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January 13, 2020 James Rankin

Citrix Performance Analytics – first look

I’ve been previewing Citrix Performance Analytics – what are my first impressions of this service?

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October 14, 2019 James Rankin

Optimizing the Teams web client (and streaming video) on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Using the Teams web version? Make it perform better by offloading it to the client.
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October 11, 2019 James Rankin

Customizing the WinX menu, and making it user-specific

So here’s (hopefully!) a full, comprehensive guide to tinkering with the right-click Windows WinX menu.

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October 8, 2019 James Rankin

Dynamic Start Menu on Server 2016/2019 and Windows 10

Let’s sort the Start Menu out…and find a nice, secure, simple way of managing it.
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October 3, 2019 James Rankin

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops clipboard redirection

It’s been a long time since I’ve explored Citrix clipboard redirection….how well has it evolved?
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July 25, 2019 James Rankin

Happy Systems Administrator day 2019!

Well let’s have a bit of a light-hearted change for a day, eh? I used
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July 1, 2019 James Rankin

FSLogix official release – version 1907 from Microsoft

It’s the news most of you have been waiting for about the FSLogix release 🙂
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July 1, 2019 James Rankin

QuickPost – using FSLogix to create multiple default profiles and Start Tiles layouts

Let’s have a quick look at some cool tricks we can pull off with FSLogix.
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July 16, 2018 James Rankin

Creating a mandatory profile on Windows 10 1803

Microsoft hate mandatory profiles, but they are useful. Here’s a guide to creation on Win10. Note:- this article refers to

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July 16, 2018 James Rankin

Using FSLogix app masking for per-device licensing on XenApp and RDSH

Per-device licensing sucks on XenApp and RDSH. How can we manage it? Here’s how… 4,302 total views, 15 views today

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July 10, 2018 James Rankin

Creating a custom default profile on Windows 10 1803

Creating a custom default profile is a good way to streamline a Windows 10 deployment. How do you achieve this?

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July 9, 2018 James Rankin

Removing UWP apps on Windows 10 1803 – VIDEO

A quick how-to video covering the removal process of UWP apps on Windows 10 1803. The video covers the essentials

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July 5, 2018 James Rankin

How to remove UWP apps on Windows 10 1803

Windows 10’s Universal Windows Platform apps may possibly be Microsoft’s most unpopular decision – ever. What’s the current thinking on

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