Microsoft Rollup printing core components in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft has released an update rollup for the printing core components that are included in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2.

Check the article at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647753 Issues that the update rollup resolves

This update rollup resolves the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:

Picture Manager may
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Windows 7 IOPS for VDI – Deep Dive

Last friday I was at the first DUCUG (Dutch Citrix User Group) event in Amsterdam, which was a great, well organized and interesting day. Jim Moyle had a great and presentation about Windows 7 and IOPS. A surprising outcome which makes you start thinking about designing environments (especially VDI).

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Windows 7 IPv6 in Enterprise Environments

A very clear article form Helge Klein, about Windows 7 IPv6 in Enterprise environments. Enable or disable, that’s the question!

Sharing 32 and 64-bit User Profiles

Microsoft Windows operates on multiple processor architectures, most notably x86 and x64. User data and configuration settings are stored in a user profile. This user profile includes COM registration, file and registry virtualization information, application settings, and well-known folder locations which may differ from 32-bt and 64-bit versions of Windows. The differences can create
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Roaming profile users experience slow logons on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 client computers

Microsoft has just released a new hotfix to address an issue with slow logon performance when you use AppData folder redirection.

Consider the following scenario in a network environment:

You configure users to use roaming profiles to log on to a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. You
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Poor Session Performance with Windows 7 Clients connecting to Windows Server 2003 based XenApp

This cool article from Citrix Support shows an issue regarding Poor Session-Performance with Windows 7 Client connects to Windows Server 2003 Terminalserver. The introduction of Windows 7 clients is the only environment change noted since the beginning of the issue.

Client Operating System Windows 7 and Windows XP SP2, XenApp 5 HRP06 Farm on
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Pre-populating an App-V virtual application in the Windows 7 Taskbar

Windows 7 Taskbar support has been available since Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1), however there are limits to its integration. In quick summary, the short answer is yes for manual pinning and no for automatic pre-population (via Publishing/DC refresh).

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Windows 7 Registry Optimizations for Virtual Desktops

This article contains registry changes which are recommended for all deployment scenarios and would almost always be desirable in a Windows 7 hosted VM-based VDI desktop implementation «Continue Reading»

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD.  Once this is done, you can install Windows 7 directly from the USB flash drive or DVD. «Continue Reading»