[THIN] Re: WinXP SP2 (BETA) breaks NFuse?

  • From: "Brian Madden" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:18:12 -0500

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I hadn't written the article yet :-)

It's there now.

Brian

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-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of jc lamb
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:47 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: WinXP SP2 (BETA) breaks NFuse?

Brian

can you post the url to this article?
I cant seem to locate it on your site

thanks in advance
Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Madden" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:51 AM
Subject: [THIN] Re: WinXP SP2 (BETA) breaks NFuse?


> Hi Frederic,
>
> I noticed this too. Since Ron and I are brand-new MVPs, I decided to post
> this to one of the private MVP newsgroups. We'll see if it's possible to
get
> this changed.
>
> I'll also write an article about it on my site. For better or worse, that
> tends to get things noticed by Citrix and MS :)
>
> Hopefully they'll change this, cause I agree that I don't want the
"default"
> install of SP2 to break WI.
>
> Brian
>
> Brian Madden
> brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Visit www.brianmadden.com for in-depth Citrix, Terminal Server, and
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of Frederic Allaert
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 11:59 AM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] WinXP SP2 (BETA) breaks NFuse?
>
> Hello all,
> Today I got SP2 for WinXP pre-release via TechNet subscription. Tried it
on
> a few test-machines, and apparently
> it seems to break the launching of .ICA-files via NFuse/WI by registering
> the .ICA download as an "unsafe" download.
>
> As a result:
> 1./ IE presents the well-known dialog "Some files may harm your computer
bla
> bla. Do you want to [Open], [Save], [Cancel]".
> 2./ Clicking Open does not trigger the ICA client,not even after
> re-registering via "wfica32.exe /setup"  (So breaks NFuse!!!)
> 3./ Saving & launching the file manually works, but that's an unacceptable
> workaround.
>
> This got me spooked that in a few weeks/months upon general release of
SP2,
> this will
> create havoc in our company, with PC's being pathed all the time...
>
> I know it's a bit early, but anyone else noticed this behaviour already?
>
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Frederic Allaert
> >
> >
>
>
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