This one should be easy if you have a good troubleshooting skill. When I wanted to upgrade VMware Tools from previous version to the latest version, the installation hung at " Installing VMXnet3 driver ". I used a few methods to get it upgraded : 1) simply upgrade VMware Tools from vCentre - hung 2) downloaded VMware Tools from here  ( https://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html ) and get it installed - hung 3) Uninstalled current VMware Tools, rebooted the machine - blue screen 4) Uninstalled current VMware Tools, without rebooting the machine, performed upgrade from vCentre - hung 5) Uninstalled current VMware Tools, without rebooting the machine, performed manual upgrade usign EXE file- hung So this made me thinking, the issue might not due to the installer ( as I tried from vCentre level as well as manual installation), but due to VM itself, as it hung at exact status (Installing VMXnet3 driver). When I checked the...

While adding VMs created by Citrix Provisioning Services, you may receive this error : Error : ‘Error expanding node’ . This issue occurred as the machine catalogue was initially created in PVS version 6.x. and current PVS version is higher than that. This is a well-known issue and a Citrix article is available here . Get It Resolved : RDP to Citrix Studio server, launch PowerShell console. Add Citrix snap-in by inserting below command : Command : asnp Citrix*    List all Machine Catalog configured in the environment by inserting below command Command : get-BrokerMachine    All Machine Catalog information listed

I was working with my colleague when he pointed out to me an intersting icon in PVS console - a desktop with a grey wrench on it. When I tried to change the target device from Production to Maintenance / Test, I could not because it grayed out. Upon checking for a few minutes, it turned out that the specific target device was set as template device for the said collection. How to check on that? At PVS console, on the left side, click at Collection. We will see our device collections on the right side. Note that the machine with wrench icon listed as template device for the said device collection. 

Group Policy Processing has been introduced since Server 2008, and Microsoft recommends to use GPP instead of normal GPO. To me, I prefer to use GPP as well, as it is more convenience to configure and troubleshoot.  However, in some cases, the configuration may not get reflected, no matter how many times you perform gpupdate (gpupdate /force as well), or even reboot the machines. Your settings are all good, linked enabled to appropriate OU, Block Inheritance already enabled ( to ensure policies assigned to parent OU not conflicting with your policies, just in case ), there were no similar setting in Site and Domain policies, policies already being enforced ( oh wait, do you really need to enforce? ).  What else could it be then? Oh wait, just before you planned to kill someone, you realized there were red dots / circles at the configurations, and those configurations (with red dots / circles ) were the one who drove you crazy! Configurati...

A few weeks ago I went to AppSense training. It was very good, very informative and very intense - 5 days were not enough to be honest as it covers all 4 components of DesktopNow (AppSense Management Console, Performance Manager, Environment Manager, and Application Manager). So back to the topic - I received this error while trying to pool the policy : Failed to poll Now : Not enough server storage is available to process this command. A bit digging, I managed to find why it happened, and how to resolve it. According to Microsoft : "This issue may occur if the IRPStackSize registry entry on the server is set too low." Now, what is IRPStackSize ?  According to Microsoft :  The IRPStackSize parameter specifies the number of stack locations in I/O request packets (IRPs) that are used by Windows 2000 Server, by Windows Server 2003, and by Windows XP. You may have to increase this number for certain transports, for media access control (MAC) drivers, or for fi...