ParseCitrixLicense Now Supports XenDesktop Licenses, Too

A few weeks ago I published the tool ParseCitrixLicense which displays the contents of Citrix license files in a human-readable form. The original version 1.0 did not support XenDesktop licenses, for the simple reason that I had none to test my...

News item from Helge Klein on August 03, 2008.

How to Configure Font Smoothing on Presentation Server and XenApp

With the release of the hotfixes KB946633 and PSE450R02W2K3037 ClearType font smoothing is finally available on both the current and the upcoming Citrix flagship products Presentation Server 4.5 and XenApp 5.0. Remains the question of how to...

News item from Helge Klein on July 16, 2008.

Free Tool to Help You Better Understand What is Inside a Citrix License File

Most Citrix products rely heavily on license files. While the basic format of a license file is somewhat documented, most fields used in license files are not. This makes understanding their contents difficult. It does not help that the license...

News item from Helge Klein on June 25, 2008.

The Most Interesting New Feature of Server 2008 Terminal Services / XenApp 5.0? Why, Font Smoothing!

Much has been written about the many new features of Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services. Now, with the upcoming release of Citrix XenApp 5.0 (Project Delaware), Citrix updates its best-selling product and ports it to the new platform. Brian...

News item from Helge Klein on May 14, 2008.

Windows x64 - All the Same Yet Very Different, Part 6

This is the sixth part of a mini-series on Windows x64, focusing on behind the scene changes in the operating system. In the last article I discussed how 32-bit applications are wrapped up in the WoW64 subsystem. Today we will take a deeper look at...

News item from Helge Klein on April 02, 2008.

Windows x64 - All the Same Yet Very Different, Part 5

This is the fifth part of a mini-series on Windows x64, focusing on behind the scene changes in the operating system. In the last article I explained that the 64-bit OS can only load 64-bit drivers. Today we will turn our attention to user-mode...

News item from Helge Klein on March 11, 2008.

Windows x64 - All the Same Yet Very Different, Part 4

This is the fourth part of a mini-series on Windows x64, focusing on behind the scene changes in the operating system. In the last article I wrote about the changes to the x86 processor architecture that make x64 possible. But there is of course...

News item from Helge Klein on February 21, 2008.

Windows x64 - All the Same Yet Very Different, Part 3

This is the third part of a mini-series on Windows x64, focusing on behind the scene changes in the operating system. In the first two articles (here and here) I explained key concepts and limitations of the x86 platform: every 32-bit process can...

News item from Helge Klein on February 07, 2008.

Windows x64 - All the Same Yet Very Different, Part 2

This is the second part of a mini-series on Windows x64, focusing on behind the scene changes in the operating system. In the first article I explained key concepts of the x86 platform, namely that user-mode processes each get 4 GB of virtual...

News item from Helge Klein on January 23, 2008.

Another IT Legend

Some time ago I wrote about a misconception so common that it might pass as an IT legend - the confusion of HKU\.Default with the default user’s registry hive. Recently I came across another interesting misapprehension. As you know, the...

News item from Helge Klein on December 11, 2007.