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Windows 8 beeps – Check your USB devices
Yesterday I installed a new Windows 8 PC in my home-office. Since plugging my USB devices this morning I noticed a beep coming from the built-in speaker; Needless to say the beep became very annoying...
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Error Code: 0x8007232C DNS request not supported by name server
Error Code: 0x8007232C DNS request not supported by name server This error occurs when you try to activate Windows Vista or Windows 7 and you are activating a copy of Windows outside of a KMS server...
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In case you missed – 14 Google search hacks
What Google is doing with searching is really scary. It makes us so dependent on it; it is not even funny! But, I will believe in their motto “Don’t be evil” and share this. I just found a good article...
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Printer Redirection in an ICA session
Printer redirection refers to the ability of workstation and laptops. which have a USB printer attached to, to use these printers inside of an ICA session By default, Printer Redirection is enabled in...
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Windows Media client-side content fetching – Citrix way of relieving...
In a world where Windows Media content is used quite often, users have to constantly access such content in multi-user environments.There are some solutions out there tailored to companies who delivery...
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Configuring XenApp 6.5 with HTML 5
First the basics: "...HTML5 is a markup language used for structuring and presenting content for the World Wide Web and a core technology of the Internet. It is the fifth revision of the HTML standard...
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Some Powershell commands
1..14 | % {write-host -foregroundcolor $_ “beijo”} where 1..14 is the Range Operator – creates a array of numbers specified (in this example: 14) % is the alias for each object To print it out the...
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Some Powershell commands (or cmdlets)- Part 2
NOTES: Posh stands for PowerShell The keywords are preceded by the “-” (dash) sign, followed by a respective string ex: -Logname Application -After 07/10/2014 -Before -07/01/2014 -Source ESENT Using...
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Some Powershell commands (or cmdlets) – Part 3
Note: As you are going to see in some examples here, Posh allows you to use the pipeline operator ” | ” to pass an object. This is essential when creating Posh scripts So, when you “pipe” an object...
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Some Powershell commands (or cmdlets) – Part 4
Takeaways: You can use the pipeline ” | ” to filter information. The Curly brackets”{ }” opens a script block $_ represents the item as it comes across the pipeline “.” is used to find a process...
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Some PowerShell commands or cmdlets – Part 5 – EventLog related
Grouping event logs: Get-EventLog -Logname application -Entrytype error | sort source | group source Grouping event logs in Descending order: Get-EventLog -Logname application -Entrytype error | sort...
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Some PowerShell commands or cmdlets – Part 6 – Formatting Output
Getting the column headings of a list of processes:Get-Process | Select -First 2 The first two entries are listed and all headers are displayed on the top. Using the Pipeline operator to format the...
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Finding out the Audio and Video codecs in Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player has a list of installed Audio and Video codecs. To locate the list of audio and video codecs installed open Windows Media Player and on the top menu select Help-About Windows Media...
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Some PowerShell commands or cmdlets – Part 7 – Sorting Out and Persistent output
Get-Service | select -First 1it will list the headers for the service container (first one line only) Get-Service | Format-Table name, status -AutoSizeThis will list all the services showing only 2...
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Some PowerShell commands or cmdlets – Part 8 – Out-File, Providers and Drives
PoSh Facts: PowerShell is a .NET application, so you won’t be able to do anything that you are not allowed to do So this makes PoSh as limited or as powerful as the account in which you are logged in...
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Some Powershell commands or cmdlets Part 9 – Using Outfile to save a file in...
Using Outfile to write information as a different file format In Posh the ouput is written in Unicode. However there are some files and applications that require output in ASCII format file. To make...
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List of Port Numbers used by the Internet by Iana.org and quick discussion on...
Iana - The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a department of ICANN responsible for coordinating some of the key elements that keep the Internet running smoothly Iana provides a list of UDP...
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What are Citrix Virtual Channels?
Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop is a Client Server solution meaning that in order for users to launch applications and desktops, a client software called Citrix Receiver needs to be installed on the end...
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Testing a connection to a SQL Database using a SQL.udl file
This is a quick tip on how to test a connection to a SQL Database to validate the credentials or to validate if the FQDN or the hostname is correct Open Notepad Click File – Save Under Save as Type...
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Qfarm load for XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6
This is the PowerShell command to find out the load of a Server VDA in a XenApp or XenDesktop 7.6: Get-BrokerMachine –SessionSupport MultiSession –Property ‘DnsName’,’LoadIndex’,’SessionCount’ The...
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