Managing product activation with a TechNet subscription (and MSDN too)
Application Virtualisation Sequencing SuperFlow available
Microsoft have made available what looks to be an excellent resource for walking through the complete sequencing process:
Setting App-V client permissions during install
However, I generally recommend configuring as many settings as you can during install so that you don’t have to rely on external tools (e.g. Group Policy) that may not apply in a timely manner.
Dynamic Suite Composition and short names
This is a guest post from Nicke Källén, an App-V MVP from Sweden. He posts as Znack on the TechNet Forums, where he’s consistently the most active answerer in App-V topics. You can find his blog here.
Reduce logon times by excluding the bloat
Profile bloat – we’ve all seen it. Many applications, and even Windows itself, can store files in the most inappropriate places within the user profile. For example, here’s just part of what the Vodafone Mobile Connect application stores within the roaming portion of my profile:
Virtualising OpenOffice.org 3.x
This post details virtualising OpenOffice.org 3.x with Microsoft Application Virtualization; however the same basic steps should apply to any application virtualisation product.
Virtualising Firefox? Don't forget to disable Updates
If you are virtualising Mozilla Firefox, you should probably consider disabling the update functionality within the browser, to ensure consistency of the virtual package. There are several items that need to be configured or removed:
Deploy and update Adobe Reader with GFI LANguard
This post has been sitting in my drafts since June 2009 and for whatever reason I haven’t gotten around to posting it. So rather than delete it, I’m posting it as is - apologies in advance for quality of this post
Disable the EU Browser Choice screen
You’re probably aware of the Browser Choice screen coming to Windows users in the EU, the update that forced on users because of a company that can’t do something a bunch of volunteers have done quite admirably. This update will actually unpin Internet Explorer from the taskbar even if you’ve already made IE your default browser.