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Help, my package is too big!

If you sequence enough applications in either SoftGrid or MS App-V you'll eventually run into the issue where your sequenced package is too large to be saved. We're limited to a 4GB file size so if you have an application that is large enough...

Published Jan 08 2009 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 16 views, 0 comments

New App-V Knowledge Base articles for 12-7 through 12-20

For the week of 12-7 through 12-20 we had eleven new App-V Knowledge Base articles. Links and titles are below: ======== KB960782 - When upgrading to Vista SP2 from XP, you may get an Application Compatibility Warning for the Microsoft Application...

Published Jan 06 2009 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 22 views, 0 comments

MSI based virtual apps may only create Quick Launch icons for the account used to installed it

With Microsoft App-V 4.5, and with SoftGrid 4.2 along with the MSI utility , we now have the ability to create and distribute standalone virtual apps that require no server or streaming infrastructure whatsoever. While this gives tremendous flexibility...

Published Jan 05 2009 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 31 views, 0 comments

Icons remain after a user with a mandatory profile is disallowed access to an application

One of the great things about SoftGrid/App-V is that it's so easy to shoot out apps to client machines and automatically populate the user's desktop or Start menu with the appropriate icons, but if you're using mandatory profiles this may...

Published Dec 18 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 59 views, 0 comments

Application Virtualization Product Team needs your help!

Hi Everyone, The Application Virtualization team would like to get your input and ask you to help us with our planning process. We’d like your insight to help us improve server application serviceability, reliability, and availability through a consistent...

Published Dec 17 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 66 views, 0 comments

Server Application Virtualization Product Team needs your help!

Hi Everyone, The Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) team would like provide you all with an update on where we are with regards to planning the next generation Application Virtualization software, Sever App-V, and ask you to help us with...

Published Dec 17 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 62 views, 0 comments

The App-V client installation may fail if there's insufficient free space on the drive for the cache

Here's another issue we saw during the App-V 4.5 beta that you might run across when installing the client. The resolution may seem obvious but the error can be confusing because it won't come right out and tell you that you don't have...

Published Dec 16 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 47 views, 0 comments

Virtualizing Adobe Photoshop 7.x with Microsoft App-V 4.5

Here's another solution from Steve Thomas, our friendly neighborhood App-V beta engineer. This time he brings news on how we can now virtualize Adobe Photoshop 7.x using Microsoft App-V 4.5: ======== Issue: When you attempt to run a virtualized...

Published Dec 15 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 77 views, 0 comments

A Streaming Server may fail to restart after being stopped if clients are still connected

Here's another issue we saw a couple times during the App-V 4.5 beta. It's probably something that would be fairly uncommon but in case you're having trouble restarting a Microsoft Application Virtualization Streaming Server after it's...

Published Dec 15 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 50 views, 0 comments

Virtualized Outlook 2007 search feature may not work as designed on Windows Vista clients

Here's another great tip from Steve Thomas, this time concerning the search function in Outlook 2007 when streamed to Windows Vista clients: ======== Issue: When Microsoft Outlook 2007 is sequenced and streamed with Windows Vista, the search function...

Published Dec 11 2008 by The SoftGrid Team Blog , 78 views, 0 comments

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