Speed up the launch of the XenDesktop Delivery Services Console (DSC)

Posted on September 2nd, 2010

Sometimes the Delivery Services Console takes a long time to launch. This is due to a .NET delay in the authenticode signature component as described in Microsoft Article Q936707.

The following config file can be added to speed up the lauch of the Delivery Services Console.

• mmc.exe.config

Ensure the contents of the file contain the following:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<configuration>
<runtime>
<generatePublisherEvidence enabled=”false” />
</runtime>
</configuration>

Copy this file to the following locations:

• 32-bit server – c:\windows\system32
• 64-bit server – c:\windows\sysWOW64

Tags: .NET, AMC, authenticode, delivery services console, dsc, launch, mmc, slow, xendesktop
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Citrix ICA client build version numbers

Posted on May 18th, 2009

The Citrix Access Management Console gives the ability to show the client build number version for connected sessions and this is useful to see if you have any old clients out there. The version number displayed, however, is not how we would want to see it. It only displays the final build version and not the full client version. This is a list that I have derived from seeing these sessions and collating them:

• 7.0.17534.0
• 7.100.20497.0
• 8.0.24737
• 8.100.29670.0
• 9.0.32649.0
• 9.100.36280.0
• 9.150.39151.0
• 9.200.44376.0
• 9.230.50211
• 10.00.52110
• 10.100.55836
• 10.150.58643
• 10.200.2650
• 11.000.5357

If anyone has anymore to add to the list, please submit a comment.

UPDATE:

hmmm.. only a day after posting this, Citrix have provided an Article with the same information – CTX112613. Were they watching!.. Here is the pasted table from their doc:

Tags: AMC, build, build version, Citrix, Client, client build number, ica, ica client, report, version, XenApp
Filed under Citrix Clients / Recievers | 5 Comments »