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Appliance (OS) root password is expired or is going to expire soon. Please change the root password before installing an update.

I had this error message popping out in VCSA when I tried to perform an update via the VCSA gui (https://vcsa.fqdn:9458) and basically, the update process wouldn’t start. I also couldn’t change the root password as I was getting into

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Amazon WorkSpaces Windows Client Registration service

I normally use for work at least 2 physical devices so I’m not affected too much about any hardware or software malfunction. I work with a lot of customers and I’m using my personal devices for work, so I always get

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This edition cannot be upgraded – How to activate Windows Server 2016 Evaluation

I happen to have more than a couple of dozens Windows Server VMs in my HomeDC, starting with Server 2003 and ending with (the gorgeous) Server 2016. I tested 2016 along with various products (including XenDesktop, Horizon View, VEEAM) since

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VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 – failed to boot – Failed to start Network Service

If you ever encounter an issue with the vCenter server that’s so bad that the server itself doesn’t start, well try the following: fsck -fy /dev/mapper/log_vg-log If it tells you that it fixed something, just press CTRL+D and let the

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Click and Right click not working on Windows 10 Start Menu

I found out the hard way, that by removing the AppX software packages that come pre-installed in Windows 10, the “immersive” shell might not work as supposed. To be more precise, clicking and right-clicking the Start Menu will not do

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Citrix StoreFront authentication in SSO mode

I found something extremely intriguing about StoreFront and authentication and wanted to share it with the community. Let’s take StoreFront 3.0, although I bet it was there since beginning. When StoreFront is configured in SSO mode you have two types

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Remove “bloatware” AppX software from Windows 10

It’s pretty annoying for me to have bloatware on my computer and the embedded Windows 10 applications are for me, bloatware. Why not to remove them? Well it’s not that easy as you need to click a lot. So we

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TeamViewer 10 Beta: blank screen on Windows 10 TechPreview

Add a DWORD with value 1 called DisableDuplicationAPI in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\TeamViewer\ and restart service TeamViewer 10

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