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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By Bob Janssen, CTO

Major desktop transformation projects are inevitable for most organizations. Windows 7 deployments, application or desktop virtualization rollouts and introducing VDI are all common initiatives for many organizations. But how can desktop administrators make critical decisions about changes to their infrastructure without fully understanding their environment, especially from the user perspective? Enter RES Baseline Desktop Analyzer.   Baseline Desktop Analyzer is a free, online, Microsoft Windows Azure-based service that enables IT to quickly gain visibility of their desktop infrastructure from the user point of view. Assessing real-life user data is nothing new to RES. Workspace Manager already includes Desktop ... READ MORE>>