Since RES PowerFuse 2010 SR1 a new option has been introduced within the RES PowerFuse / Workspace Manager Console: Disable Active Setup.

Still a lot of questions arise around this subject. Let me try to explain a bit more and give a nice example from a current customer case.

The purpose of this blog?
Disable Active Setup is more and more used as a logon-speed-up feature. Fact is that Active Setup takes some valuable time from the user at logon. These days more Local Profiles are being used, customers hate to see the Active setup at each logon. It is so easy to enable this feature, but think about the possible consequences.

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This post describes some random performance tips, triggered by some issues reported at RES Software Support. When you are busy in maintaining everything for your users, you might ‘forget’ to plan some maintenance within your RES Workspace Manager Console. After changes within your IT infrastructure you probably have to make some cleanup actions within your RES WSM environment. This blog is based on RES Workspace Manager 2011. Create a RES Datastore backup and Building Blocks to have a proper fallback scenario. The next steps can positively influence your RES WSM environment. These are sorted like the order within the RES Console. 1.  Context 1.1  Clean up Directory Services (Context – Directory Services) Check for Directory Services or Microsoft ... READ MORE>>

The latest versions of both App-V and System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) can work together to deliver virtual applications to the user. Some minor changes needed to be made to RES PowerFuse to support the executable (VApplauncher.exe) used by this new method. This blog describes the way to configure RES PowerFuse to handle App-V applications distributed by SCCM.  Create a Software Distribution Package In the SCCM console, create a new software distribution package by going to Site Database > Computer Management > Software Distribution > Packages. Right-click on Packages and choose New > Virtual Application Package   Browse for the App-V XML file belonging to the application you’re adding. Click [Next >]. Add information as ... READ MORE>>

Shell Folder handling in a RES PowerFuse session
Introduction
The way in which users’s Desktop, Start menu and Quick Launch folders are handled has been redesigned in RES PowerFuse 2008 SR5.

Users’ Desktop, Start menu and Quick Launch folders require careful handling by RES PowerFuse in sessions using the Windows shell. RES PowerFuse must take into account that these folders can contain items that were created prior to the RES PowerFuse session, and which should not be made visible in the RES PowerFuse session.

Before SR5, RES PowerFuse copied such items to special folders when the session started, and when the session logged off this action was reversed. However, this method had some drawbacks.

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Someone showed me this neat little trick a while ago (can't remember who though. Sorry.) and I needed it today. I wanted to walk through the registry of a specific terminal server user. So I logged onto that terminal server too (using my own credentials) and opened up regedit... And then it hit me (again). I need to know the SID of the user to open his part of the registry.


To prevent having to get a SID ever again I implemented the earlier mentioned trick. I launched the RES PowerFuse console, went to Powerlaunch; User Registry and added a new String Value directly under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. I named the String "Username" and entered "%username%" ... READ MORE>>