When publishing a desktop, many times administrators have to also control what users see in the start menu. This article will discuss how to create a single start menu that will automatically customize itself for each user. This solution uses Access Based Enumeration, folder redirection group poli...

I've been working with a gentleman on the newsgroups recently and he was having issues with EasyPrint and PDF printing. It seems that EasyPrint will name the PDF "System.Windows.Documents.pdf" no matter what you put the name in as. This bug has been confirmed by Microsoft and there are currently n...

Thanks to migah on the Windows 2008 Terminal Services Technet Forums, there seems to be a very simple solution to allow RemoteApps but to prevent users from accessing the desktops directly. Here it is in his own words:

For years, Linux advocates have been predicting the year of the Linux desktop. Well, I'm definitely not here to say that. I am here to say though that over the next couple of years, as Desktop Virtualization becomes more and more popular, more and more Linux desktops will be rolled out than ever b...

One of the things that comes around is how do I lock down the desktop while allowing a session to start and run. The requirements are pretty simple. No interaction with the desktop except for logging off or shutting down and the session must start automatically. We’ll be looking at this from a Mi...

 This is short and sweet.So the title says it all.  I'm back in the job market after a short stint at Provision.  i won't go into details but in the end it was quite mutual on the parting.  I still believe they have the a damn good product and if it's not the best broker out ther...

As Terminal Services becomes more widely deployed, many people are asking how to secure their environments. The answer to this question can be as simple or as complex as people want. A commonality among many people who ask this question is their unfamiliarity with Group Policy. Group Policy is a ...

There are two things I carry with me almost everywhere: My cell phone and my iPod Touch. My previous phone was a Palm Treo 700w. Outside of it being short on memory, the phone has been very good to me. I had apps to store passwords, track business expenses, tether it as a modem, and all sorts of...

This is an oldie but goodie and still very, very relevant. This article was one I had written a couple of years ago on NTFS permissions in Windows and how to use them pro