Two Way Group Policy Locator Tool
This article and the tool it introduces will likely be of interest only to Windows system administrators, IT security practitioners, and other members of the priesthood involved in…
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See inside Registry.pol with the Pol2Reg utility
Here is another great utility for the Windows administrator's Toolbelt, written and shared by Jacques Bensimon. Okay, this may be a solution in search of a problem, but…
VMware Horizon Client TimeOut Settings
Back in 2018, I wrote about how the Horizon Solution did not have a Client Timeout setting. This was a very common feature in Citrix environments and allowed…
What does Accelerated Office Activation really do in Citrix PVS?
Back in July, we told you about the sexy new Accelerated Office Activation checkbox in Citrix Provisioning Services version 1906. This new checkbox seemingly solved those user complaints…
How to set up Bloomberg Keyboard with Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop.
#CitrixSynergy is going on right now so I thought I would post an EXCELLENT how to post from Rajen Das on How to set up Bloomberg Keyboards with…
TS/RDS User Home Directory policy Explained
Here is a nice write up on Setting Home Directories via group policy by Jacques Bensimon. Since I’ve had to deal with this before, I thought I’d review…
How to add a Shortcut for all users in a VDI environment via Group Policy Preferences
Jeff Miller was using VMware View 5 with Wyse p20’s and needed the ability for users to disconnect from their desktop rather than just locking their machine and…
Citrix XenDesktop DDC Installation Error
If you are installing a Citrix XenDesktop Desktop Delivery Controller and receive an error while trying to install, check to verify that you have the ability to install…
XenDesktop Lock Group Policy Issue
David Paoleschi sent over this great tip to be aware of when applying group policies for your XenDesktop environment. When locking the desktop down via GPO – if…