Citrix Support Tools

I just realized that Citrix has listed all its support tools under a page. Admins can easily download all those tools and utilized them in their environments.

You can download those tools from here.

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Microsoft has removed a feature from Microsoft Office 2010 which quite oftenly being used by end users - that is Microsoft Office Document Imaging ( MODI ). Therefore, as a workaround, MODI can be installed in 2 ways - MDI to TIFF Converter or Installing MODI from SharePoint Designer 2007. For this purpose, we will focussing on getting MODI installed from SharePoint Designer 2007.

Description :
Installing Microsoft Office Document Imaging ( MODI ) from SharePoint Designer 2007.



How To Do :

1.  Download SharePoint Designer 2007 from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=21581
   
   
   
2.  Run the installer
   
   
   
   
3.  Extracting file
   
   
   
   
4.  Accept the agreement, and click Continue
   
   
   
   
5.   Click at Customize
   
   
   
   
6.  Put everything as Not Available, at first.
   
   
   
   
7. Now expand Office Tool, and Choose "Run All From My Computer" for Microsoft Office Document Imaging
   
   
   
   
    
8.  So this is how it looks like...
   
   
   
   
9.  Key in Desired location...
   
   
   
   
10.  As well as User Information
    
    
    
    
11. Once all done, click at Install Now
    
    
    
    
12.  Installation in progress.
    
    
    
    
13.  Click Close once installation completed
    
    
    
    
14.  MODI is now installed.
    

Reference :

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982760
• http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=21581

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How To Totally Remove GPO

Assuming you mistakenly created a GPO and want to delete it before your boss hammerring your head (huh?).. Okay, too much drama, so let's change it. You want to housekeep your GPO (again?), and there are some GPOs need to be deleted. You right click at it, press Delete, and this message box prompted. 

Do you want to delete this link? 

This will not delete the GPO itself.

So, are you doing it right? The answer is no. Deleting it from the OU structure will not totally remove the GPO, it only unlink the OG from the GPO.

Description :
Put Citrix servers out of Citrix load (some sort of private mode / maintenance mode).



How To Do :

1.  Within Group Policy Management Console, Go to Group Polcy Objects node. Right clik at the target GPO, and choose Delete
   
   
   
   
   

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How To Enable / Disable Time Zone Redirection

There will be situation where Business wants users' Citrix sessions to reflect server time zone, especially when the datacenter location and users' locations are at different time zones. These steps are also applicable to provide local time zone to Citrix / TS users.

Description :
To provide server / local time zone to users' Citrix sessions.


How To Do :

1.  Launch Citrix AppCenter, and go to Policies node.
   
   
   
   
2. From there, click at Users tab.
   
   
   
   
3.  Depending whether to create a new policy or edit current one, choose the option accordingly. In this case, we create a new one.
   
   
   
   
4.  Configure policy name
   
   
   
   
5.  Browse to All Settings > ICA > Time Zone Control
   
   
   
   
6.   Add Use local time of client policy
   
   
   
   
7.  Choose desired option, whether to use server time or local time, then press OK
   
   
   
   
8.  Press Next to proceed
   
   
   
   
9.  Configure filtering accordingly.
   
   
   
   
10.  Enable and create the Citrix policy.
    
    
    
    
11. Go to Group Policy Management Console, and create a new policy or edit current policy. In this case, we edit current policy.
    
    
    
    
12.  Browse to User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Destop Session Host > Device and Resource Redirection
    
    
    
    
13.  Right click at Allow time zone redirection, and press Edit
    
    
    
    
14.  Choose to enable or disable time zone redirection accordingly. Press Apply and OK.
    
    
    
    
15.  This is the outcomes. 
    
    
    
    

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Failed to Delete / Move Organizational Unit in Active Directory

I think I rarely touch about Active Directory, so let's start with a basic one. Let say, one day you want to housekeep your OU structure, delete or maybe move some OUs to different locations, but you got an error :

You do not have sufficient privilages to delete <OUName>, or this onject is protected from accidental deletion.

or

Windows cannot move object <OUName> because:

Access is denied.

Well, if we look at the first error, it is clear cut, the object is protected from accidental deletion, so the object needs to stay there. Whereas for second error, it just mentioned "access is denied". 

Issues :

• Can't delete or move OU, either one of above errors prompted.

Troubleshooting 

1.  Right click at the target OU, and click at Properties
   

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How To Hide Windows Local Disk Drives From Users

In some organizations, Management may want to hide certain server local drives from being accessed by Citrix users. There are a few methods to do so, but in this post, we will be using GPP. 

Note that this step will only HIDE but not prevent users from acecssing to it. The configured drive will only be hide from WIndows Explorer. Thus, users still can access to the drive via Command prompt, Run command etc.

Description :
Hide certain drives from being accessed by users.



How To Do :

1.  Launch Group Policy Management Console. Depending on how your AD is structured, right click at the OU, and choose " Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it here... "
   
   
   
2.  Give it a name, and press OK.
   
   
   
3.  Then you can see the GPO created.
   
   
   
4.  Right click at the GPO, and choose Edit.
   
   
   
5.   Expand to User Configuration > Preference > Windows Settings, click at Drive Maps
   
   
   
6.  Right click at Drive Maps, hover to New and click at Mapped Drive
   
   
   
7.  In here, follow below instructions:
   Action : Update
   Drive Letter : Existing, and choose desired drive (in this example, it is D: drive
   
   Press Apply and OK.
   
   
   
   
   

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Review : Citrix XenApp 7.x Performance Essentials by Packt Publishing

Oh my my~ It has been awhile since my last updates! I will kick start this blog again by providing my review to a Citrix technical book, with the title of Citrix XenApp 7.x Performance Essentials by Packt Publishing.

 

To me, the title said it all. It explains the essential items for XenApp 7.x in term of performance. The instructions (followed by a few screenshots) given help readers to understand in the topic, and assist them if they want to dirt their hands with labs or training. 

Note that there are huge differences between XA 6.5 and XA 7.x, and this book do the job well in explaining the 7.x technology, without making the readers to confuse with XA 6.5.

A good read, moreover reference to Citrix Administrators, as well as the beginners. 

You may check the book here.

Well, this book does help me on my CCP : Virtualization preparation. But hey, that is not the focus here :)

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