Hide Drives and Partitions

Do you want to hide the drive from your explorer in your computer. But still have the access from the dos and run. then this tweak help you.

Open the Registry Editor by going to Start/Run and typing in "regedit" (without the quotes). Find your way to...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mcft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

Click on "Explorer".

Double-click the "NoDrives" key in the right column. If you don't find a "NoDrives" registry key, just right-click in the right pane and choose "New/DWORD Value" then name the key "NoDrives".

You'll see a value like "0000 00 00 00 00". This is where the fun starts. The four sets of double zeros (after the "0000") are where you'll enter the values for the drive/partitions. Now, stay with me on this—it's not as complicated as it sounds:

The first column is for drives A-H, the second for I-P, the third for Q-X, and the fourth for Y-Z.

The values for each drive are as follows:

1 - A I Q Y

2 - B J R Z

4 - C K S

8 - D L T

16 - E M U

32 - F N V

64 - G O W

80 - H P X

So, let's say you want to hide drive D. In the first column you would put "08". For drive K you would put "04" in the second column.

But what if you want to hide more than one drive in a column? Simply add the values together: D+E = 8+16 = 24. So in the first column you would put "24".

Still baffled? If you have XP then go get TweakUI and save yourself the math.

Whichever method you use, you can rest easy knowing that the files on that drive or partition are less accessible to other users.

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Clear Unwanted Items From Add And Remove

Clear Unwanted Items From Add And Remove

Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT).

Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Uninstall, and remove any unwanted subkeys under "Uninstall."

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Disable Recent Documents History

If you want to keep privacy that which file you have opened, then you can disable recent documents history.

For this create a new DWORD value under key given below, or modify the existing value if exist, called 'NoRecentDocsHistory' set the value to equal '1' to enable the restriction.

For per user setting

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

For system setting

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

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Disable the Windows Key

Disable the Windows Key

you can disable windows key on keyboard.

For this navigate the following key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]

Name: Scancode Map

Type: REG_BINARY (Binary Value)

Value: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 5B E0 00 00 5C E0 00 00 00 00

To enable just delete the name and value.

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Clear Internet Browser Cache

I often have to clear internet browser cache as I work on websites and cannot see the updates I have made until I clear the cache.If you are needing to clear Internet browser cache you must be experiencing some of the annoying problems that it can cause. Browser cache can make you think you are in a time warp or maybe even going crazy. You might experience a sense of deja vu when browsing the internet as you might be shown cached pages that can serve you yesterdays news. This means that if a website is updated you seriously could be viewing an old version.

What is Internet browser cache?

Internet browser cache is really the same as the Temporary Internet Files folder.

It is a collection records form your internet browsing sessions. This includes images, sounds, cookies, webpages,and more. If you inspected these files you would be shocked to see that even a mere favicon from a website you might visit is collected.

Why is the Internet browser cache stored?

You are probably wondering why the hell we need to store all this junk when browsing the internet? I sometimes think this as well, however if these files were not stored you would definitely slow your internet browsing down. These files are stored in your cache to make web browsing faster. The items stored in the temporary internet folder can be accessed quicker than downloading the same thing over and over. For example certain elements of a website that you visit often will be stored to ensure a smoother experience.

Why do you need to clear internet browser cache?

• Viewing old versions of websites
• Your internet browsing is struggling
• Your cache is full

Clear Internet Browser Cache in Google Chrome

1.  Open Google Chrome.

2.  Go to the right corner and looker for the spanner.

3.  Click on it to see the menu. Choose options from the menu. See the screen shot below.

4.  The Google chrome options will appear. Click on the button that says Clear browsing data.

5.  A Clear browsing data box will appear.

6.  Tick the boxes that you want to delete.

Your choices include: Clear browsing history, Clear download history, Empty the cache, Delete cookies and other site data, Clear saved passwords, Clear saved form data.

Clear Internet Browser Cache in Mozilla Firefox

1.  Open Firefox and go to the tools menu.

2.  From the menu choose Clear recent History. See the screen shot below.

3. The clear Recent history box will appear.

4.  Tick the box next to cache to clear internet browser cache.

Clear Internet Browser Cache in Internet Explorer

Here’s how to clear Internet browser cache in Internet Explorer.

1.  Press on the wired thing in the right corner. The menu will appear.

2.  Choose Internet options.

3.  On the General tab, under the browsing history section, press on the delete button.

4.  Again you can choose what to delete. I always try to not delete my saved passwords as I hate typing them in all the time..I am too lazy to get roboform.

If I have not covered the instructions for your particular browser, as you can see they are all very similar. Let us know how often you clear internet browser cache?

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Configure Offline Access in Citrix

Administrators can configure applications that are published to stream to desktops for offline access. This feature allows users to disconnect from the company network and continue to run their applications in offline mode for a specified length of time. No additional configuration is needed while profiling the application to create application profiles or targets that can be accessed offline.
After you configure the offline application policy settings and configure a streamed application for offline access, the next time the user device connects to XenApp, the offline plug-in downloads the application and caches it on the user device.

Important: Before you configure offline access, refer to System Requirements for Application Streaming for the supported platforms and system prerequisites for user devices.

• Step 1: Configure policy settings for offline access
• Step 2: Install the online and offline plug-ins on user devices
• Step 3: Publish the application for offline access

You can complete these steps in any order, but users cannot run applications in offline mode until all steps are completed.


Step 1: Configure Policy Settings for Offline Applications

Configure these Citrix policy settings for Offline Applications:

• Offline app users (required). Create a list of users or groups who have offline access permission and add that list both when creating the policy for Offline app users and when publishing the application. Users or groups listed in the offline app users policy setting and who are also configured for the application have permission to run offline-enabled applications in online and offline mode. Users who are configured for the application, but who are not added to the policy list can access the application online, but not offline.Users or groups on this list use an offline license to launch applications regardless of whether they are connected to the network or disconnected.
  
• Offline app license period (required). Specify the number of days applications can work offline before users have to renew the license (21 days by default, but can range from 2 to 365 days).
•  For versions 1.0 through 5.1 of the plug-in, the license for each application in the profile is activated when the user launches the application the first time, for online or offline use. Beginning with version 5.2 of the plug-in, when the user launches an application in the profile for the first time, for online or offline use, the offline license is activated for all other applications in the profile, as well. This occurs at the farm level. Thus, the offline license for all applications in the profile expires based on the date of the first application launched the first time, regardless of when the other applications are launched.
• To configure licenses, administrators can use the License Management Console or command-line tools. They must also ensure they have a sufficient number of licenses to support the total number of users with offline access permission. Users who run XenApp hosted applications can also stream applications to user devices without requiring a separate license. For general information, in the topics for Licensing Your Product, see Getting Started with Citrix Licensing.
• When users with offline access log on using the online plug-in, they automatically either check out an offline license or renew a license already checked out. If users stay logged on, licenses are renewed automatically each day. If the license is near its expiration date while a user is running the application in offline mode, a notice appears reminding the user to log on (that is, change to online mode). When the user logs on, the offline license is renewed automatically if a license is available.
•  If the license expires and no license is available, the user cannot launch the application offline.Offline app client trust (optional). Use this setting to enable offline application clients that have disconnected to recreate sessions when reconnecting, without authenticating again.
  
• Offline app event logging (optional). Use this setting to enable logging of offline application events to the event log on the server. 

Step 2: Install the Online and Offline Plug-ins on User Devices 

To use the offline access feature, install both the offline and online plug-ins on the user device. The offline plug-in caches each streamed application on the hard drive of the user device. After the application is cached, the user can disconnect from the network or server and continue to run the application in offline mode for the period of time specified in the license.

Step 3: Publish the Application for Offline Access

The offline access feature is available only for applications that you publish as Streamed to client or Streamed if possible, otherwise accessed from a server.

In addition, when publishing an application for offline access, check the application's documentation and Web site to determine whether any special configuration is required on the user device to enable offline access of that application. For example, to stream Microsoft Outlook to the user device for offline access, users must enable the Microsoft Exchange Setting to "Use Cached Exchange Mode."

Configure the application for offline access while publishing the application or later using the application properties: 

• Enable the application for offline access and select the caching preference.
• Create a list of users or groups who have offline access permission and add that list both when creating the policy for Offline app users and when publishing the application.

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If you loose the connectivity to the Data Store and if you are loosing PS 3.0 OR later

* Users can connect to the farm without no issues (no grace period or any time limitation)
* Do not restart the servers (as it will try to contact DS and try to refresh the LHC)
* Do not reset the local host cache (it will not rebuild since DS is down)
* 96 hours grace period only applied to PS & Metaframe versions before PS 3.0.
* There is no way to seize PS/XenApp servers try contacting DS upon a reboot,
* Unless you use Management Console/Delivery console to manage your citrix farm it wont contact DS,
* LHC is there to perform the required functionality. Its by design.

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