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February 11, 2020 James Rankin

2020 CTP and CTA announcements – the power of I.T. community

Today is CTP and CTA announcement day – but what makes I.T. community so special? I’ve been pretty active in

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? I’ve spoken and written many

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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. The Teams full-fat installer has

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. What is the 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. The Start Menu in Windows

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? When you are working with

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 to be a Systems Administrator,

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 🙂 Now I’ve talked a lot

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. FSLogix (now owned by Microsoft)

June 19, 2019 James Rankin

The history of the Windows user profile in EUC environments (1994-2019)

I’ve been told I bang on about Windows profiles a lot. Let’s fulfill that prophecy! Last week James Kindon, a

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The ultimate guide to Windows logon time optimizations – part #2

QuickPost – how to stop FSLogix Profile Containers bloating when running Microsoft Teams

The ultimate guide to Windows logon time optimizations – part #1

QuickPost – adding Windows File Explorer functions to the right-click menu

uberAgent explored, part #4 – is it the product for you?

Using multiple Citrix Workspace App / Receiver versions from the same image

QuickPost – Using vPrefer instead of Keywords with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

UserLock – managing and securing Active Directory logons