Entries by Ingmar Verheij

Enable VBA/Macro's in Excel 2010

If you want to use VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) or use Macro’s in Excel 2010 you need to access the Developer view. In Excel 2007 this was a checkbox setting in the general options, but this has changed with Excel 2010. In order to enable the Developer tab in the ribbon you should follow […]

SPAM

Dear user (family, friend, etc.) Don’t you just hate all this unsolicited e-mails which fill up your mailbox? Me too, it really annoys me the way they seem to find the way to my mailbox although I’m really careful with spreading my address. What? You’re having the same problems? Ah, well let me explain to […]

Allow desktop session with XenApp 6

If a user tries to login to a desktop (ICA or RDP) the following error is displayed: “The desktop you are tying to open is currently unavailable. Contact your administrator to confirm that the correct settings are in place for you client connection.” Ingmar VerheijWas once an enthusiastic PepperByte employee but is now working at […]

PwrMAPI has stopped working

During a test of a Windows Server 2008 R2, XenApp6, PowerFuse 8 environment we experienced some errors with PwrMAPI. (Please keep in mind that PowerFuse 8 is not supported by RES!) A few seconds after launching Microsoft Outlook the user gets the following error: Ingmar VerheijWas once an enthusiastic PepperByte employee but is now working […]

Métro Paris

Last weekend I was in Paris, the city of love. And Paris has a lot to offer. Besides the cultural highlights like the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dame and Pont Neuef the city has lots of great streets and gardens (like the Jardin Luxemburg). During my stay I used my iPhone daily. Usually a reason […]

Your machine(s) everywhere

Citrix Synergy starts tomorrow in San Francisco. From wednesday 12 may till friday 14 may all updates, new features and other news is presented to the public. One thing that’s excites me most is the upcoming XenClient, a baremetal hypervisor. Combined with a VDI solution like XenDesktop the XenClients enables the customer to take the […]

Client File Security

In the Citrix ICA client, or XenApp Client Online plug-in, the access to your client drives is protected. The first time you access your client drives the client will ask to allow (or disallow) the access. This message looks like this: Ingmar VerheijWas once an enthusiastic PepperByte employee but is now working at Citrix. His […]

Don’t steal Microsoft Office

The video speaks for itself… httpv://www.youtube.com/v/6aYDWf5JKYo Ingmar VerheijWas once an enthusiastic PepperByte employee but is now working at Citrix. His blogs are still valuable to us and we hope to you too.

Empty variables during FOR loops in batch files

Batch files (*.bat / *.cmd) are easy to build and yet powerful scripts . Although time is catching up and batch files are more and more replaced by vbScript and PowerShell, there are occasions you need them. Batch files are especially powerful when you’re using (for) loops and variables. But the combination of those two […]