Archive for December, 2008

Run application before ThinApp application start

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

In some cases you want an application to start another application before it starts. Such as applications with a client executable and a server executable or applications which uses other applications to communicate with. One thing you have to know before is if the application is inside or outside the virtual environment.
ThinApp scripting allows you [...]

AdminStudio 9.0 training at Ictivity Training

Friday, December 12th, 2008

  Although mostly of application packaging in the common future is about application virtualization, MSI packaging and deployment is still something what is needed in a fully managed IT environment. Especially those things which cannot be virtualized are obvious for MSI packaging. Some examples are low-level-driver applications such as, vpn-clients, pdf-printers and electronic banking driver [...]

Passed for Certified Repackaging Engineer

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Today I successfully completed the "Repackaging And Application Migration Using AdminStudio" Exam. This exam exist of a theoretical and a practice part. I passed the practice part with a score of 99% and the theoretical part with a score of 96% which will give me exemption for the "Certified Repackaing Specialist" Exam. For now I [...]

Hide RES PowerFuse application description window for all users

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

As a standard user you can turn off the application description window by open the PowerPanel and go to the Options tab. There you can find the option "Hide description window"

If you want to hide the application description window for all users you have to edit PWRUSER.INI under Configuration Management –> PowerLaunch –> Directory [...]

Installing fonts with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Task Sequence

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

While using MDT it is possible to automatically install a new font trough a custom task sequence. The best method is to start a visual basic script in the run command.
For Exaple: wscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\InstallFonts.vbs"
Obvisiously there is nothing particularly difficult about installing a new font. Suppose you have a font file named C:\Scripts\MyFont.ttf. [...]

Adding drivers into WinPE boot image (WIM-file) for use with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

WinPE is the preinstallation environment which will mostly be used to load an OS onto a new system. This article will explain how to inject LAN drivers into WinPE, allowing you to deploy OS installations to a larger variety of hardware.
Follow the instructions below. You will need to have the Microsoft WAIK (Windows Automated Installation [...]

VMware View available (includes VMware VDI)

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Deliver rich, personalized virtual desktops to any device with all the benefits of centralized management. The VMware View portfolio of products lets IT run virtual desktops in the datacenter while giving end users a single view of all their applications and data in a familiar, personalized environment on any device at any location. Get greater [...]