Fix Google Chrome Aw Snap Crash
Symptom –
In Windows 10 Google Chrome launches but displays nothing but
Aw Snap
. Cannot access Google Chrome settings either.
Cause –
Symantec and Microsoft’s Code Integrity feature enabled in Chrome browser.
Fix:
Chrome.exe –disable-features=RendererCodeIntegrityhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/how-to-fix-aw-snap-crash-in-google-chrome-78/
Cannot say enough good things about this online service!
It allows you to analyze files and links in a virtual environment for malicious content.
The coolest part is it does a lot of the analyzing and reporting for you.
Thx App.Any.Run
In the good old days we used to be able to survive on 1.5 mbps. That’s no longer the case.
For the love of god, please do an analysis for bandwidth requirements when deploying technologies such as VoIP and cloud hosted video surveillance.
I’m starting a new path into Cyber Security…or is it Cybersecurity?
I’ve changed the theme on the blog to P2 as I don’t expect to have much time in crafting lengthy blog posts.
You run a tight ship. You’ve invested a lot in securing your environment, but are your vendors as secure as you are?
If a service provider’s email account is hijacked, guess who is the next target? If their network is breach it won’t just be their data that gets compromised.
Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse stopped working in Windows 10. Perhaps it was the Windows 10 Creators update, perhaps it was buggy to begin with, or perhaps the previous solar eclipse cause interstellar gremlins to mess with your stuff, I don’t know, just throwing it out there. The thing is that the Arc Touch Mouse is not working in Windows 10 and I recently learned how to fix it.
After attempting to run the troubleshooter, removing the device and re-pairing, rebooting and what not, the only thing that worked for me was:
Arc Mouse Keyboard Center 3.0 should now detect your device.
Hope that helps. Leave a comment either way. Thank you.
Scouring the internet for a solution to “The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed” has hopefully brought you here.
If like me you tried the following Powershell commands…
$credential = Get-Credential – (enter domain admin account when prompted)
Reset-ComputerMachinePassword -Credential $credential -Server dc-hostname.domain
Reset-ComputerMachinePassword -Server dc-hostname.domain
Test-ComputerSecureChannel -Repair -Credential (get-credential)
…and they failed, then be sure to do the following three things:
After hitting enter, I was prompted for the domain administrator credentials. And it worked; no reboot needed.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could support your old Wyse VX0 / V10L after migrating to Citrix XenApp 7.6? I was always under the impression that I would need to replace my Wyse VX0 clients with Windows Embedded thin clients in order to have my users connect to our newly created XenApp 7.6 site. As it turns out, you can connect your legacy Wyse VX0 thin clients to XenApp 7.6 after all.
The key to accomplishing this incredible feat was the PNAgent Lite server settings on the Wyse VX0. PNAgent Lite settings are located when clicking on Desktop – System Setup – Network in the Servers tab.
The PNAgent/ Lite Servers: setting should be populated with the StoreFront URL using the FQDN (see example below):
http://storefront.domain.org/citrix/companyStore/PNAgent/config.xml
XenApp 7.6 / PNAgent Lite Servers
Upon reboot, the user will be prompted for credentials. Once authenticated the user will have access whatever Apps he/she is authorized to use.
Convert Private Mode vDisk to Standard Mode vDisk
Power down the VM to remove the lock associated with the VM. In the Provisioning Services Console open the vDisk Properties and change Access Mode from Private Image to Standard Image.
Automation process for creating multiple VMs for Machine Catalog
Launch Streamed VM Setup Wizard
A template VM in XenServer needs to be created prior because a container needs to exist for the settings that correspond with VM hardware.
In XenCenter:
In Provisioning Services Console:
Process takes less than MCS.
In Citrix Studio Create Machine Catalog that interfaces with Provisioning Services:
To add machines at a later time, run the Streamed VM Setup Wizard and add additional VMs. Afterward, add them in Citrix Studio Machine Catalog.
Automation using XenDesktop Setup Wizard – create VMs in Provisioning Services and create Machine Catalogs in Citrix Studio
XenDesktop Setup Wizard can be launched in Provisioning Services Console under Site.
Requirements:
Steps:
Update Tasks
vDisk Update Management Tool – to be discussed later
Updating a Base vDisk in Provisioning Services Console
The differencing disk becomes a location on which to apply changes to.
The new version is created as a maintenance version.
The two previous versions will have a red X and can be kept in case you need to revert back.
Citrix Studio does not include Provisioning Services management. A separate Provisioning Services Console is used to for managing PVS.
For an existing setup, in the Provisioning Services Console, a Farm will already exist and a Site exists within the Farm. This is the location where all vDisks will be created. For an existing setup, a server will already exist in the Servers node.
Also residing within the Site is the Stores node. A store should exist already and under Store Properties>Paths, a path to the location of the existing store is present. In the case of Standard Mode vDisks, a different path can be specified for Differential Disks. By default Deferential Disks will be stored in a sub-folder within the default store path.
Step 1:
Create new vDisk template.
By right-clicking over vDisk Pool in the Provisioning Services Console, a vDisk can be created. This vDisk will include all information that exists in a template virtual machine that already exists in XenServer. The new vDisk will reside in the Site and in the Store. A file name needs to be specified for the vDisk. The size of disk can be modified as can be the Type and also Block size. The defaults should work fine in most cases.
The vDisk creation process happens very quickly. A new .vhd file will have been created in the default location of the Store directory.
Step 2:
Update PVS target device software that exists in the VM.
In XenCenter, create a clone of an existing Master Image and rename the clone and power on the VM. Log in to the template VM from the XenCenter by selecting the VM and selecting the Console Tab. PVS target device software needs to be installed on the VM.
As a best practice, before launching the Imaging Wizard at the end of the PVS target device software installation, it is recommended to run the Provisioning Service Device Optimization Tool on the VM first. This tool helps improve VM performance by disabling some Microsoft services that can negatively impact performance on a VM.
Step 3:
Launch Imaging Wizard.
Identify the server that the VM image will be transferred to. Select the existing vDisk created in Step 1. Select the type of Microsoft Volume Licensing. It is important that for Target Device Name, a name is entered that is different from the Active Directory name of the VM.
After clicking Finish, Provisioning Services Imaging Wizard will prompt to reboot and modify the BIOS boot order so Network boot is the first item in the boot order. That can be accomplished by powering down the VM and modifying Boot Options in the VM Properties in XenCenter. The VM will now boot in PXE after it is powered back on. The Provisioning Services Imaging tool is presented upon logon to the VM. At this point data is being transferred to the vDisk; the process can take a while. The log will contain any errors with the data transfer.
In the Provisioning Services Console, under Device Collections, a new device will now show.
In the vDisk Pool, the vDisk will now show a lock; this is to protect the template from corruption. Locks can be managed by right-clicking on the vDisk and selecting Manage Locks.
Right-clicking on the vDisk and selecting Show Usage will show mappings between target devices and vDisks. Any VMs that are using the vDisk must be powered off prior to removing the lock off of a vDisk.
The .vhd file that was created is in Private vDisk Mode by default. Private vDisk Mode is not usually used in a production environment.
Link VM Container to vDisk.
VMs can be created manually in XenCenter and linked to a vDisk such as the one already created. When creating a new VM manually, instead of using a Virtual Disk, the option to create a Diskless VM that boots from the network should be selected.
To attached to the vDisk, the machine should be configured to boot from the network. The MAC address is the unique identifier needed to link the VM to the vDisk. The MAC address can be found under the VM’s Networking Tab in XenCenter.
In the Provisioning Services Console, create a new Target Device under Device Collections.
Set to boot from a vDisk.
Enter the MAC address information.
Under the Target Device Properties, in the vDisks tab, associate the target device with the vDisk.
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