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Citrix Receiver and proxy server
The Citrix client (Citrix Receiver) running on the user’s PC normally uses the proxy configuration of the system. Sometimes you may need to give the client a different configuration: the configuration must be performed
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IE8 does not show PDF files when using HTTPS
In the last few days, I faced a strange problem during my job: a web application, running on Tomcat, dynamically generates some PDF reports. When we activated the HTTPS to secure the connection, users with
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VBScript: how to manage SSL certificates
Yesterday at work I needed to write a script to check if an SSL certificate was present in the user’s store and – if not – to automatically import it&#
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JavaScript: same origin policy and JSONP
The same origin policy is a security policy that all the modern browsers apply to client-side scripting languages, including JavaScript. That policy prevents a script running in the browser from calling methods and resources offered by
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JavaScript: add a delay to the keyup() event
When you’re developing an AJAX application, you often use the onkeyup() event that is fired every time the user releases a key on the keyboard. Let’s consider for example an autocomplete function: every time
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XenApp, provisioned servers and daylight saving time
If you’re using Citrix Provisioning Services to deploy your XenApp session-host servers, you may run into a problem that didn’t let me sleep last night… After the farm’s nightly reboot, users were no longer
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VMWare, how to enable copy&paste from console
Starting from VSphere 4.1, the copy&paste options in virtual machines’ consoles are disabled by default. You can enable the clipboard: for a single virtual machine; for all the VM running on a given ESXi host. Single VM
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How to publish a Thinapp to a group of users
Sometimes you may need to publish a Thinapped application to a specific group of users. If you use Thinapp with VMWare View, from the latter’s GUI you can assign your Thinapp to a pool or a desktop, not to users or
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Windows: what an account is locked by?
One of the most frustrating activities a Windows admin has to perform is understanding why an Active Directory account keeps locking: here’s a quick way to find out
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Eagle – Put components on the bottom layer
Eagle, by default, puts all the components on the PCB’s top layer, usually displayed with red color: Choose the Mirror tool: and click on your component: Eagle will move it on the bottom layer, displayed with the blu color
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