When migrating from XenApp 6.5 to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7.X we noticed that Citrix display names didn’t reflect what was entered in the Display Name vs how Citrix…
Virtual Machines Registering with the Wrong XenApp/XenDesktop Site
Using the same image for multiple XenDesktop/XenApp sites. Occasionally I have seen virtual machines attempt to register with the wrong site when doing a multi-site implementations and usually this is…
Citrix Machine Catalog Update failed Virtual Machine Snapshot Not Found
Updating Citrix XenApp 7.6 Machine Catalog using MCS failed with Error VirtualMachineSnapShotNotFound. Recently I ran into an issue when attempting to update Citrix XenApp 7.6 virtual machines that are created,…
Access Denied XenApp 6.5 Windows 2008R2
Access is Denied XenApp 6.5 Windows 2008R2 when launching XenApp Published Apps. This error has been posted several times already by other people, but I wasn’t able to quickly find…
Configuring MCS with Citrix XenAPP
Configuring, Updating and Deploying Citrix XenApp Servers with Machine Creation Services (MCS) MCS with Citrix XenApp works prefect for environments that need an easy way to manage and update their…
Update Citrix XenApp Virtual Machines Using MCS
Open Citrix Studio. Click on the Machine Catalogs Node. On the right side pane, click on Update Machines. Select the Delivery Group. Click Next to continue. Choose the Master…
Installing Print Drivers on your XenApp Servers
Installing specific print drivers on your XenApp servers might be required when printer redirection fails or you aren’t able to configure specific printer settings or functions. Here’s how to install…
Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 and Synapse VM Hosted App
XenDesktop VM Hosted Applications One of the last applications we had left to migrate off of our legacy XenApp 5 farms was Synapse. This is one of those really fun…
XenApp Print Service Event ID 372
Correcting Event ID 372 and Print Job Failures Users were unable to print when using a XenApp 6 Published applications. Looking at the event logs I noticed a lot of…
Zones Missing after XenDesktop 7.6 Upgrade to XenDesktop 7.7
I just completed a couple XenDesktop 7.7 Site upgrades and had experienced some mixed results with Zones showing up in Citrix Studio. Upgrading XenDesktop 7.5 to XenDesktop 7.7 went smooth…
You do not have sufficient permissions Citrix Studio
Cant Login to Citrix XenDesktop 7 Studio- Opening up Citrix Studio users got the following error message when opening Citrix Studio “You do not have sufficient permissions to administer this…
System Center Endpoint Protection With XenDesktop
Using System Center Endpoint Protection Anti-Virus with XenDesktop and PVS. In most environments you want your workstations and servers to be running current AV definitions so the challenge with using…
Screen Saver Does Not Start in XenDesktop
To correct the issue with screen savers and power-save options in XenDesktop and XenApp 7 add this registry key to your virtual machines or master image. Hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Key path…
Microsoft Outlook 2010 Randomly Crashes When Trying to Print or View Emails on XenDesktop 7.6
Outlook has been randomly crashing for some of our users after we applied our monthly Microsoft patches with RTFHTML.DLL and ACTIVEDS.DLL error messages below when they are performing standard tasks…
Allow Additional Time for Applications or Desktops to Start.
XenApp Applications or XenDesktop failing to start- First you should figure out why the application is taking so long to start. There really shouldn’t be any reason why your users…
Installing Director WMI Provider on XenApp 6.5
When Installing DirectorWMIProvider_x64.msi on a XenApp 6.5 server, I was getting a error “Service ‘Director Windows Management Instrumentation Provider’ (DirectorWMIProviderHost.exe) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to…