Problem:

I recently had the need to deploy IBM Client Access 6.1 on a Citrix XenApp 6.5 farm, everything was fine for the first month or so and then users started getting the error "PC5250 License Error CWB0999 Unexpected error: unexpected return code 9052 274d"

I want to share one of my recent finds, I have a Citrix farm that has users logged on 24/7 so scheduling a reboot is difficult. Luckily Dane Young over at itvce.com has created a rolling reboot script that does a great job.

The below query will return a list of none system databases on a Microsoft SQL Server;

SELECT name FROM master..sysdatabases WHERE dbid > 4

Or you can run the below to get a list of databases along with their size and remarks;

EXEC sp_databases

SoftYou can enter the command date to view the current time zone

To change the time zone you need to create a link from the appropriate location under "/usr/share/zoneinfo/.." to "/etc/localtime"

For example;

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime

Problem:

When trying to save a PowerPoint file you get a message similar to the below;

In my case I checked the presentation though out and could not find "Courier" in use

Workaround:

Replace the font listed with another font;

In PowerPoint 2003 select Format => Replace Fonts

Problem:

Recently I noticed that clients had not received my changes to my SCCM 2007 software meeting rules, they still had rules that I had previously deleted and they had not received my new rules.

Solution:

After I lot of digging around I found the below error in the policypv.box log on the SCCM server.

CPolicySource::HandleMeteringPolicy: could not retrieve metering rule RULECHG from SQL

The blow shows how to reset file associations via the command prompt.

File associations are per user

Commands

asscoc .<filetype>     Gets the system name for the file type

Problem:

Recently I needed to install a bundle of server 2008 Remote Desktop cals which had been purchased under a Select Plus agreement

My problem was I could not get the automatic activation working within the “TS Licensing Manager” tool as Select Plus is not listed as one of the available license program and tring to use Select or Open got me no where

Solution:

I found a method of manually activating the licenses;

First you will need some details about you Select Plus license;

Problem:

I have just upgraded Citrix Receiver from version 3.0 to 3.1 and I found it only allows connections to HTTPS addresses, currently I am working on test servers so adding a certificate seemed a bit over the top.

Problem:

Recently I was having issues installing the Hotfixes XA650W2K8R2X64001 and XA650W2K8R2X64002 for XenApp 6.5  I keep getting the error "Installation ended prematurely because of an error" and in the event log I would get the below;