Disable the Windows Key

Disable the Windows Keyyou can disable windows key on keyboard.For this navigate the following key.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]Name: Scancode MapType: REG_BINARY (Binary Value)Value: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 5B E0 00 00 5C E0 00 00 00 00To enable just delete the name and val...

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Clear Internet Browser Cache

I often have to clear internet browser cache as I work on websites and cannot see the updates I have made until I clear the cache.If you are needing to clear Internet browser cache you must be experiencing some of the annoying problems that it can cause. Browser cache can make you think you are in a time warp or maybe even going crazy. You might experience a sense of deja vu when browsing the internet as you might be...

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Configure Offline Access in Citrix

Administrators can configure applications that are published to stream to desktops for offline access. This feature allows users to disconnect from the company network and continue to run their applications in offline mode for a specified length of time. No additional configuration is needed while profiling the application to create application profiles or targets that can be accessed offline.After you configure the offline application policy settings and configure a streamed application for offline access, the next time the user device...

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If you loose the connectivity to the Data Store and if you are loosing PS 3.0 OR later

* Users can connect to the farm without no issues (no grace period or any time limitation)* Do not restart the servers (as it will try to contact DS and try to refresh the LHC)* Do not reset the local host cache (it will not rebuild since DS is down)* 96 hours grace period only applied to PS & Metaframe versions before PS 3.0.* There is no way to seize PS/XenApp servers try contacting DS upon a reboot,* Unless you use Management Console/Delivery console to manage your citrix farm it wont contact DS,* LHC is there to perform the required functionality....

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Points to remember in Citrix

Below points are very useful while attending interviews in citrix. Most of us know these statements, but just to gather all the key points at a single place, I have started this post. I will keep it updated everytime. If the data collector fails, existing and incoming sessions connected to other servers in the farm are not affected. The data collector election process begins automatically and a new data collector is elected almost instantaneously. The data collector election process is not dependent on the data store.   If...

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Which Applications can't be virtualized in Citrix

While most applications can be successfully virtualized for use with SoftGrid, some applications may have certain characteristics that would prevent them from being completely virtualized using the current version of Microsoft SoftGrid.  This includes: 1. Applications that install and rely on a system-level driver, i.e. an application that installs a print driver or a USB device driver. Some applications may allow for the drivers to be installed independent of the other components of the application. As a work around for this...

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Working with Citrix Policies

To control user access or session environments, configure a Citrix policy. Citrix policies are the most efficient method of controlling connection, security, and bandwidth settings. You can create policies for specific groups of users, devices, or connection types. Each policy can contain multiple settings. For example, you can configure settings to:Configure farm settings such as Virtual IP, Health Monitoring and Recovery, and multimedia accelerationControl sound quality for client devicesAllow users to access the Documents folder on their...

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Local Host Cache in Citrix

A subset of data store information, the local host cache, exists on each server in the farm, providing each member server with quick access to data store information. The local host cache also provides redundancy of the data store information, if for example, a server in the farm loses connectivity to the data store.When a change is made to the farm’s data store, a notification to update the local host cache is sent to all the servers in the farm. However, it is possible that some servers will miss an update because of network problems. Member...

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Safely Remove USB Drives Automatically

All the computer users are nowadays been got quite used to unplug a USB flash drive only after selecting the “Safely Remove USB Drives” option in the System Tray in the Taskbar. Anyone doesn’t wants to skip this step thinking that their USB Drive will get defected. What’s the reason for this? According to me, it’s only need is to check whether any action such as copying data from or to the drive is going on when it is to be removed as any interruption...

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Script to find all the disconnected sessions in citrix servers

I know the effort in logging into all the citrix servers for disconnected sessions and logging them off everyday. So I have designed a batch script which would run the qfarm command in all the servers mentioned in the text file and output the result to a text file. Here goes my script: @echo offTitle Developped by Chaitanyakumar Gcd \cd %userprofile%\Desktop\Serversdel /q *cd \cd %userprofile%\Desktop\Appsfor /f %%i in (hostnames.txt) do psexec.exe \\%%i -u Domain\username -p UR_PWD cmd /c "qfarm %%i /disc" >> .\Servers\%%i_Applications.txtpauseIn...

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What is hiberfil.sys and How Do I Delete It?

You’re no doubt reading this article because there’s a gigantic hiberfil.sys file sitting in the root of your drive, and you want to get rid of it to free up some space… but you can’t!Luckily, you actually can delete it, and today we’ll show you how. The more memory you have in your PC, the bigger the file will be. So What is hiberfil.sys Anyway?Windows has two power management modes that you can choose from: one is Sleep Mode, which keeps the...

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Defrag Multiple Hard Drives At Once In Windows

The Disk Defragment utility in Windows XP does not include a way to defragment all hard drives at the same time, which is inconvienient when you have more than one hard drive in your computer.The method we are going to use is by creating a batch file to defragment all of the drives, one after the other. The disk defrag utility in Windows XP can be triggered from the command line with the following syntax:Windows Disk DefragmenterCopyright (c) 2001 Microsoft Corp. and Executive Software International, Inc.Usage:defrag <volume> [-a] [-f]...

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Auto Deletion of Temporary Folder

You can set the computer to delete automatically your files in temporary folder. To do that click Run from start menu and type gpedit.msc and click OK. And select Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Terminal Services/Temporary Folder.Then right click "Do Not Delete Temp Folder Upon Exit" Go to properties and select disa...

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Allow Remote Control To Your Desktop On Ubuntu

Enabling remote desktop mode is extremely easy on Ubuntu since Dapper. You can allow other users to access your desktop using the VNC Viewer utility that is bundled with Ubuntu, or offered as a free download for Windows.Note that enabling remote control of your desktop is never a safe thing to do unless you have a firewall installed and configured correctly, and even then is still a potential security problem. Now that you’ve been warned of...

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