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If you happen to have problem with WMI, as sometime it can use a lot of ressources and you don't know why, there is a small tip for you.
Did you know you are able to spy on query done in WMI to be able to track down who is the culprit ?
You can use the command:
Wevutil.exe sl Microsoft-Windows-WMI-Activity/Trace /e:true

You type yes after.

After the command you will be able to see more detail about the WMI call behing made in the system.
Don't forget to disable it after the diagnostic!
More information there
Hi everyone
I wanted to share a small tip to manage Storage Sense settings by GPO;

It's by registry setting in GPP, as the GPO's console don't have any template yet to set them.
Get a user configured with the wanted setting and get that registry hive;
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\StorageSense\Parameters\StoragePolicy
Use those settings in a user GPP and you are all set :D
Hi everyone
Today I will share a small tip about Wyse and Dell terminal and Remote Apps
In newer build the line;
SysMode=vdi now work in a different manner for published apps, even if it allow application and or desktop to be opened, it now auto blank the screen around the application, thus rendering the remote app in a blocked stance, where no other remote app is able to be used.

The line must be set back to the classic mode;
SysMode=classic to allow multiple remote apps to be opened at once from the terminals.
Thanks
Hi everyone
Today I will talk a small tip. It's a tip if you need another set of configuration for a RDS|Terminal Server for users connections.
In my case I needed to had a rule for some users to not map their printers, but how can you be selective on a TS server ?
By creating another RDP-Tcp listener !
The GUI don't offer a create or new menu, thus we will have to play in the registry for that tip.
I export HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp

I change the setting, like that;

In my case I change the import path, HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp to HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Distant
At that point we can restart the server, and voila we have two RDP listener ! So I can restrict the needed settings from the one I need :)
Hi everyone
On a Windows Server 2008 R2, if you update an Citrix DDC 7.x with an Citrix StoreFront 2.x enabled on it, you might fall into that error;
09:38:53.9613 : XenDesktopSetup:About to install StoreFront with parameters: -silent -WINDOWS_CLIENT "\\xxxxxxx\XenApp_and_XenDesktop_7_15_1000\Citrix Receiver and Plug-ins\Windows\Receiver\CitrixReceiver.exe" -INSTALLDIR "C:\Program Files\Citrix\Receiver StoreFront"
09:38:53.9613 : XenDesktopSetup:Starting synchronous process '\\xxxxxxx\XenApp_and_XenDesktop_7_15_1000\x64\StoreFront\CitrixStoreFront-x64.exe' with args '-silent -WINDOWS_CLIENT "\\xxxxxxx\XenApp_and_XenDesktop_7_15_1000\Citrix Receiver and Plug-ins\Windows\Receiver\CitrixReceiver.exe" -INSTALLDIR "C:\Program Files\Citrix\Receiver StoreFront"'
09:40:00.2815 : XenDesktopSetup:Process completed with error code 0x00000643
09:40:00.2825 $ERR$ : XenDesktopSetup:InstallComponent: Failed to install component 'StoreFront'. Échec d'installation du composant « CitrixStoreFront-x64.exe » avec l'erreur 0x00000643.
09:40:00.2825 $ERR$ : XenDesktopSetup:Recording installation failure. Échec d'installation du composant « CitrixStoreFront-x64.exe » avec l'erreur 0x00000643.
09:40:00.2825 PROC : XenDesktopSetup:InstallComponent: Exit
09:40:00.2825 : XenDesktopSetup:Install tasks for this session have finished.
09:40:00.2835 : XenDesktopSetup:Installation failed
09:40:00.2845 : XenDesktopSetup:InstallationManager returned FailureAndRebootNeeded
If such symptom happen you can safely remove your StoreFront by Add/Remove Program, and reinstall the update.
The StoreFront 3 seem to have problem to upgrade the 2.x StoreFront installation