The Compatibility Gladiator
Application Compatibility Planning, Remediation, Mitigation, Virtualization, and Modernization
App-V: Beyond Trust unable to Trigger SFTTRAY /REFRESHALL under different user context
I recently dealt with an issue where a customer had several machines attempting to perform a...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 09/15/2011
App-V 4.6SP1: Issue with Sequencing the Dynamics NAV 2009 R2 Client
There is an issue that currently being investigated by the App-V support team regarding...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 09/09/2011
Error when you Attempt to Delete a Package using the XenApp Connector for Configuration Manager 2007 R2
The following issue may occur when you are using the XenApp Connector for Configuration Manager...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 09/07/2011
How to Adjust/increase/reduce the RTCP/RTP Port Ranges for use with RTSP
To stream applications via RTSP, the App-V server uses three channels that are carried through three...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/31/2011
Help! My Virtual PC Appears to be Possessed!!!! (a.k.a - the Case of the Auto-Hibernating Virtual PC)
I recently encountered a customer issue where, periodically, for what appears to be no reason at...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/30/2011
App-V: App-V Client Issues Streaming from App-V/IIS Server using XP with IPV6
The App-V Client (running under Windows XP) may fail to stream from App-V Server (or IIS Server)...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/30/2011
How an Enterprise Administrator can Determine MED-V 2.0 FTS Completion and Provide Remediation quickly.
When deploying large amounts of MED-V 2.0 workspaces in the enterprise, Microsoft offers several...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/26/2011
Transitioning Blog to Technet – https://blogs.technet.com/b/gladiatormsft
Effective this week, I will be transitioning this blog over to technet. There will be no more direct...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/23/2011
App-V: Recommended Upgrade Preparations and Rollback procedures when upgrading from App-V Management Server 4.5 RTM or SP1 to SP2.
Before Upgrading to App-V 4.5 SP2 on the management server, it is recommended to first review the...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/23/2011
Yes, Trusteer Rapport does break App-V
You may have encountered problem with slow logons, slow startups, and slow access to applications...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/18/2011
App-V: Don’t use WMI for querying virtual registries.
It is important to understand that the virtual registry is designed for virtualization of an...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/10/2011
App-V: The Case of the Lingering File Type Association
I recently encountered an issue where a customer deployed a virtualized instance of Adobe Reader and...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/09/2011
MED-V v1: Error: “System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object” when trying to browse for users using the “Find” option using the MED-V v1 Server Configuration utility.
When using the MED-V Server Configuration utility (serversettings.exe)) you will get an exception...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/08/2011
The Case of the Three Second Delay (a.k.a What is SFTDDE?)
A while back I encountered an issue that forced me to become introduced to the DDE Launcher used by...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/05/2011
MED-V V2, V1, or XP Mode?
It looks like both MED-V v1 and v2 will be around for the remainder of the Windows XP support...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/05/2011
App-V: Unable to click “Join Meeting” from Virtualized Outlook when Live Meeting 2007 is Installed Locally
If you have virtualized MS Office and have decided to use a local installation of Live Meeting, you...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/04/2011
MED-V v1: How to Configure MED-V Client-Side SSL
For MED-V v1, Client-side TLS/SSL security is an optional configuration which can be set to ensure...
Author: Steve Thomas (MSFT) Date: 08/04/2011