My very first GUI tool: CtxToolbox! 2

When I started with C# in my spare time I needed a goal, something to build. I have several PowerShell scripts and wanted to add a GUI and so CtxToolbox was born! So what to implement first? I started with the basics and worked up from there, and added the […]


Making a remote PowerShell connection

In this article I will make a short description how to make a remote PowerShell connection. I needed this for a job once, tried to make a remote PowerShell connection from a Non Domain Joined machine to a Domain Joined server. I needed to re-configure the server first before making a […]


Hide or change “domain\user or username@domain.com” text in Storefront. 2

The following was tested om 3.10+ versions, not sure if it works on older or 2.x versions. Hide the default text You can hide the default text “domain\user or username@domain.com” in the storefront username field. This can be done by simply editing the “custom style.css” file. This file is located […]


Let’s Encrypt Certificates on a NetScaler 62

For a while now it’s possible to use Let’s Encrypt certificates, they are trusted (cross signed), secure and most of all FREE! There are already a lot of tools available to generate these certificates. I haven’t come across a tool or script to generate these certificates and upload them to […]


Create offline backups of the NetScaler config 11

I’ve created a PowerShell script that can be used to generate an (offline) backup of a Citrix NetScaler. If you want you can use the supplied batchfile for example to schedule the backup in Scheduled Tasks to run everyday.


Spontaneously changing default printer

Yesterday I was at a Customers location and they had an issue with their printers on the XenDesktop VDI environment. Some users are using Exact to print all kinds of labels, in this case a Zebra label printer. And while they were printing labels, the label printer was set automagically […]


Disconnect issues on NetScaler MPX

Recently I upgraded a couple of MPX NetScalers to a recent 11.1 build at a customers location. During the following day the customer experienced a lot of disconnecting citrix sessions. I did not experience this issue on a VPX appliance. Turned out to be an issue with the “TLS1.2-ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384” cypher. […]


Convert Server 2016 Evaluation version to Production version

I’ts possible to convert your Server 2016 evaluation version to a production version using one of the following commands depending on your version: Standard: DISM /online /Set-Edition:Serverstandard /ProductKey:WC2BQ-8NRM3-FDDYY-2BFGV-KHKQY /AcceptEula /Norestart Datacenter: DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerDatacenter /ProductKey:CB7KF-BWN84-R7R2Y-793K2-8XDDG /AcceptEula /Norestart Source: KMS Client Keys Make sure you’ve installed all windows updates first before continuing. […]


RES ONE Workspace on Windows 10 lessons learned 7

For a while now Windows 10 is supported with RES ONE Workspace 2015 and up. More and more companies are switching from their old versions (Yes, some of them are still using Windows XP) to Windows 10. I’ve done a couple of implementation now and thought to share some of […]