Archive for the ‘windows’ Category

Turn old PC into Thin Client for Free

Friday, August 7th, 2009

This blog post will tell you how to turn an old PC into a unmanaged thin client, either you want to use VDI with VMware View / Citrix XenDesktop or e.g. login through Citrix Web Interface. Actually Thin Desktop® 2.3.2 was released in June, but they charge $26 pr device. ...

Unattended : Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.1.2 working with AppData

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Adobe recently released the Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.1.2 Update. Finally it fixes the problems people are experiencing with Roaming of Application Data on Terminal Servers. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.1 English / UK and extract the files with this command : C:\AdbeRdr910_en_US_Std.exe -nos_ne All my scripts are based on the ScriptFrameWork developed ...

HDX MediaStream for Flash – User Experience Demo Video

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

I tried to capture a video with today in my lab, but the GoView didn't work through Proxy. As you now Twitter is a powerful tools, and I quickly got 4 responses on Screen Capture software, thanks to timarenz, nboevink, michael_keen & virtualprouk. I tried the uTIPu but this program ...

My new Windows Home Server with Power Pack 1

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

This weekended I installed Windows Home Server (WHS). The project started because I had 2 spare 500GB SATA disks, and 2 USB based external boxes for these where to expensive compared to building a new NAS box based on the Intel Atom Dual Core® Desktop Board D945GCLF2D. The total cost ...

Citrix Dazzle Configuration Pictures

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

The Citrix Dazzle Technical Preview has been released and you can download it here. It's required to install the Citrix Receiver before the Dazzle Tech Preview. This version support Windows XP & Vista on x32, but it also works on Windows 7 with some minor bugs. Note that this version ...

Unattended : .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 Redistributable

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

I will in this blog show you how to install all the .NET Frameworks packages with one script and no need for Internet access later. The .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 also includes .NET 2.0 SP2 & .NET 3.0 SP2. This script only installs the English language pack. Download the .NET Framework ...

Windows 7 RC on the HP Mini 1035

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

I have successfully installed Windows 7 RC on the HP Mini 1035 I received at Citrix Synergy : Downloaded the Windows 7 RC ISO image from Microsoft. Downloaded Pismo File Mount which Aaron Parker has blogged about. Installed Pismo File Mount on my work computer and copyed the source files to my USB ...

Citrix GoView Beta

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Citrix has relased GoView Beta which let's you capture your computer screen for software demos, training etc.

Build Home Server – 1,8TB NAS with Raid 5

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

I have searched the web up and down for information regarding building your own Home NAS Raid 5 System. There is a lot of information out there and I ended up with the Linux base FreeNas. So here is my story. I have chosen the ThermalTake Lanbox Lite which have 1 ...

Internet Explorer 8 on Terminal Server

Friday, April 17th, 2009

After scripting the installation of Internet Explorer 8 I decided to do a quick & dirty test on my W2K3 SP2 machine running on my XenServer 5 Lab. There is no Optimization for Citrix XenApp turned on cause this is my domain controller. So as a "normal" user I opened one ...