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Poll: Do Companies Use Local or Roaming Profiles for Desktop PCs?

Would it shock you if 35% of all enterprises used roaming profiles on their desktop PCs? Well, that was the average I got when I asked via Twitter. But is that number correct? It might or might not be. It is based on the answers of only ten people, making...

Published Mar 04 2010 by Helge Klein , 112 views, 0 comments

.NET Applications on Windows x64 – Easy? Yes and No

When migrating to 64-bit Windows, traditional “unmanaged” applications can pose challenges. That is because unmanaged binaries contain hardware-dependent CPU instructions – and the view on the hardware differs between 32- and 64-bit...

Published Mar 02 2010 by Helge Klein , 103 views, 0 comments

Citrix User Profile Manager 5 Years Ago: Birth

Citrix User Profile Manager is pretty well-known in the SBC space today. Five years ago, things were quite different. Citrix did not have a user profile solution, and neither did sepago. But we had an idea spinning in our heads we soon came to call Smooth...

Published Feb 25 2010 by Helge Klein , 282 views, 0 comments

Which Software Installed That Driver – And When?

Installing a software that includes a driver may leave your system in an inconsistent state. If the install fails, parts may remain on the system. And if the remaining part is a driver, I get nervous – drivers are not the kind of stuff I want to...

Published Feb 17 2010 by Helge Klein , 205 views, 0 comments

New Articles, Tools, Tips and Tricks: Windows (7 and 2008 R2), PowerShell and Citrix

Windows General Good info for troubleshooting DFS-Namespaces in the MS KB: Storage locations, inconsistencies and how to deal with them. Complex passwords and security guidelines for end users? No, thank you, says MS researcher. I agree. Here is a hard...

Published Feb 10 2010 by Helge Klein , 292 views, 0 comments

Are Mandatory User Profiles Deleted at Logoff – or Cached?

A popular misconception about mandatory user profiles is that they are deleted at logoff. I freely admit that I thought so, too, until I made some tests that proved I was wrong. Locally Cached Mandatory Profiles First, if you want to read up on the subject...

Published Jan 23 2010 by Helge Klein , 200 views, 0 comments

Syntax Highlighting PowerShell Code in HTML – With a PowerShell Script

When you are publishing PowerShell code on the web, you soon discover that it looks much nicer with syntax highlighting – as did I. There are several ways to add syntax highlighting to your blog or web site, most of which rely on external (Wordpress...

Published Jan 18 2010 by Helge Klein , 191 views, 0 comments

How to List All Installed Applications From the Command Line

How to easily create a list of all programs and (MSI) packages installed on a system for later processing? That sounds like a simple task, and it is. Interestingly, a quick web search revealed primarily more complex solutions where a script is used to...

Published Jan 14 2010 by Helge Klein , 236 views, 0 comments

PowerShell Script Lists App-V Package Dependencies (Dynamic Suite Composition, DSC)

App-V’s Dynamic Suite Composition is a powerful feature in that it allows multiple “bubbles” to share the same virtual environment. In other words, package A can be made dependent on package B. But if DSC is used extensively, dependencies...

Published Jan 06 2010 by Helge Klein , 201 views, 0 comments

How to Analyze Kernel Performance Bottlenecks (and Find that ATI’s Catalyst Drivers Cause 50% CPU Utilization)

Normally, finding the cause for high CPU utilization is easy – just start Task Manager. But what if the component consuming CPU cycles is a driver that runs in the kernel? In that case, there is no regular process Task Manager could attribute the...

Published Jan 04 2010 by Helge Klein , 328 views, 0 comments

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