Aug 04 2018
During the migration, it was needed to inventory the directory access on several file servers. So we could easily monitor the access rights on several directories on the file servers. Some applications are started from a UNC path. So we could add the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ group and check if that has been done properly.
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Aug 04 2018
Profile path in AD.
The customer I am working for asked me to write a script that removes the profile path from the users’ profile in Active Directory. One of the requirements was to do it on a batch-by-batch basis. Thus not a big bang.
I decided to write a PowerShell script and use a .csv file as the input. The results should be written to a log file.
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Jun 02 2018
While creating an App-V 5.0 package from an Office 365 installation source, you might see this error:
The ‘flattener.log’ gives the following information:
Flattener.exe : ERROR : | 6/2/2018 1:29:18 PM | P:444 | T:1 | Packaging FAILED: The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007139F)
Exception (outer): The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007139F)
ST (outer): at Microsoft.ApplicationVirtualization.Packaging.PackagingEngine.b__14(Exception exception)
at Microsoft.ApplicationVirtualization.Packaging.ExceptionGuard`1.Guard(Action logStart, Action execute, Action logEnd, Action`1 exceptionAction)
The issue is that you are logged on with an account name that has more than 8 characters. There are two possible solutions:
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May 10 2018
If you have to exclude the same entries every time, you can put them in a template. This is the template I use all the time.
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Jan 11 2018
You might have had this earlier: editing an application in SCCM 2012, the SCCM console crashes. And when you want to continue, you get the error: The following objects are not available and wil not be edited.
In this article, I will describe 2 solutions.
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Jan 09 2018
An overview of the AppV 5.x versions and its release date.
| Title | Build version | KB article | Release date |
| App-V 5.1 September 2016 servicing release | 5.1.115.0 | 3168628 | 09/22/16 |
| App-V 5.1 HF05 | 5.1.108.0 | 3172672 | 07/13/16 |
| App-V 5.1 June 2016 servicing release | 5.1.106.0 | 3155806 | 06/20/2016 |
| App-V 5.1 HF03 | 5.1.104.0 | 3144445 | 04/20/2016 |
| App-V 5.1 HF02 | 5.1.101.0 | 3139245 | 01/29/2016 |
| App-V 5.1 HF01 | 5.1.99.0 | 3115834 | 11/23/2015 |
| App-V 5.1 RTM | 5.1.86.0 | About 5.1 | 8/17/2015 |
| App-V 5.0 SP3 HF03 | 5.0.10345.0 | 3172672 | 6/23/16 |
| App-V 5.0 SP3 HF02 | 5.0.10321.0 | 3060458 | 4/22/2015 |
| App-V 5.0 SP3 HF01 | 5.0.10315.0 | 3039022 | 2/10/2015 |
| App-V 5.0 SP3 | 5.0.10107.0 | About SP3 | 10/30/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP2 HF05 | 5.0.3404.0 | 2963211 | 05/22/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP2 HF04 | 5.0.3400.0 | 2956985 | 04/24/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP2 HF02 | 5.0.3384.0 | 2934349 | 02/28/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP2 HF01 | 5.0.3381.0 | 2921362 (withdrawn) | 01/30/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP2 | 5.0.3361.0 | About SP2 | 12/02/2013 |
| App-V 5.0 SP1 HF04 | 5.0.1224.0 | 2940354 | 03/31/2014 |
| App-V 5.0 SP1 HF03 | 5.0.1219.0 | 2897085 | 10/07/2013 |
| App-V 5.0 SP1 HF02 | 5.0.1218.0 | 2897087 | 10/07/2013 |
| App-V 5.0 SP1 HF01 | 5.0.1211.0 | 2873465 | 08/08/2013 |
| App-V 5.0 SP1 | 5.0.1104.0 | 2804622 | 01/18/2013 |
| App-V 5.0 HF01 | 5.0.515.0 | 2799153 | 12/28/2012 |
| App-V 5.0 RTM | 5.0.285.0 | About App-V 5.0 | 11/1/2012 |
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Oct 23 2017
Since Java 7 Update 51 Oracle has tighten the Java security. From now on only predefined sites are allowed to run, otherwise users will get all kind of warnings.
Fortunately the most warnings can be suppressed. In this article I will describe what admins can do.
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Oct 22 2017
Sometimes you need to check if there is a working internet connection. You can use the
pingcommand for that. But this command does not work if ICMP echo request have disabled on the firewall. If this is the case we have to check the status of a website. If the status is 200 then there is a working internet connection.
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Oct 22 2017
Oracle has multiple software for Java Clients. You can use the Enterprise version (JEE), but also the Runtime Engine (JRE). There is one big difference: you have to pay for the commercial use of the JEE. But I will give a work around that will save you money!
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Mar 17 2017
For a client I needed to find all the hostnames that where defined in each IBM iSeries Client Access Workstation file (.ws file). All the .ws files where in subfolders. The country, the filename and the hostname needs to be in a .csv file.
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