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Remove “Safely remove hardware” icon from 2008R2 server on vSphere5

Posted by John Sorensen on March 13th, 2012
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I have 3 identical Windows 2008R2 server VMs hosted on an vSphere5 server for testing a Citrix XenApp 6.5 deployment. After a few weeks I noticed that one server had the “safely remove hardware” notification icon. Anyone could see the possible problems that something like this could have. The other 2 servers did not have this icon which was odd seeing they all came from the same template. After much time spent on google and many forums and trying many things (mostly registry editing)...
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Citrix ChangeUser Mode Batch Script

Posted by John Sorensen on February 8th, 2012
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I wrote this to assist the helpdesk at my work for when they install something or make changes to our Citrix enviroment. We have been using it for a long time and thought I would share, plus its always a good reference of how to use “choice” in bat files. What this does is first check for admin rights and if admin rights are found then queries the current mode. It then offers 4 choices, 1 – Install mode, 2 – Execute mode, 3 – Cancel and Exit, and 4 – Query Current...
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Delete the roaming profile when the roaming user logs off

Posted by John Sorensen on March 23rd, 2010
Here’s how to automatically delete the roaming profile when the roaming user logs off: 1. Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. 3. Right-click the Winlogon key, and select New | DWORD value. 4. Name the value DeleteRoamingCache, and press [Enter] twice to access the Edit DWORD Value dialog box. 5. Type 1 in the Value Data text box, and click OK. 6. Close the Registry Editor.
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Terminal Services License Reporting Tool

Posted by John Sorensen on March 23rd, 2010
The Terminal Services License Reporting tool provided with the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit can be used to analyze the information contained in the license servers database. The file name for this tool is lsreport.exe. It is a command line utility that outputs the information from the license server’s database into a tab-delimited text file. The reporting tool can be used with the following parameters: /F filename Directs output to the written to a file name ‘filename’ (‘filename’...
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Enabling the ability to change file associations (Citrix)

Posted by John Sorensen on March 23rd, 2010
When attempting to change a file association in a Citrix enviroment going through “File Options” in the control panel sometimes you find the radio buttons are greyed. To be able to change this you need to do the following registry hack. If the buttons are still greyed out after changing the registry logoff then back in. Remember that depending what you are doing you may need to place the citrix server in install mode… just beware. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFileAssociate If...
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Citrix Commands to Know

Posted by John Sorensen on June 19th, 2009
Citrix Commands to Know aierun Run isolation environment. Primarily for use in scripting environments. Aiesetup Install or uninstall an application from an isolation environment. altaddr Specify server alternate IP address. app Run application execution shell. apputil Add servers to Configured Servers list for published applications. auditlog Generate server logon/logoff reports. chfarm Change the server farm membership of the server. change user Changes user enviromant to and execute or install...
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Citrix Commands

Posted by John Sorensen on February 9th, 2009
Aclcheck – Security Audit Utility Aclset – Set Default Security ACLs Altaddr – Specify Alternate Server IP Address App – Application Execution Shell Auditlog – Generate Logon/Logoff Reports Change /? – displays all of the different uses for the change command Change Client – changes client mapping settings Change Port -changes com port mappings Change User /install /execute /query /? changes .ini file mappings for installing applications Change Client –...
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Citrix Common Ports

Posted by John Sorensen on February 9th, 2009
Known TCP/IP ports (TCP and/or UDP) that are used by Citrix services. Function Ports ICA (Default) TCP: 1494 IMA TCP: 2512 CMC TCP: 2513 SSL TCP: 443 STA (IIS) TCP: 80 TCP Browsing UDP: 1604 XML (Default) TCP: 80 Citrix License Management Console TCP: 8082 Presentation Server Licensing TCP: 27000 ICA session w/ Session Reliability enabled TCP: 2598 Access Gateway Standard and Advanced Editions TCP: 9001, 9002, 9005 Manager service daemon server TCP: 2897 Network Manager...
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