VMware View – Using Persona Management
KB ID 0000615 Problem Persona Management, is the VMware version of “Roaming Profiles” and “Redirected Folders” rolled into one. Though the redirected folders bit is a lot easier to set up and less problematic than the Microsoft Folder Redirection policy. Its handy if you using floating pools but still want your users to have a persistent user interface. Having these files centrally makes them easier to backup,...
Outlook – Disable Cached Mode with Group Policy
KB ID 0000507 Problem I got asked how to do this today, a client has a number of roaming users (teachers) who don’t like waiting for Outlook to create a local copy of the mailbox each time they log on. To be honest as they have Exchange 2010 they would be better using the feature rich Outlook Web App (OWA) rather than the full client if they need to move around so much but hey, I was asked. Solution 1. To do this you need to use...
IE9 – Stop “Speed up browsing by disabling add-ons”
KB ID 0000466 Problem This morning my boss asked me “Why every time I open Internet Explorer does it ask me this?” To which I replied, “I use Chrome so I don’t know, But I’ll find out.” Solution A brief internet search returned, just set the “Ask me later to a nice long time”. But that’s still not disabling it. If truth be known its a good thing, i.e. is trying to be helpful and...