Author Archives: Aaron Parker

Mailbag – Deploying multiple editions of Office 2010 with App-V

I’m not sure why I didn’t think of this earlier – I get emails from readers fairly regularly and many of them make great topics for blog posts. So here’s the first in a series of posts where I’ll cover … Continue reading

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Reducing Profile Size with a Profile Clean Up Script – PowerShell Edition

I recently posted a script for removing unnecessary files and pruning files based on their age, which can be used at logoff to keep profile sizes manageable - Reducing Profile Size with a Profile Clean Up Script. Andrew Morgan (@andyjmorgan) has kindly translated … Continue reading

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App-V MVP renewed for 2012

I was quite relieved and grateful to receive the Microsoft MVP award again for 2012: Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2012 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share … Continue reading

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Reducing Profile Size with a Profile Clean Up Script

Windows profiles become larger over time – it’s an inescapable fact. This means that if you are using roaming profiles, logons (and logoff) will be longer and longer. It’s not just individual file sizes, but also the number of files … Continue reading

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Don’t put yourself at risk by virtualizing Adobe Reader X

Adobe released a new security advisory for Reader and Acrobat 9 and X this week to address details of an upcoming fix to these versions for a 0 day vulnerability. Exploits for this vulnerability exist for Reader and Acrobat 9 and are currently … Continue reading

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