Category Archives: Deployment

App-V FAQ: How is App-V licensed?

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Aaron Parker

Microsoft App-V is available in two flavours: for desktops (this includes laptops and virtual desktops – essentially anything that will run Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7) and for Remote Desktop Services (RDS). Microsoft App-V for Desktops If you … Continue reading →

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Event ID 11708 logged when installing Application Error Reporting

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Aaron Parker

When installing Microsoft Application Error Reporting, for example as a part of deploying the App-V Client, you may see an event with ID 11708 logged in the Application log. The error logged will be something along the lines of this: … Continue reading →

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Customising Office 2010 before deployment

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Aaron Parker

The Office 2010 planning, deployment and configuration documentation is far better than what was available for Office 2007 at launch, however it’s worth updating my Office 2007 deployment notes for the changes in Office 2007. Here’s a walkthrough of the … Continue reading →

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Setting App-V client permissions during install

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Aaron Parker

TechNet has all the information you should need for automating the installation of the App-V client, including using SETUP.EXE or Windows Installer (my preferred method). Most of the client properties you’ll need during install are documented and others are available … Continue reading →

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Deploy and update Adobe Reader with GFI LANguard

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Aaron Parker

This post has been sitting in my drafts since June 2009 and for whatever reason I haven’t gotten around to posting it. So rather than delete it, I’m posting it as is – apologies in advance for quality of this … Continue reading →

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