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Yearly Archives: 2008
I wrote this HTTP to HTTPS redirection script for a customer so that they were able to leave TCP port 80 open through their firewall to make the transition over to using the Citrix Secure Gateway (CSG) solution a little less confusing for their users. There were a couple fo goals I wanted to achieve [...]
Something I found after installing Citrix Secure Gateway (CSG) 3.1 on a server running Web Interface (WI) 5.0.1. It removed permissions from the “%ProgramFiles%\Citrix\Web Interface\5.0.1\Clients” folder and instructed it to inherrit from its parent.Therefore, only the Administrators local group had full control.This was causing problems for client updates and downloads via the CSG server.
VBScript best practices
06-Dec-08
If you can’t tell by now, I love scripting and coding There is nothing you can’t achieve, and no problem that cannot be resolved. But there is an art to doing it right. I start by drawing up an N-S (Nassi-Shneiderman) diagram or flow chart, and then writing it up in pseudocode, which allows [...]
Updated 8th December 2008…Today I was finalising the application deployment for a new XenApp farm. One of the final scripts to create was to place 9 shortcuts on the Desktop of the All Users profile. That’s quite a simple task, and for the most part some would probably just end up copying a bunch of previously [...]
How can I detect if a Windows 2003/2008 server is configured for Remote Administration or running the Terminal Server role/service?
This is what I call the “bees knees” of scripts for deploying VMware Tools. It will detect if it’s being installed on a Terminal/Citrix Server, and remove the appropriate components that may impede performance, etc.
The methodology I use for deploying and managing Citrix XenApp solutions has proven very successful over the years.To maintain a homogeneous environment conducive to stability, utilisation of a well-defined and automated server build process is a best practice. Automated server builds can save countless hours when deploying new servers, rebuilding a problematic one, or [...]
Office 2003 ADMX Files
11-Nov-08
Alan Cuthbertson over at SysPro Software used his ADM Template Editor to convert the Microsoft Office 2003 ADM’s to the new ADMX format.Alan posted some interesting notes…
ThinApp Editor
11-Nov-08
The guys over at Virtual Software have just released a neat little tool called ThinApp Editor. “ThinApp Editor is an easy to use editing tool for VMware’s ThinApp capture files.”Very nice!
What the customer really needed
30-Oct-08
Following on from my previous article titled “How to pick a good Consultant/Integrator to Partner with?“, I believe that this project cartoon describes the challenges of communicating and executing customer requirements, and is very relevant to what I see a lot of in the IT & T industry.