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The excrutiating detail of the Citrix logon process: A huge wall chart

Written on Apr 26 2006
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32,579 views, 34 comments

by Brian Madden

Kevin Goodman and I spent some time together last month and put together this huge, poster-sized, very detailed chart that details the entire Citrix logon process. It was for a session that we gave at BriForum a few weeks ago. And of course, now that we're done, we're releasing it for free!

Click on this image to download the medium resolution JPG version

You can get this thing right now be clicking the links at the top of the article. The 150dpi version should be good enough for you to view on your screen. The 300dpi version is good enough to print out.

In case you don't have a spare poster printer at your disposal, we made this poster available via our Cafe Press store. You can order it online for $20 and you'll receive it in a few days. (It's about 2 feet x 3 feet in size!)

So print this out and stick it on your cubie wall. That way when your clueless boss comes by and tells you that logons are slow, you can just say (pointing to the wall), "Sure! Just let me know which part and I'll get right on that!"

I'm sure that we'll find errors in this, and there are some parts that we want to flesh out, but overall this is pretty solid.


Citrix Logon Chart - 300dpi.jpg
Citrix Logon Chart - 150dpi.jpg

Comments

Guest wrote Wall chart
on 04-27-2006 2:43 AM
Awesome!
Michel Roth wrote Respect! RRRRespect!
on 04-27-2006 5:47 AM
Hey Brian,

Like I said to you and Kevin and BriForum. The chart is absolutely of the chart!
It's gotten endless effort written all over it. I think you guys did an absolutely great job.

Regards,
Michel
www.thincomputing.net
Guest wrote Love the chart!
on 04-27-2006 8:26 AM
Good stuff ! Love your work!
Keep it coming!
 
Regards
 
Melvin Porter
CCI (Excom Education - Melbourne, Australia)
Guest wrote Great stuff
on 04-27-2006 10:29 AM
Man... now THAT is detailed.
Mark Landin wrote Scary. Thanks!!
on 04-27-2006 11:10 AM
This chart has "obsessive-compulsive" written all over it.
 
Just kidding! Fantastic job.
Guest wrote Just one lack : GPO processing
on 04-27-2006 11:43 AM
Very good job.
 
Eric Doucet - France
Guest wrote This thing is so cool!
on 04-27-2006 12:24 PM
Awesome.
Brian Madden wrote A few slight updates
on 04-27-2006 2:09 PM
Okay, as of about 2:08PM (19:00GMT) today, I have made a few changes and posted a new version, so go ahead and grab it again. I've also updated the one at Cafe Press.

Brian
Guest wrote Double Click?
on 04-27-2006 3:40 PM
The first box says "Users Double Click"...  I don't know about the rest of you, but when a user double clicks to launch an application....two applications launch.  Web Interface is a "Single Click" to launch applications.  I use the HideApp mod for WI to prevent double clicking.

J.
Guest wrote Wall Chart
on 04-27-2006 5:37 PM
Brian, amazing work... inspiring actually..
 
A fan - UK based
Brian Madden wrote RE: Double Click?
on 04-27-2006 11:44 PM
Hey.. I did say that the "user" double-clicks, right? 

Actually, there's that setting in the ICA file that sets a timer that ensures plenty of time passes before the client makes a new request, so double-clicking shouldn't lead to two sessions. However, your point is right on, and I'm adding that to my list for the next version of this chart.

Thanks,
Brian
Bernd Trampe wrote WoW
on 04-28-2006 2:07 AM
I've been waiting a long time, but you have done it now! Great Job!
Guest wrote missing
on 04-28-2006 7:07 AM
Great
Guest wrote Excellent Chart
on 04-28-2006 9:13 AM
Excellent Work
"Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 running on the 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003, connecting from a bit Windows ICA client"
Assuming this should be "32-bit" instead of "bit"
Greg Guhin wrote Hanging on the cubicle wall
on 04-28-2006 1:45 PM
It is now a permanent fixture of my cube.  Thanks to the guys at RTOsoftware and to Brian.
Chris Meehan wrote best way to print out on paper
on 04-28-2006 3:08 PM
First i'd like to say that this is great!!! 
 
Secondly what is the best way to print it out on paper??
 
 
Guest wrote PDF version?
on 05-04-2006 12:19 AM
Guys,

this chart is absolutely awesome. Could you please post a PDF version of it? I like to print it quite large in the best possible quality ...

Thanks!!!
Guest wrote Great
on 05-15-2006 11:58 AM
It hangs in front of me at the wall
 
Really awesome! Great job!
 
Udo
Guest wrote RE: PDF version?
on 05-16-2006 12:17 AM
Regarding the PDF version, the 300dpi JPG is better quality than the PDF. The PDF had all sorts of problems with so many layers, and the shading didn't look right, and it was slow and huge.
 
The 300dpi JPEG is what we printed for the posters at BriForum, and it looks great.
 
Brian
Guest wrote Break it up for normal printer
on 06-01-2006 9:30 AM
Anyone know how to break it up so i can print this out on 6 pages and hang it up?
Nick Clarkson wrote RE: Double Click?
on 06-29-2006 5:20 AM
ORIGINAL: Brian Madden

Hey.. I did say that the "user" double-clicks, right? http://www.brianmadden.com/forum/image/s2.gif

Actually, there's that setting in the ICA file that sets a timer that ensures plenty of time passes before the client makes a new request, so double-clicking shouldn't lead to two sessions. However, your point is right on, and I'm adding that to my list for the next version of this chart.

Thanks,
Brian


Hi. Quick question - which setting in which ICA file sets this timer? I've looked at SucConnTimeout, but that made no difference to our problem with users double clicking the WI icons. I added it into the WI default.ica in the section.

Thanks,

Nick
Guest wrote RE: Break it up for normal printer
on 07-14-2006 5:31 PM
ORIGINAL: Guest

Anyone know how to break it up so i can print this out on 6 pages and hang it up?

 
Open the 300dpi jpeg with MS Paint and set margins to the smallest your printer will handle.  Now do a print preview; the printout should take 10 or 15 pages.  This will let you trim up the edges and tape them together (just did it, looks good). 
 
Ben L
Guest wrote ugh and how to view/print?-)
on 08-01-2006 3:50 AM
Ugh, even the 150 dpi creates a 171 MB print-job and the result is practically "un-readable", as far as my experience goes. Mspaint loads the .jpg and then just dissappears to nowhere. Photo-Editor say, it's too many bytes. Trying to print from MSIE (5.5...) on a A3 printer procduces empty pages. Ugh. Isn't there a way to make a less fancy version of this, say black and white with emphasis on words rather than appearance ?-)