Citrix 7.x VDA Installation

Third Party Applications - Settings

Adobe Reader DC

Modifications made via Adobe Customization Wizard DC:

• Rationalization Options
• Suppress display of EULA
• Installation Options
• Make Reader the default PDF viewer
• Remove all version of Reader
• Enable Caching of installer files on local hard drive
• Unattended (with no user interaction, only a progress bar)
• Prompt the user for reboot
• Security
• Protected view: OFF
• Enhanced Security Settings: Standalone - disable, Browser - disable
• Online Services and features
• Disable product updates
• Disable Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud Services
• Disable preference synchronization across devices

Video Graphics

Black screen issues on VDA 7.x - https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200073

Optimize Logon Times

One of the best scripts to use for optimization. You need to comment out some of the things that you might use in your environment. Go through the script carefully. You can find the script here.

Other optimizations that you might want to apply here.

Seal and Shut Down - Master Image

If this session host will be a master image in a Machine Creation Services or Provisioning Services catalog, after the master is fully prepared (including applications), do the following:

1. Go to the properties of the C: drive and run Disk Cleanup.
   
2. If Disk Cleanup is missing, you can run cleanmgr.exe instead.
   
3. On the Tools tab, click Optimize to defrag the drive.
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4. Run slmgr.vbs /dlv and make sure it is licensed with KMS and has at least one rearm remaining. It is no longer necessary to manually rearm licensing. XenDesktop will do it automatically.
   
5. Run Delprof2 to clean up local profiles. Get it from http://helgeklein.com/download/.
   
6. Machine Creation Services and Provisioning Services require DHCP.
   

Session hosts commonly have DHCP reservations.

Shut down the master image. You can now use Studio or Provisioning Services to create a catalog of linked clones.

Clear Event Viewer Logs: wevtutil el | foreach { wevtutil cl $_ }


Stops the DHCP client service: “Net stop DHCP”

Blanks the following registry keys: “regedit /s DHCP_clear.reg”

“NameServer”=””

“NameServer”=””

“Domain”=””

“DhcpIPAddress”=””

“DhcpSubnetMask”=””

“DhcpServer”=””

“DhcpNameServer”=””

“DhcpDefaultGateway”=””




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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{GUID_OF_NETWORK_ADAPTOR}]

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