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Troubleshooting Citrix Slow Performance Issues    Thursday, 29 May 2008 11:32 Chris Bradford Troubleshoot Citrix / Thin Client Performance'   After a long project that was aimed at improving Thin Client performance I though I would post my experiences and solutions in order to aid those in a similar situation.     Citrix Server Performance Improvement I was recently tasked with improving a Citrix XP and PS 4.5 Farm’s performance; by no means was this simple project which I could simply throw more servers at the farm hoping to resolve the issue.   By far, the most useful tool in diagnosing slow logons is the userenv.dll debugging available in your Windows out of the box. This will really spell out where your problem is coming from.   For further information read this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221833   External File Server Performance External file servers, especially servers holding roaming user profiles can cause significa...

The Ultimate Guide to Terminal Server Printing - Design and Configuration Written on Feb 02 2004 Filed under: Third Party Software, Printing, White Papers 131,143 views, 86 comments ________________________________________ by Brian Madden This paper is excerpted from the book Terminal Services for Windows Server 2003:Advanced Technical Design Guide, by Brian Madden and Ron Oglesby. At some point during your Terminal Server system design you'll remember that your users will probably want to print something sooner or later. Printing is an important function to users within their Terminal Server sessions, yet it has traditionally been the biggest nightmare for administrators of server-based computing systems. Ideally, printing from applications via RDP sessions should be no different than printing from any other application. It should be relatively seamless to the users, allowing them to click the print button within their application, easily select a printer, and qu...