Daniel Ruiz

XenDesktop

XenDesktop Windows 7 Optimization and GPO’s Settings

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February 26, 2013

As organizations start to migrate to Windows 7, it is expected many will leverage desktop virtualization to simplify and streamline the migration and ongoing maintenance process. Delivering a Windows 7 system as a virtual desktop requires proper planning and configuration to provide the users with an optimized and functional desktop…
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XenApp

XenApp 6.5 – Seamless applications always on top

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February 12, 2013

I noticed that intermittently seamless XenApp 6.5 published applications would stay on top of other windows even when they were not active. In my case I been utilizing the Citrix Receiver Enterprise 13.1.0.89 to take advantage of the Pre-Launch feature. Was able to replicate the issue with all Receiver versions…
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XenApp

Provisioned XenApp servers halt when the license server is unavailable

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February 7, 2013

Ever hear Citrix Engineers say, “If our Citrix License Server goes down, we still have 30 days to recover it?” Well that is somewhat true. However if you are running Citrix Provisioning and are not careful, Provisioned XenApp servers stop accepting connections if they are rebooted and the License Server…
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XenApp

Unable to Logoff XenApp 6.5 ICA session

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February 5, 2013

While growing our XenApp 6.5 environment I noticed certain users were not be able to log off and would receive the message “Waiting for System Event Notification Service”. Immediately when this occurred, other users would start seeing similar issues from the same XenApp server. Environment: Windows 2008 R2 XenApp 6.5 UPM 4.1 vSphere…
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Windows 2008 R2 BSOD error STOP: 0x0000006B

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January 30, 2013

None of us like it when Windows servers fail and give you a nice BSOD, specially when the issue happens after they are patched. I cannot state in strong enough terms to make sure YOU as an Admin of your environment controls/creates the process and procedures of patching. Patching folks…
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