[THIN] Re: OT: WinXP Service Pack 2

  • From: Christopher Wilson <christofire@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:18:17 -0500

Ooh, nice.  That one would have got me.  Thanks for the heads up.

CW


On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 00:11:47 +0200, Anders Hansen-Øvre
<anders.hansen-ovre@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is a problem using Win XP SP with the Citrix Web client v8
> When you try to launch applications from a Web Interface you can get the 
> errormessage "ICA file not found".
> Below is a VBS script from Citrix to correct this issue, tested and works :-)
> 
> ---Begin---
> ' Citrix ICA Client Update for Windows XP Service Pack 2
> ' Copyright (c) 2004 Citrix Systems, Inc.
> ' All Rights Reserved
> 
> Option Explicit
> Dim WshShell, ICAkey, ExePath, IconPath
> Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
> On Error Resume Next
> ICAkey = 
> WshShell.RegRead("HKCR\CLSID\{238F6F83-B8B4-11CF-8771-00A024541EE3}\ProgID\")
> ExePath = WshShell.RegRead("HKCR\WinFrameICA\shell\open\command\")
> IconPath = WshShell.RegRead("HKCR\WinFrameICA\DefaultIcon\")
> If Len(ICAkey) > 0 AND Len(ExePath) > 0 AND Len(IconPath) > 0 Then
>    WshShell.RegWrite "HKCR\" & ICAkey & "\DefaultIcon\", IconPath
>    WshShell.RegWrite "HKCR\" & ICAkey & "\shell\open\command\", ExePath
>    WshShell.RegWrite "HKCR\.ica\", ICAkey
>    WScript.Echo "The Citrix ICA Client Update for Windows XP Service Pack 2 
> completed successfully."
> Else
>    WScript.Echo "Error: Could not locate ICA Client registry information. 
> Please re-install the Citrix ICA Client."
> End If
> ---End---
> 
> (Lines might wrap!)
> 
> ---
> mvh/yours
> Anders Hansen-Øvre, Seniorkonsulent
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew Shrewsbury
> > Sent: 1. oktober 2004 22:33
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: WinXP Service Pack 2
> >
> > I've installed SP2 on about a half dozen PCs now mostly home
> > PCs off our network. Everything has gone smoothly so far
> > including configuring wireless Citrix access from home using PN 7.1.
> >
> > I recently installed SP2 on my PC (first PC on our domain)
> > and I do have one odd issue. May not be related to SP2 but it
> > started around the same time. When I open a new email in
> > Outlook 2002 SP3 then they click on the tasks a the bottom of
> > the screen nothing happens. My email says locked in front of
> > other applications. I then have to minimize the window to get
> > to the other windows open.
> >
> > Over all SP2 has been good so far, and the pop blocker in IE
> > is a great everyday used feature.
> >
> > Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Network Administrator
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg Reese [mailto:gareese@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 4:19 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: WinXP Service Pack 2
> >
> > I have put SP2 on about 10 machines.  A couple here at work
> > and the rest for friends and family.  So far so good with all of them.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 16:09:30 -0400, Evan Mann
> > <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I've got XP2 on my machine and all my tech's have it.  It's XP
> > > SP1+hotfixes upgraded to SP2, but we experienced no
> > problems and we've
> > > revised a few of our Dell images with clean installed of XP with
> > > slipstreamed SP2, simply because I prefer a clean load.
> > >
> > > I disable the firewall and security center via GPO which
> > have been the
> > > only big gotcha's for us.
> > >
> > > I have a slew of machines off domain that have been pulling SP2 off
> > > windows updates over the past weeks.  No issues with these machines
> > > either, aside from us having to talk people through disabling the
> > > firewall an the security center's annoying notifications.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > > Behalf Of Christopher Wilson
> > > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 3:58 PM
> > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [THIN] OT: WinXP Service Pack 2
> > >
> > > Hello, List.
> > >
> > > Still testing away on this workstation image.  It is
> > currently Windows
> > > XP service pack 1 + hot fixes.  I'm thinking we might want to deploy
> > it
> > > with service pack 2 from the get go.
> > >
> > > Can anyone site some potential caveats with this SP? anything you
> > would
> > > deem a show-stopper?  Or is service pack 2 endorsed by the
> > venerable
> > > THIN List?
> > >
> > > I value your opinions...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Christopher Wilson
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