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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

[THIN] MSTerminalServices.org - Writing Terminal Service Based Scripts (Part 14)

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Title: Writing Terminal Service Based Scripts (Part 14)
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.MSTerminalServices.org/articles/Writing-Terminal-Service-Based-Scripts-Part14.html
Summary: How to add additional terminal service functionality to our existing script framework.

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[THIN] Windows Vista/2008 Service Pack 2 Preview Program

Gaa I just finished SP1 rollout.

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/12/02/announcing-the-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008-service-pack-2-customer-preview-program-cpp.aspx

Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

[THIN] Don't forget to sign up for Tomorrow's Online Citrix Delivery Center and Geek Speak Event!

Coming Dec. 4th Turbocharge your data center on Citrix Delivery Center Live Online

Sign up now for the December 4th Geek Speak Live - TurboCharge your data center on Citrix Delivery Center Live Online at:

http://web.citrix.com/citrixdeliverycenterlive/

Sessions will include:

Introducing Xenserver 5
Virtualizing XenApp with XenServer
Introducing Netscaler 9
Cut Datacenter Cost by 60% with Netscaler
Selecting the best Virtualization Infrastructure for XenDesktop
Storage best practices for VDI
Turbocharging Secure Access

AND Geek Speak Virtual!

The Xenapp 5 launch event done this way was fabulous and this is an activity definitely worth taking the time and checking out. Vendors are available at virtual booths to discuss your questions. Sessions from the first event are recorded and available.
It is probably the best online virtual event I ever attended.

Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

[THIN] Re: Dual ZDCs?

I'd forgotten the qfarm identifies the ZM as well. I ran that and it confirmed just 1 ZM is in affect. So then here is where I guess I am confused. You stated,

By the way, it is not a requirement to run the Access Management Console or Presentation Server Console (AKA CMC) from the Data Collector. Any farm server will do, and if your zone is working correctly, the information returned will be consistent no matter which server you connect to.

and when I read that ports 2512 and 2513 are used for server to server and server to MC respectively, I took that to mean that all MCs from all servers in a given farm provide results for all servers in the farm. In our case, it is only the dedicated primary and backup ZMs that have this bird's eye view for Servers. The MCs from any other server DO provide Pub App and Policies data for example but NOT Servers. So you can't see what users are logged on, try to shadow or directly connect to any other server than the one you are logged on to.

Regards,

Stephanie

Jeremy Saunders <Jeremy.Saunders@datacom.com.au> wrote:

Hi Stephanie,

What you are seeing is correct, it obviously just hasn't been explained to you correctly. The Engineer should have whiteboarded this for you.

Each zone can only have ONE Data Collector at any one time. You have a "Primary", which will always be the server set to "Most Preferred", and you have a Backup, which is set to "Preferred". The backup will take over when the Primary fails, is taken off-line, etc. I personally always set the remainder of farm member servers to "Not Preferred" to ensure they never take part in any zone elections. Others will leave them set to "Default", just in case.

If you go to the command line on any server, type "qfarm". This will list all servers in the farm. The ones with the D after their IP Address will be the active Data Collectors for those zones. So in your case you will see two.

By the way, it is not a requirement to run the Access Management Console or Presentation Server Console (AKA CMC) from the Data Collector. Any farm server will do, and if your zone is working correctly, the information returned will be consistent no matter which server you connect to.

I hope that explains it.

Cheers,

Jeremy.

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Stephanie Atkinson
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:58 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Dual ZDCs?

How is it that a Zone can have 2 operating Data Collectors? Of everything I have read, each zone can only have one so maybe I misunderstand what is going on. The Citrix Engineer who setup this environment advised we have data collection on 2 servers because 1 is set to Most Preferred and the other Preferred. All other servers are left to default. We have 2 dedicated servers for each zone intended to be data collectors and by all accounts that is how they are working. All the information from every server in the zone is available from both servers in the CMC; all other servers only provide their local information.

Can anyone clarify or explain this?

Thanks,

Stephanie Atkinson

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

[THIN] Re: Dual ZDCs?

Hi Stephanie,

What you are seeing is correct, it obviously just hasn’t been explained to you correctly. The Engineer should have whiteboarded this for you.

Each zone can only have ONE Data Collector at any one time. You have a “Primary”, which will always be the server set to “Most Preferred”, and you have a Backup, which is set to “Preferred”. The backup will take over when the Primary fails, is taken off-line, etc. I personally always set the remainder of farm member servers to “Not Preferred” to ensure they never take part in any zone elections. Others will leave them set to “Default”, just in case.

If you go to the command line on any server, type “qfarm”. This will list all servers in the farm. The ones with the D after their IP Address will be the active Data Collectors for those zones. So in your case you will see two.

By the way, it is not a requirement to run the Access Management Console or Presentation Server Console (AKA CMC) from the Data Collector. Any farm server will do, and if your zone is working correctly, the information returned will be consistent no matter which server you connect to.

I hope that explains it.

Cheers,

Jeremy.

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Stephanie Atkinson
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:58 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Dual ZDCs?

How is it that a Zone can have 2 operating Data Collectors? Of everything I have read, each zone can only have one so maybe I misunderstand what is going on. The Citrix Engineer who setup this environment advised we have data collection on 2 servers because 1 is set to Most Preferred and the other Preferred. All other servers are left to default. We have 2 dedicated servers for each zone intended to be data collectors and by all accounts that is how they are working. All the information from every server in the zone is available from both servers in the CMC; all other servers only provide their local information.

Can anyone clarify or explain this?

Thanks,

Stephanie Atkinson

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[THIN] Dual ZDCs?

Can anyone clarify or explain this?

Thanks,

Stephanie Atkinson

[THIN] Re: TS Licensing and Vista

Have you seen this?

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverTS/thread/9db33ab6-829f-44ad-8620-66a39c0fcb2c/

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:27 PM, <GTaylor@rcrh.org> wrote:

Before I get on the phone with MS Tech Support can someone answer a couple questions for me.

We have 2000 Sp4 terminal server for an application called OB Tracevue. It has it's own license server that has 20 CALS (2000) installed. 2000-SP4 machine get a license from it as well as XP machines, but Vista won't. What CALS do I need to install on it for Vista clients to work? I have a 2003 license server with plenty of 2003 CALS, would that work for Vista clients?

Thanks a bunch,

George

Regional Health's mission is to provide and support health care excellence in partnership with the communities we serve.

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[THIN] TS Licensing and Vista

Before I get on the phone with MS Tech Support can someone answer a couple questions for me.

We have 2000 Sp4 terminal server for an application called OB Tracevue. It has it's own license server that has 20 CALS (2000) installed. 2000-SP4 machine get a license from it as well as XP machines, but Vista won't. What CALS do I need to install on it for Vista clients to work? I have a 2003 license server with plenty of 2003 CALS, would that work for Vista clients?

Thanks a bunch,

George

Regional Health's mission is to provide and support health care excellence in partnership with the communities we serve.

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[THIN] Re: Using %username% in registry files

Why not just use a simple script like this??? No need to overcomplicate the requirement, and the way I’ve done it does not hardcode the path to the dictionary folder in the user’s profile.

@echo off

SetLocal

Set KEY=HKCU\Software\Telelogic

REG ADD "%KEY%" /V "DICTIONARY" /D "%UserProfile%\dictionary"

EndLocal

Cheers,

Jeremy.

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:29 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Using %username% in registry files

Thanks to all that replied.

This worked well.

I didn't try the Expandable String value.

The %%username%% did not work.

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:41 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Using %username% in registry files

Worst case you can generate the reg file from script:

@echo off
echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > tmp.reg
echo [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telelogic] >> tmp.reg
echo "DICTIONARY"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\%username%\\dictionary" >> tmp.reg
regedit /s tmp.reg
echo y |del tmp.reg

Kevin

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:17 AM, StGeorge <wcsconnect@gmail.com> wrote:

Hector,

Try %%username%%

Regards

Rob

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55 <hector.minero@navy.mil> wrote:

Hi all, is there a way to use the %username% variable in reg files? Something like:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telelogic]
"DICTIONARY"="C:\Documents and Settings\\%username%\dictionary"

After running it, the "%username%" is entered in their registry. What's the correct syntax?

Thanks,

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

--
Kevin G. Stewart

[THIN] Re: Using %username% in registry files

Wonderful! Conceptually, I like scripts that write other scripts. :)

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:41 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Using %username% in registry files

Worst case you can generate the reg file from script:

@echo off
echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > tmp.reg
echo [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telelogic] >> tmp.reg
echo "DICTIONARY"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\%username%\\dictionary" >> tmp.reg
regedit /s tmp.reg
echo y |del tmp.reg

Kevin

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:17 AM, StGeorge <wcsconnect@gmail.com> wrote:

Hector,

Try %%username%%

Regards

Rob

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55 <hector.minero@navy.mil> wrote:

Hi all, is there a way to use the %username% variable in reg files? Something like:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telelogic]
"DICTIONARY"="C:\Documents and Settings\\%username%\dictionary"

After running it, the "%username%" is entered in their registry. What's the correct syntax?

Thanks,

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

--
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[THIN] Re: Using %username% in registry files

Thanks to all that replied.

This worked well.

I didn't try the Expandable String value.

The %%username%% did not work.

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:41 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Using %username% in registry files

Worst case you can generate the reg file from script:

@echo off
echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > tmp.reg
echo [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telelogic] >> tmp.reg
echo "DICTIONARY"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\%username%\\dictionary" >> tmp.reg
regedit /s tmp.reg
echo y |del tmp.reg

Kevin

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:17 AM, StGeorge <wcsconnect@gmail.com> wrote:

Hector,

Try %%username%%

Regards

Rob

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55 <hector.minero@navy.mil> wrote:

Hi all, is there a way to use the %username% variable in reg files? Something like:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telelogic]
"DICTIONARY"="C:\Documents and Settings\\%username%\dictionary"

After running it, the "%username%" is entered in their registry. What's the correct syntax?

Thanks,

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

--
Kevin G. Stewart

[THIN] Re: Using %username% in registry files

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:17 AM, StGeorge <wcsconnect@gmail.com> wrote:

Hector,

Try %%username%%

Regards

Rob

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55 <hector.minero@navy.mil> wrote:

Hi all, is there a way to use the %username% variable in reg files? Something like:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telelogic]
"DICTIONARY"="C:\Documents and Settings\\%username%\dictionary"

After running it, the "%username%" is entered in their registry. What's the correct syntax?

Thanks,

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

--
Kevin G. Stewart

[THIN] Re: Using %username% in registry files

Hector,

Try %%username%%

Regards

Rob

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55 <hector.minero@navy.mil> wrote:

Hi all, is there a way to use the %username% variable in reg files? Something like:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telelogic]
"DICTIONARY"="C:\Documents and Settings\\%username%\dictionary"

After running it, the "%username%" is entered in their registry. What's the correct syntax?

Thanks,

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

[THIN] Re: Using %username% in registry files

Hector,

Make the new value an “Expandable String Value”.

See KB256986

Steve Raffensberger

Sovereign Bank

1125 Berkshire Boulevard

Wyomissing, PA 19610

email: sraffens@sovereignbank.com

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:09 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Using %username% in registry files

Hi all, is there a way to use the %username% variable in reg files? Something like:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telelogic]
"DICTIONARY"="C:\Documents and Settings\\%username%\dictionary"

After running it, the "%username%" is entered in their registry. What's the correct syntax?

Thanks,

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

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[THIN] Using %username% in registry files

Hi all, is there a way to use the %username% variable in reg files? Something like:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telelogic]
"DICTIONARY"="C:\Documents and Settings\\%username%\dictionary"

After running it, the "%username%" is entered in their registry. What's the correct syntax?

Thanks,

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

[THIN] Linux client for Altiris server ?

Dear List,

Is there some place i can download Linux client for Altiris server.

I need it little urgently. Any points will be appreciated.

Is there any fee attached with Altiris Agent ?

Thanks,

Puneet

Monday, December 1, 2008

[THIN] Re: MS Office 2003 Pro on Windows 2008 Terminal Server

Thanks for the responses. I tried installing Office 2003 Pro from another installation source, and it worked fine. The problem seems to be related to the version that comes with the MS Action Pack.

~ Richard

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Nick Smith
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 12:37 PM
To: 'thin@freelists.org'
Subject: [THIN] Re: MS Office 2003 Pro on Windows 2008 Terminal Server

Ummm,

I wonder if the initial issue is simply that it needs to be open by an Admin and registered?

We have 2003 and 2007 running on a few TSes just fine with no issues that I’ve been made aware of. Though you are right in saying you can’t have *Outlook* 2003 and 2007 running together, which may be what you mean.

Not sure I’d recommend it, as we have had confused users, but technically it works fine.

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms
Sent: 01 December 2008 18:58
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: MS Office 2003 Pro on Windows 2008 Terminal Server

Of course now that I think about it you get the same error message if you have any Office 2007 component installed on the TS also. So make sure that you don't have any of those prior to installing 2003. 2003 and 2007 can not coexist on a TS unless you do Citrix App isolation or something like App-V.
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <jkenzig@gmail.com> wrote:

When you say you followed the correct method did you do it in Change user /install mode and use the MST transform file to install it for Terminal services? You will need to open each application in Change user /install mode at least once and then go back to execute mode prior to publishing the app.
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Richard Waters <richard.waters@utah.edu> wrote:

I am having a problem that I cannot find a solution for, but I imagine that someone else has encountered this. I am helping a client set up a Windows 2008 32-bit Terminal Server. Everything is working fine, except Office 2003 Pro. The installation ran fine using the correct method for isntalling apps on a 2008 Terminal Server. However, when I try to run any Microsoft Office 2003 application as administrator or remote user, I get an error saying "this feature is not available." The software comes from a Microsoft Action Pack, and I do not know if this causes the problem. The same copy of the Office 2003 Pro software installed and runs fine on a Windows 2003 32-bit Terminal Server.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

~ Richard

[THIN] Re: Download Pick: PowerGui - A graphical user interface and script editor for PowerShell.

And, having had an opportunity to play with late beta of Provision/Quest’s Graphic Accelerator, Rick should add that they’ve managed to make RDP pretty much equal ICA in terms of performance as well. Very impressive stuff.

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Rick Mack
Sent: 30 November 2008 04:18
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Download Pick: PowerGui - A graphical user interface and script editor for PowerShell.

Hi Jim,

Thank you.

With our stealth marketing we need all the help we can get.

And if anyone hasn't seen it our free Spotlight on Windows (www.quest.com/spotlight-on-windows), is well worth the registration. And it's fun to point out that it was developed in Australia :-).

Actually, we've got it all, password manager, Foglight which is one of the best enterprise monitoring products around, and of course a really good terminal services/VDI/DDI product.

Wouldn't it be nice if Citrix had integrated VDI/DDI support with a single management console, a real UPD (network printers too, NO more printing problems), user profile management that works, user environment management and application restrictions, and application publishing and shadowing for VDI/DDI.

regards,

Rick

--
Ulrich Mack
Quest Software
Provision Networks Division

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 3:56 AM, Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <jkenzig@gmail.com> wrote:

I said that if you read my email Greg LOL. But something I did not note is that this utility and site is all done by Quest Software (our buddy Rick Mack works there) so it is a cool thing.

Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Greg Reese <gareese@gmail.com> wrote:

it's worth noting that they have some very nice pre-built power packs for Citrix Administration.

http://www.powergui.org/entry.jspa?externalID=2033&categoryID=21

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <jkenzig@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello All,
Here is a great free utility to get you started learning and using Windows Powershell. The utility is called PowerGui and it is an extensible graphical administrative console and IDE for managing systems based on Windows PowerShell.

What is really cool is that PowerGui has built a pretty large following and community and already there are many contributions of what they call PowerPacks that are prebuilt consoles for things like Active Directory, Terminal Services, Hyper-V and yes even Citrix!

So here are a few links to get you started:
You can download PowerGUI from here:
http://powergui.org/downloads

Once you download and install PowerGui you can download and add the community created PowerPacks
There is a Terminal Services PowerPack you can get from here:
http://powergui.org/entry.jspa?externalID=2071&categoryID=296
This PowerPack allows basic administration of Termial Servers (view settings, permissions, enable/disable connections), RDP sessions (message, connect to, disconnect) and RDP connections (launch, edit settings).

There is one for the Citrix Console available at this link:
http://www.powergui.org/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=296&externalID=2033
This is a pretty cool thing, you can logoff specific users, view printer, hotfixes, enable or disable apps and more. It would be excellent start to create a console for your help desk.

And one for Hyper-V here!
http://powergui.org/entry.jspa?externalID=2142&categoryID=290

There is quite a library of Powerpacks in categories such as Active Directory, Exchange, Windows Server, Reporting and more!
You can search through them here:
http://www.powergui.org/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=21

What is really cool is once you load the power packs there is a tab that lets you see what the powershell script is doing in the background.

Enjoy!
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

[THIN] CPS 4.5 using Speedscreen Progessive Display

I am trying to find something that gives some sort of numbers or impact on CPU utilization using Speedscreen Progressive Display. I am assuming there is some impact on the server when using this. My limited testing seems to indicate that there is a increase CPU usage when using this but it is hit and miss as to how much really.

The admin guide mentions that if you use Heavyweight Compression there is on CPU usage but nothing around just Progressive Display.

Regards,
Doug Stratton, Shared Service BC
Service Desk Email: 77000@gov.bc.ca
Service Desk Tel: (250)387-7000

[THIN] Re: MS Office 2003 Pro on Windows 2008 Terminal Server

Ummm,

I wonder if the initial issue is simply that it needs to be open by an Admin and registered?

Not sure I’d recommend it, as we have had confused users, but technically it works fine.

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <jkenzig@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Richard Waters <richard.waters@utah.edu> wrote:

Any ideas?

Thanks.

~ Richard

[THIN] Re: MS Office 2003 Pro on Windows 2008 Terminal Server

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <jkenzig@gmail.com> wrote:

When you say you followed the correct method did you do it in Change user /install mode and use the MST transform file to install it for Terminal services? You will need to open each application in Change user /install mode at least once and then go back to execute mode prior to publishing the app.
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Richard Waters <richard.waters@utah.edu> wrote:

I am having a problem that I cannot find a solution for, but I imagine that someone else has encountered this. I am helping a client set up a Windows 2008 32-bit Terminal Server. Everything is working fine, except Office 2003 Pro. The installation ran fine using the correct method for isntalling apps on a 2008 Terminal Server. However, when I try to run any Microsoft Office 2003 application as administrator or remote user, I get an error saying "this feature is not available." The software comes from a Microsoft Action Pack, and I do not know if this causes the problem. The same copy of the Office 2003 Pro software installed and runs fine on a Windows 2003 32-bit Terminal Server.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

~ Richard

[THIN] Re: MS Office 2003 Pro on Windows 2008 Terminal Server

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Richard Waters <richard.waters@utah.edu> wrote:

I am having a problem that I cannot find a solution for, but I imagine that someone else has encountered this. I am helping a client set up a Windows 2008 32-bit Terminal Server. Everything is working fine, except Office 2003 Pro. The installation ran fine using the correct method for isntalling apps on a 2008 Terminal Server. However, when I try to run any Microsoft Office 2003 application as administrator or remote user, I get an error saying "this feature is not available." The software comes from a Microsoft Action Pack, and I do not know if this causes the problem. The same copy of the Office 2003 Pro software installed and runs fine on a Windows 2003 32-bit Terminal Server.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

~ Richard

[THIN] MS Office 2003 Pro on Windows 2008 Terminal Server

Any ideas?

Thanks.

~ Richard

[THIN] MSTerminalServices.org - Monthly Article Update

MSTerminalServices.org - Monthly Article Update

Hi THIN List,

New articles added to MSTerminalServices.org last month:

Title: Writing Terminal Service Based Scripts (Part 13)
Author: Brien M. Posey
Link: http://www.MSTerminalServices.org/articles/Writing-Terminal-Service-Based-Scripts-Part13.html
Summary: This article continues the series on terminal service scripting by integrating the Query Session command into our existing script.

[THIN] Download Pick: Microsoft Offline Virtual Machine Manager

Microsoft just recently released it's version 2.0 of the Offline VIrtual Machine Manager.
The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.0 helps organizations maintain virtual machines that are stored offline in a Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager library. While stored, virtual machines do not receive operating system updates. The tool provides a way to keep offline virtual machines up-to-date so that bringing a virtual machine online does not introduce vulnerabilities into the organization's IT infrastructure.

The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool combines the Windows Workflow programming model with the Windows PowerShell™ interface to bring groups of virtual machines online just long enough for them to receive updates from either System Center Configuration Manager 2007 or Windows Server Update Services. As soon as the virtual machines are up-to-date, the tool returns them to the offline state in the Virtual Machine Manager library.

Download it from.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8408ECF5-7AFE-47EC-A697-EB433027DF73&displaylang=en
Jim Kenzig
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