If you are configuring multi-monitor end user stations to connect to Citrix XenDesktop virtual desktops, you may find blank/black spaces on the some or all of the monitors...something like this: On the VDI image, I installed the Citrix 7.14 VDA. Thus, to resolve this issue I did the following: Open the registry (regedit) and navigate … Continue reading XenDesktop 7.14 – Blank Spaces on Multi-Monitor Displays
Author: David Ball
Happiest Certification Feeling Ever….maybe!!!
I can still kinda, sorta remember the day....the day when, many years ago, I passed the A+ certification exam. Honestly, I "lucked out" in how I got into IT in the first place. I went to UNC-Charlotte (back when there was no football team), finally settling on Marketing as my major because I was sure … Continue reading Happiest Certification Feeling Ever….maybe!!!
Change RAM allocated to VMs within Citrix Machine Catalogs
This may be one of those posts that ends up being more beneficial for me than you in that what follows here is the type of information/tweak I'll forget about pretty quickly. Then I'll need it again and slap myself for not writing it down, leading me to do several Google searches until I find … Continue reading Change RAM allocated to VMs within Citrix Machine Catalogs
Citrix Receiver Command Line Helper Tool
Do you ever find yourself installing Citrix Receiver? Maybe you've found this to be true, especially in business use cases, but I have found that if I don't install the Receiver with command line options it does not work the way I need or want it to. I also find myself getting frustrated when trying … Continue reading Citrix Receiver Command Line Helper Tool
“Converting” an Existing EC2 Instance to an Elastic GPU
For some time, I have been running an AWS EC2 G2.2xlarge instance to keep from buying a laptop to run Photoshop. With the introduction of Elastic GPUs, I was interested in "converting" that VM to a T2.large instance with an eg1.large Elastic GPU that I believe should save me about $.40 per hour of operation. … Continue reading “Converting” an Existing EC2 Instance to an Elastic GPU
More on AWS Elastic GPUs
First, as this is my first post here, I'd like to say thanks to Adam for allowing me to join Virtual Bonzo as an author. For a few years now I've had the pleasure to work along side Adam and now we're blogging....I look forward to working with him on this medium, as I think … Continue reading More on AWS Elastic GPUs