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Category Archives: Virtualisation

App-V Talk Slide Deck

11-Sep-08

The WMUG meeting was well attended tonight and my talk went better than expected considering that most of what I plan to say goes out the window as soon as I stand at the front of the room (I’m still new to this speaking malarkey).
Gordon asked if I could post my slide deck, so you [...]

App-V 4.5 Putting It’s Best Face Forward

30-Jun-08

What’s the best new feature of Microsoft Application Virtualisation 4.5? There’s plenty to pick from, but I’m digging the new Vista style icons:

SoftGrid has suffered from some clunky UI in the past, but thankfully 4.5 had made plenty of changes in the client, sequencer and server console which are most welcome. There are still some icons [...]

Update On Running Adobe CS3 Applications In SoftGrid

09-Jun-08

I have previously detailed some efforts on sequencing some of the Adobe CS3 applications (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign) and some challenges related to the FLEXnet licensing component that comes with each application. It’s only recently that we’ve been able to do some user acceptance testing and we’ve found that the applications have failed.
During initial testing [...]

SoftGrid Applications Keep Coming Back

30-Apr-08

This error seems to popup every now and then and I’m currently seeing this in my own lab environment - SoftGrid application shortcuts are created even though the application has been disabled, deleted or the user account has been removed from the application group.
When a user logs onto the computer, the SoftGrid client contacts the [...]