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App-V: What should I do before I start Sequencing an application?

Posted by Ivan
/ May 25, 2011 / Leave a comment

Sequencing application is a creation process where you create packages that can be delivered to the end user. The App-V sequencer monitors the installation process for an application and records all necessary files , services and registry settings needed for that application to run in a virtual environment. With Application Virtualization you can’t virtualize all your applications so make sure before you start you know what the applications will do....
App-V: How to hide the Q: drive in Windows Explorer?

Posted by Ivan
/ May 24, 2011 / 3 Comments

Microsoft App-V client is very important part of the Microsoft’s Virtual Application solution. The App-V client integrates itself into the infrastructure by publishing the applications to users. The App-V client creates a local cache file called sftfs.fsd (Windows 7 = C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Application Virtualization Client\SoftGrid Client) where application packages are stored. During the sequencing process a special drive is required where destination files of the installation are stored. By default this drive...
Windows Live Writer 2011: Why should I care?

Posted by Ivan
/ May 23, 2011 / Leave a comment

Today I reinstalled Windows Live Writer 2011. The installation took longer then expected. After the installation I started Windows Live Writer from the Windows Live menu. The interface has been updated since I used the application one or two years ago. It has the Office ribbon which I like. The issue I had while editing the blog over the WordPress admin pages is working better with Windows Live Writer. The...
Windows 7: How to initialize/reset Offline Files database?

Posted by Ivan
/ March 22, 2011 / 21 Comments

Problem Statement In the last year I have seen many strange problems when Offline Files and Redirected folders have been enabled on Windows 7. Many times the Group Policy Folder Redirection failed due to the folders were set to offline or automatic caching from the shares. To start with a clean user profile you can delete everything but still the Offline Files cache database is not reset. The offline files...
Software Deployment: PDFCreator from pdfforge.org

Posted by Ivan
/ March 21, 2011 / 2 Comments

Solution Definition PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly every application. To distrbute this PDF Creator I used the following script recipe. Before I started I used the SAVEINF command line parameter to record my setup options. Requirements Download http://www.pdfforge.org/download Script PDFCreator-1_2_0_setup.inf – the setup file provides most defaults but most important setting is Toolbar is set to 0. Otherwise the pdfforge Toolbar will be installed....
Software Deployment: how to deploy Adobe Flash Player?

Posted by Ivan
/ March 21, 2011 / Leave a comment

The following recipe helped me to create a enterprise deployment script to distribute Adobe Flash Player. I will be using this script as task sequence with SCCM server. Basically you could use these command lines to run from any software deployment solution. The deployment will target Windows 7 Enterprise clients. Requirements Download the latest MSI version from Adobe’s website http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html Ensure you applied for the Adobe Flash Player Distribution License...
PowerShell: clear windows eventviewer logs

Posted by Ivan
/ March 16, 2011 / Leave a comment

Solution Definition How to clear Windows Eventlogs from Powershell? That question I had solved with my previous post but now I have ported the script into Powershell. During my Windows 7 development of a WIM image I wanted to clear the logs after the image was restored. I am using several PowerShell scripts and adding this command line helped me to have a clean start of logs. Requirements Make sure...
Windows 7 recipe: clear windows eventviewer logs

Posted by Ivan
/ March 14, 2011 / 6 Comments

Solution Definition The following Windows 7 recipe will help you while imaging (with imagex.exe into a WIM file) the client operating system for deployment. The script can be run from PowerShell or CMD file. I have integrated the following script just after Sysprep.exe has run to make sure all events in the Windows EventViewer have been cleared. Last year during the engineering process of Windows 7 image I forgot the...
MacOS: How to import PST file with Outlook for Mac?

Posted by Ivan
/ February 18, 2011 / 6 Comments

Outlook 2011 for Mac and the import feature Most of the time I am using my Apple iMac sitting in the living room at home. I switched for year and a half to Mac OSX; now and than I need to work with my windows machines because I am missing some features. Couple months ago Microsoft released Office 2011 for Mac. I couldn’t wait to download this new version. On...
Networknet.nl Blogging 2010

Posted by Ivan
/ January 9, 2011 / Leave a comment

One week after we closed 2010, it’s time for me to reflect on the past year of Networknet.nl blogging. It has been a busy year for me and I’ve had many personal and business initiatives. As much as I wanted to publish my ideas, solutions or problems that I solve I could not find the time and energy to do that. I prefer publishing quality content rather than copy and...