As part of a XenApp implementation I was asked to implemented two-factor authentication for the Citrix Access Gateway 5.0 VPX with SafeWord 2008. I had configured different authentications with the Access Gateway before, but had not yet faced the combination…
Missing the Java Control Panel on Windows Server 2008 x64
Here’s a quick note on an old mystery I faced after the installation of Java Runtime Engine 6 Update 5 on a Windows Server 2008 x64 machine. It was part of a scripted installation I was preparing for a Citrix…
Solved: 200% Load on XenApp 5 for Windows 2008
I’ve been wrestling all weekend with the setup of a new training lab environment for my Citrix XenApp 5 certification studying. To quickly built my Citrix servers, I disabled the Windows firewall and run the developed scripts to auto install…
Unattended installation of a Domain Controller
So far I’ve written about the Homelab hardware I’ve purchased and some basic configurations for my Storage and XenServers. And with the post on Sysprepping a Windows 2008 Server, I’m ready to build my Windows 2008 Test environment. With a…
Sysprep Windows Server 2008
With Windows Server 2008 the newSID tool can no longer be used in combination with imaged deployment of servers. A deployment method that becomes even more important in Server Virtualization and Provisioned Infrastructures. Microsoft has improved the sysprep tooling by…