VM Will Not Clone

I ran into an interesting issue where a Windows 10 VM wouldn’t clone. This was a fresh installation of Windows 10 based from an ISO customized with MSMG, which is by far one of the best methods when removing the junk from Windows 10, especially the unwanted apps. Make sure to document your removals and…

VDA Not Saving Changes

I ran into an issue where a XenDesktop VDA didn’t appear to be saving changes. This is a huge deal if the machine begins a Windows Update and the update requires a reboot. Yep, you’ve guessed it, it causes a continuous Windows boot loop. That’s another issue in-and-of-itself. Check out that resolution here. In earlier…

Windows Update Boot Loop

I’m guessing you’re in the situation where Windows decided to “Update and Shutdown/Restart”, but when your system comes back up, it continues to update and reboot over, and over, and over, and over. Well, that’s typically caused by a corrupt Windows update or the VM isn’t saving it’s changes. Here’s a way to stop your…

XenApp 6.X Applications Not Launching

When trying to launch a published application in XenApp 6.x, the following screen appears for a minute, then disappears without launching the application. This is because the default XenApp 6.x application launch timeout is set to 60 seconds.The resolution is to set the timeout to a greater value using the following registry key: Key: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Citrix\wfshell\TWIType:…