Application Virtualization & Streaming

SVS Pro: Putting the Pro into Our Management (Intro)

trb48 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:44 -0500

Early this year I convinced my boss that I really needed to go to ManageFusion in Vegas. I made sure to build a very good case. I explained that we needed to learn more about Helpdesk Solution, Patch Management, Application Metering, Dell Client Manager, and more. I argued that if I were to learn more about these products I would be able to be more effective at work. Lucky for me, I was able to attend the confab. It honestly changed the way I manage computers.

Application Packaging

Managed SVS & SDK Documentation, Part 8: Rights, Priorities, and Processes

Jordan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:02:30 -0500

As we near the end of the SDK documentation there are only a few more things to cover. While most of remaining functions fall into a specific category a few don't, so I' ll be spreading those that don't between parts eight and nine (the last article). The main focus for this article is layer rights (or permissions), layer priority and processes (namely ignoring them and running one from an existing layer).

Application Virtualization & Streaming

SVS Layer Priority Setter

Nebster — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:39:55 -0500

Have you ever wanted to set the priority of layers but don't like delving into command prompt to set it?

Well, if you want a GUI for doing that, this is for you! It comes with an easy to use GUI which contains the default priorities in a label on the left.

Application Virtualization & Streaming

Vision 2008 Podcast: Blogger's Lounge Interview w/ Brian Duckering

Juicemaster — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:52:20 -0500

In this podcast, Brian Duckering, Sr. Product Marketing Manager in the Endpoint Virtualization Group at Symantec, explains the strategy behind Symantec's recent acquisition of AppStream, and how application streaming fits into Symantec's overall virtualization efforts. For more information, visit http://vision.symantec.com.

Application Virtualization & Streaming

Side-By-Side Errors and SVS

Jordan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:04:16 -0500

I've been doing a lot of work on AutoCAD and Inventor 2009 this past week and I kept on hitting a side-by-side error when I tried to export from XP to Vista or Vista to Vista (curiously it worked from XP to XP.) After some work I've found what the problem is and thought I'd share this since I've seen people in the past asking bout side-by-side errors.

Application Virtualization & Streaming

Firefox 3 Virtual Software Packages (US, NL, DE)

Scott Jones — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:31:32 -0500

Firefox 3 ("the best yet") is here, to much fanfare. With over 8 million downloads in the first 24 hrs., Firefox 3 is "faster, safer and smarter than before". Mozilla claims over 15,000 enhancements or fixes in this release. Get details on the most interesting improvements in the Release Notes. For a complete list of Firefox 3.0 features, see the Product Requirements Document.

Application Virtualization & Streaming

Convert Any Application Install to NSIS, Part 1

CondorMan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:49:11 -0500

There are many reasons you might want to convert your existing and forthcoming application installs to use NullSoft Install System (NSIS). NSIS installs are only a single .exe file, they are small, and they are fast.

Ghost Solution Suite

Video: Application Virtualization and Streaming at St. Agnes Academy

Juicemaster — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:30:38 -0500

In this new video from Intel, students, faculty and IT staffers at Houston's St. Agnes Academy talk about how they're leveraging application virtualization and streaming as an enabling technology. SVS Pro (which includes the AppStream technology recently acquired by Symantec) helps teachers focus on teaching and students focus on learning.

"What used to take three days to set up now takes 3 minutes with the AppStream client."

Application Virtualization & Streaming

SVS Best Practices, Part 5: Restoring a Crashed PC

erikw — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:20:17 -0500

In Part 5 of this Best Practices for SVS series I explain how you can restore layers after your PC has crashed.

Some of the many questions I receive is from users and administrators that have to deal with crashed PC's. After restoring the PC they need data or even the complete layer for an application.

Application Virtualization & Streaming

SVS Cleaner Script for Office 2007

CondorMan — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:02:25 -0500

Recently, I created a layer of Office 2007 and when I ran the SVS Cleaner tool, I realised that it was cleaning too much. So, I wrote an SVSClean.csv configuration file for SVS Cleaner that is compatible with Office 2007.

The attached file adds Office 2007 support to my SVS Cleaner utility.