October 2007 - Posts
A few months ago I talked about a couple tools including the SoftGrid Migration Tool which helps you “convert” existing automated application setups to SoftGrid Virtualized Applications (aka streams or sequences). It looks like the
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OK, I know this isn't specific to SoftGrid but this is too cool to not post about: ====== Using the power of virtualization, you can now quickly evaluate Microsoft and partner solutions through a series of pre-configured Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs). You
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My buddy Justin has a note on his blog about a doc error in the 4.1 SP1 Release Notes where it says the SoftGrid Terminal Server client does not virtualize fonts in a sequenced application. Well, actually we do now. To read more about this
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A month or so ago I wrote a post on how you might run into error 53256 when sequencing Adobe CS3 . You might also remember that I mentioned that a recent post on another blog talked about resolving the issue by fixing a corrupt file manifest. Well, to
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We published a new Knowledge Base article you might be interested in reading about. We see this from time to time so if you're having trouble with your SoftGrid MMC you'll want to be aware of this one. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=942687 When you
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This is an oldie but a goodie if you're planning on using SoftGrid with Terminal Services (or Citrix). The live webcast has already come and gone but you can still download the webcast and the podcast from http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/webcasteventdetails.aspx?culture=en-us&eventid=1032327814&countrycode=us
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This article is a little stale but it's very well written and a great intro if you're new to SoftGrid or wanting to learn more. The title of the article is Take Your App's Virtual With Microsoft SoftGrid and it covers: Benefits of application virtualization
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Here's a problem I ran into a few days ago that I thought was kind of interesting. In case you ever try to sequence Excel 2007 you might appreciate some of the notes I took and what I did to get it working. ====== Problem: After sequencing Excel 2007
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I noticed some posts on the SoftGrid Forums lately that could be addressed with some useful scripting with the .OSD files for a SoftGrid package. Scripting within .OSD files is a very powerful feature and can be used to solve or create workarounds for
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An interesting conversation came up in the lunch room today that I thought deserved a good blog for clarification. As you may well be aware, one of the “best practices” for Sequencing an application is to have the application install itself during the
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Remember when I said that if you're troubleshooting a virtualized application on Windows Vista you need to be using Process Monitor v1.23 ? Well, another issue was discovered in v1.23 so an update has been made and we're now at v1.24. I won't go into
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