MDX ShareFile 4.4 on Android cannot access the file browser.
Another quick hit little bug for you. Despite enabling Gallery access on the MDX App settings, for some reason on Android access to the upload from device page was being blocked when “document Exchange...
View ArticleWhile using the ShareFile mobile applications, NTFS last modified date is...
Here’s a weird little bug I caught in the wild while deploying XenMobile Enterprise. While browsing NTFS shares, published as connectors in the ShareFile Mobile clients, or the ShareFile desktop...
View ArticleUnSticking an AppDisk provisioning task in XenDesktop 7.x preview
Here’s a wee little bug I’ve no idea how i created, but managed to clear it out anyway. After creating an AppDisk, it got a little stuck. I tried deleting the task and AppDisk but the disk just seemed...
View ArticleCannot Log into XenMobile 10.3 Appliance after initial deployment.
<FYI, this was resolved in version 10.3.5> Here’s a horrendous bug I just came across in the field today while deploying a XenMobile 10.3 Proof of Concept with a customer. Post the initial...
View ArticleThreadLocker 2.1 is available.
Shortly after it’s initial launch and great reception! I’m proud to announce the general availability of ThreadLocker 2.1. This is a minor update but does include some new key features and...
View ArticleCitrix Receiver for Mac and British keyboard tomfoolery.
Tomfoolery? indeed! Here is a problem that drove me nuts on a daily basis and I’m delighted to report the great Simon Frost and Dustin Norman of Citrix heard my cries of frustration and kindly resolved...
View ArticleThreadLocker 2.0 is live!
Back in 2012 I wrote a utility called “ThreadLocker” for dealing with CPU heavy processes or multi threaded processes that have a nasty tendency to cause sluggish performance or even hangs in shared...
View ArticleNew Free Tool: Citrix Director Notification Service
Citrix Director for XenApp and XenDesktop can be a great utility for information about your Application / Desktop virtualisation environment. In Director you can find a wealth of information about the...
View ArticleAccurately checking the Citrix PVS “cache in Ram, Overflow to disk” RAM cache...
Citrix Provisioning services “Cache in RAM, overflow to disk”, even with it’s challenges is something I’ve always felt was a great idea, hell, I foresaw it’s implementation back in 2012! Not...
View ArticleUpdate to Caffeine for Receiver
Just a quick note to say I’ve finally updated Caffeine for Receiver to support receiver 4.2. I had neglected to update this tool for a while, until I actually needed it and the remote screen saver...
View ArticleThinIO facts and figures, Part 2: The Bootstorm chestnut.
Welcome back! This blog post is part of a number of posts in advance of our upcoming release, for reference you can find part one below: ThinIO facts and figures, Part 1: VDI and Ram caching. Getting...
View ArticleThinIO Public Beta is go!
Lets get right to it! Warm up your labs or fire up your golden images ladies and gents, we’re delighted to announce ThinIO’s brief public beta will begin today! This project has taught us some really...
View ArticleMonitoring Storage disk queue’s and IO with PowerShell
Here’s one that used to bother me alot. The problem usually went as follows: “Your XenApp servers have very high disk queue’s and IO” “What’s causing it?” “dunno…” With Server 2008, the task manager’s...
View ArticleOn IOPS, shared storage and a fresh idea. (Part 3) tying it all together in...
Note: This is part three, have a read of part one and two. Hello there, and thank you for dropping back for part 3… I suppose I should start with the disappointing news that I have yet to test this...
View ArticleCitrix Personal vDisk Image Inventory, a potential solution to the golden...
While at Citrix Synergy in Barcelona this week, I attended the Citrix Personal vDisk deep dive session. The session was interesting and informative but there was a mention of the inventory and scanning...
View ArticleCitrix Storefront 2.5 and Single Sign on:
With the release of XenDesktop / XenApp 7.5, Citrix Storefront has brought back a very sought after feature, Single sign on for local credentials to the storefront site! Citrix Storefront SSO can be...
View ArticleHDXWatcher and PCOIPWatcher – Realtime, easy virtual desktop traffic reporting.
When checking the bandwidth requirement of multimedia sites, checking how much additional bandwidth video conferencing is going to require or even troubleshooting WAN capacity issues, it’s extremely...
View ArticleCitrix reverse seamless application deep dive presentation:
I recently delivered a presention to the Dutch Citrix User Group and E2EVC on the new technology release by Citrix called ‘Local App Access’. In this post you will find the presentation deck and two...
View ArticleXenDesktop Iconizer, a new tool for XenDesktop icons.
Recently I read a post from XD Tipster on how to convert Png files into icons and use them for XenDesktop and Storefront… A very interesting piece, but a bit convoluted and long winded for my liking. I...
View ArticleAnnouncing the ThinKiosk v4 Release
Thinkiosk Version 4.0 is the culmination of 9 months hard work, rebuilding ThinKiosk in a new development style to include the enterprise features many of you requested, adding a management server,...
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