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Citrix Receiver spawning multiple SelfServicePlugin.exe processes

Re: Citrix Receiver 3.1 spawning multiple SelfService.exe processes Update 7/12/2013: I am told that this issues has been fixed with the latest release of the receiver, Version 4.  It was released June 26, 2013 Current Info: Download and install version 4.0 of the receiver.  http://www.citrix.com/downloads/citrix-receiver.html Previous Info: Fix 1) Download the Citrix Receiver and install it with the following command line: CitrixReceiver.exe ADDLOCAL=ReceiverInside,ICA_Client,USB,DesktopViewer,Flash,Vd3d /silent This will install everything BUT selfservice.exe Fix 2) Or if the installation file is called CitrixReceiverWeb.exe, enter the following command line: CitrixReceiverWeb.exe ADDLOCAL=ReceiverInside,ICA_Client,USB,DesktopViewer,Flash

Quick AD Replication summary

REPADMIN /replsummary *   A sample report looks like this:   C:\Windows\system32>repadmin /replsummary * Replication Summary Start Time: 2013-05-09 20:14:39   Beginning data collection for replication summary, this may take awhile:   .........................     Source DSA          largest delta    fails/total %%   error AMSDC                 02h:19m:19s    0 /   5    0 ASHDC                     26m:31s    0 /   5    0 ATHDC                     11m:42s    0 /   5    0 CHRDC                 02h:26m:42s    0 /  10    0 EDBDC                 02h:19m:19s    0 /   5    0 FVBDC                 02h:26m:17s    0 /  10    0 GPRDC                     26m:17s    0 /  10    0 KAODC                 02h:24m:40s    0 /  85    0 KAODC2                    26m:02s    0 /   5    0 KCHSDB                    26m:43s    0 /   5    0 KRLDC                 02h:28m:34s    0 /  40    0 POCDC            >60 days            5 /   5  100  (1722) The RPC server is unavailable. PRLDC                 02h:26m:3

Changing the AD Tombstone Lifetime

The default AD Tombstone lifetime in Windows 2003 AD is 60 days. This was raised to 120 days in AD on Windows 2008 You can increase the lifetime before tombstoning an AD Object using the following: http://www.petri.co.il/changing_the_tombstone_lifetime_windows_ad.htm