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The Windows 10 Start Menu is like the gift that keeps giving. Every corner is odd behaviour or barely documented fun which can lead to a high level of "WTF" moments. The latest one for me is all around the creation of custom folders within the Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 Start Menu, a... Continue Reading →
The Windows 10 Modern Start Menu has introduced a range of challenges and frustrations for end users and admins alike, particularly within environments that operated for long periods with a typical Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 redirected Start Menu, a technique which no longer lends itself well to the new modern Start Menu.... Continue Reading →
I recently had the unenviable task of moving a few XenServer based Virtual machines across to Hyper-V. Not the simplest of all tasks and disturbingly complex compared to the simplicity of moving VM's in and out of vSphere. The tools are limited, and whilst there are some freebie options around to help, it’s the process... Continue Reading →
One of the limitations of WEM based environmental settings is that they are all or nothing from an assignment perspective, meaning that when you enable them, outside of excluding administrators, everyone is going to be hit by that setting. This isn't always ideal for environments that want selective assignments of these particular settings. The settings... Continue Reading →
Every action that WEM handles, and most settings that are applied in the user context are stored within the users registry hive within the following locations: For basic Actions, Tasks, Environment and USV style settings: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\VirtuAll Solutions\VirtuAll User Environment Manager\Agent\Tasks Exec Cache And for user based printing management settings: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\VirtuAll Solutions\VirtuAll User Environment Manager\Agent\User Printers... Continue Reading →
It has been a considerable amount of time that the inability to nicely manage the Immersive Control Panel or "Settings" App provided in place of the traditional Control Panel in Server 2016 has frustrated Citrix and RDS admins. Finally as of the September Cumulative Update for Server 2016, we can selectively lock this down in... Continue Reading →
We live in an era of change at a pace completely unparalleled throughout our time on this planet. Everything we see and do is now viewed as a starting point rather than a final product or solution. Our children will grow up with capabilities that we haven't yet imagined, and we will continue to evolve... Continue Reading →
Microsoft and Citrix have both made significant investment in the "Modern Workplace" or "Workspace" over the last 18 months, and the landscape for operating in this new fashion has been consistently maturing for a while now. I look at how I operate since starting my current role over a year ago, I am a full... Continue Reading →
One of the many benefits of WEM, and arguably the most important one, is the crazily reduced logon times you can gain by transferring actions and environmental setup tasks that would traditionally be handled by Group Policy Preferences or logon scripts. I wont go into detail about this here, as by now we mostly know... Continue Reading →
