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For those that have already applied Rollup Pack 1 for Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 you might want to look again because Hotfix Rollup Pack 1 for Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 64-bit Edition has been updated Citrix on the 3rd August

Hotfix for PSE450W2K3X64011 has been replaced in the Hotfix Rollup Pack1

for more on this click here for source document http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX112619 

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This document describes how to set up ActiveSync and Windows Mobile 5 with Presentation Server 4.5 Hotfix Rollup Pack 01.

CTX821115 - How to Configure ActiveSync for PDA Synchronization

Note: This enhancement has been tested only on client devices running Windows XP and Version 10.100 of the Presentation Server Client.

Presentation Server Setup

1. Install Presentation Server 4.5.

2. Download and install CTX112618 – Hotfix Rollup Pack PSE450W2K3R01 - For Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and Citrix Access Essentials 2.0 for Windows Server 2003 .

3. From the Presentation Server Console, create the following policies:

Client Devices > Resources > PDA devices > Turn on automatic virtual COM port mapping > ENABLED
Client Devices > Resources > Ports > Turn off COM ports > DISABLED

4. Assign these policies to the server.

5. Download Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5 and install it on the server.

6. Publish /program files/Microsoft Activesync/wcesmgr.exe.

7. Install and publish Outlook (Outlook 2003 and 2007 have been tested).

8. Restart the server.

9. When the server comes up, run taskmgr and stop rapimgr, wcescomm, and wcesmgr.
Note: To configure your server so that these processes to not start up automatically, run msconfig and clear them from the Startup tab. Restart the server and verify that the processes did not start up.

10. To synchronize Desktop Outlook, add the following registry key:

sz:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\CtxHook\AppInit_Dlls\VIPHook\outlook.exe\FilePathName="D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\outlook.exe" –Embedding
Note: Where the path is the location of outlook.exe on your system. In this example, Outlook is stored on drive D. To synchronize Desktop Outlook, Outlook must be running in the ICA session with ActiveSync. The –Embedding command line parameter runs Outlook without showing the Outlook User Interface.

11. You need to create three domain users with access to the Exchange server you are using – for example, user1, user2, and user3.

12. Log on to the Presentation Server as each user:

Create and save user1.txt in user1’s My Documents folder. Repeat for user2 and user3.
Browse to a few Web pages and save them as Favorites for user1. Repeat with user2 and user3 using different Web pages.
Confirm that the file and Favorites synced from the server belong specifically to the user logged on.

Client Setup

1. Download and install Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5.

2. Connect your PDA to a USB port.

3. Restart the client machine.

4. When the client comes up, run taskmgr and stop rapimgr, wcescomm, and wcesmgr.
Note: To configure your server so that these processes to not start up automatically, run msconfig and clear them from the Startup tab. Restart the server and verify that the processes did not start up.

5. Install the Citrix client using ica32pkg.msi.

Windows Mobile 5 Device Setup

1. Verify that Settings > Connections > ActiveSync Mode = USB Serial Sync Mode. The device requires a restart if this setting is changed.

2. In Settings > Connections > Connections > Advanced > Select Networks, verify that both the Internet and Private networks are using a profile that does not have any custom proxy or modem settings.

3. Delete all profiles from Programs > Active Sync > Menu > Options.

More Information

For more information about Windows Mobile, see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/default.mspx

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Mendel Rosenblum envisions a world run by virtualization appliances where software makers wouldn't need a bulky or complex OS.

In the view of Mendel Rosenblum, chief scientist and co-founder of virtualization vendor VMware, today's modern operating system is destined for the dustbin, a scenario unlikely to please Microsoft or any of the Linux vendors.

Rosenblum's keynote on Thursday wrapped up the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, preaching the virtues of virtualization, which he believes will eventually make today's complex, some would say bloated, operating systems obsolete. "It's just going to go away," Rosenblum said.

Not surprisingly, Rosenblum favors a world in which a virtualization layer is tied directly to the microprocessor and other related hardware of a computer. Running on top of this layer would be virtual machines, or mini-operating systems, that would be designed to run specific applications. Merging the OS and software would create a module that would be more reliable and secure, easier to manage and offer higher performance.

But you can link direct to the document.

Now that Citrix is focusing on end-to-end application delivery, people have been speculating / asking whether Citrix needs to get into the hypervisor market. (And when people ask “Should Citrix get into the hypervisor market,” that’s really code for “Should Citrix buy a hypervisor?”) In fact when we were at Citrix iForum in Edinburgh, Scotland this past June, we had multiple conversations with people (both Citrix employees and others) about whether Citrix should own a hypervisor.

(A hypervisor, for those who don’t know, is a software virtualization engine. It puts the “VM” in “VMware.” It’s what allows multiple virtual hardware machines to simultaneously run on a single physical system. It’s what Microsoft is building into Windows Server 2008 to allow multiple server VMs to run at once.)

There’s a rumor that Citrix is going to buy virtualization vendor XenSource for a very large amount of money—perhaps as high as $500M. In this article, we’ll look at why Citrix would want to do this, what it would mean for them, and what it might mean for their existing relationships with Microsoft and VMware.

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