part #1 – first impressions on roaming capabilities…nice face,...
So, we’ve got Windows 10 at RTM now, Microsoft’s adventure into replacing the much-maligned Windows 8.x and the Modern interface with something more palatable. I have to say, early builds looked good –...
View ArticleWindows 10 part #2 – getting rid of OneDrive
Many of us have already adopted Enterprise File Sharing and Synchronization (EFSS) products. Many abound in the EUC space – ShareFile, DropBox, DataNow, Hightail, Box, to name just a few. Microsoft are...
View ArticleQuickPost: Windows 10 RSAT installed but no snap-ins or shortcuts available
In my unfortunate adventure delving deeply into the unholy under-the-hood mess that is Windows 10, I’ve been wanting to load up the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) so that I can take...
View ArticleQuickPost: AppSense Personalization Server synchronization failures when...
I came across an issue over the last few weeks regarding regular Personalization failures for users who were browsing via Google Chrome. With help from AppSense support, and Ollie and Hiten from APS,...
View ArticleQuickPost: Throwing your errors into the Notification Center
On a lot of the projects I work on, support staff are keen to run a few “pre-flight checks” as part of the logon process. Ensuring that machines are named, homed and running correctly is often...
View ArticleEverything you wanted to know about virtualizing, optimizing and managing...
With Windows 10 now into its latest edition, the 1607 “Anniversary” update, it now appears, for better or worse, to be here to stay. It has generated a lot of interest; supposedly the “last version of...
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