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How to Modify Default Share Permissions and Other Tweaks Published by Helge Klein on 07/23/2010 \| 0 Comments \| 377 Views NTFS permissions are stored in the file system, that is well known. But where are share permissions stored? As so often with Windows: in the registry. Network shares are defined by only a handful of relatively simple registry entries stored in the server service's key which is, for historical reasons that go back way beyond OS/2, named "LanmanServer" (the workstation service is similarly named "LanmanWorkstation"). The share definitions can be found here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanServer\Shares read more
Will We Use Cloud-Based Virtual Desktops in 2020? Published by Helge Klein on 07/12/2010 \| 0 Comments \| 341 Views A desktop delivered from the cloud, accessible from everywhere, providing just the right amount of computing power for the task at hand, maintained by the cloud provider and paid for only when used - a dream? Or a commodity in ten years' time? Time will tell, but in the meantime let us find out if such a virtual wonder device is even possible. read more
Registry Tricks Published by Helge Klein on 06/21/2010 \| 0 Comments \| 993 Views Here are some pretty cool ways to work with the Windows registry. Regedit Start multiple instances of Regedit by appending the command-line parameter -m, e.g.: regedit -m. read more
64 Bit: The Final Frontier - Slides From my Presentation at PubForum Published by Helge Klein on 06/10/2010 \| 0 Comments \| 1,219 Views Only a few days ago I attended PubForum in Frankfurt - a weekend well spent! I had an altogether good time and very much enjoyed meeting so many great people. I also presented on the topic of migrating to 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 and XenApp 6, a task not to be taken lightly. For anyone interested, here is the slide deck I used. read more
Should AppData be Redirected or Left in the User Profile? Published by Helge Klein on 05/31/2010 \| 11 Comments \| 1,913 Views Redirecting AppData from the user profile to a folder on the network may significantly improve logon speed. Is enabling AppData redirection a no-brainer, then? Not really, because it often comes at a price: performance. Aaron Parker brought this topic to my attention when he tweeted: "I really wish ppl would stop redirecting AppData. It's bad news". As he added later, he was referring to performance. read more
New OS = New Profile = User State Lost. True or False? Published by Helge Klein on 05/05/2010 \| 4 Comments \| 1,562 Views Going to Windows 7 or Server 2008 (R2) means trouble. Let me use an analogy to explain why. You are in charge of moving people from their old houses to shiny new buildings. You have planned everything perfectly. The new homes are beautiful and located in a great neighborhood. But still, after moving house, people start to complain. They do not feel at home. You forgot to take all those seemingly unimportant things that make a house a home: pictures, plants, all sorts of personal stuff. Impossible, you say? People would never leave their personal belongings behind? read more
Active Setup Explained Published by Helge Klein on 04/22/2010 \| 3 Comments \| 1,638 Views This is a summary of my experience with Active Setup combined with the information I could find on the internet. read more
New Articles, Tools, Tips and Tricks: Office 2010, RDS/XenApp, Windows, Web Published by Helge Klein on 04/20/2010 \| 0 Comments \| 1,876 Views As before this is mainly a condensed and beautified version of my twitter postings. You can get them unfiltered and without delay by following me. read more
Where is the App Store for Windows? Why Microsoft Should Fear Developer Drain. Published by Helge Klein on 04/05/2010 \| 8 Comments \| 1,204 Views Selling little apps for little money is next to impossible - on Windows. It works great on another platform, though: the iPhone. Such an imbalance has consequences: Apple making it easy for developers to actually sell their programs creates a pressure that might well cause a "developer drain" on the Windows platform. It's the Apps, Stupid! read more
Poll: Do Companies Use Local or Roaming Profiles for Desktop PCs? Published by Helge Klein on 03/04/2010 \| 3 Comments \| 2,513 Views 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 it hardly statistically relevant. In the resulting discussion that was a topic, too. The obvious next step, suggested by Kimmo Jernstrom, is to ask more people. So here is the poll. read more


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(07/30/2010) — Inquired about server HW for first time in years. Really like Dell, but why are hard drives so darn expensive? E.g. 1 TB SATA: 430 € / 560 $

(07/30/2010) — Citrix' @jmaldaner published a script that moves XA6 farm policies to GPO: http://bit.ly/a6tFnO. Useful after migration tool has run.

(07/30/2010) — Citrix Q2 earnings: virtualization.info (@govirtual) misquoted $290m XD revenue, which is really XA+XD (http://bit.ly/9oBMvn)

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