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March 13, 2007

"Access Denied" error whuile launching a Softgrid virtualized application on Vista

I am trying to launch an application on Windows Vista which was virtualized previously for Windows XP. However when I launch the deployed shortcut , Softgrid throws following error -

The Softgrid Client could not launch <Application Name>. Access is Denied. Error Code: 410038-0060922C-80070005

Has anyone experienced this error before?

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February 26, 2007

Roaming Profiles Implementation for SoftGrid-II

In the  "Roaming Profiles Implementation for SoftGrid-I" we discussed the concept of Softgrid roaming profiles for applications and it's contribution in achieving a true roaming user profile.

I will continue the discussion further and discuss a simple procedure to implement Softgrid Roaming profile in a test lab.

 

 

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Addressing User Security Elevation on a locked down PC using SoftGrid Virtualized Applications

Normally in a locked down environemnt in order to enable End Users (EU) to customize application specific settings and other customizations application packagers identify and elevate security permissions to secure NTFS and Registry areas. This is often considered as a security risk and also contributes to effort in troublershooting and identifying such areas on the local system.

SoftGrid eliminates the requirement of elevating security permissions to the restricted area. As Softgrid virtualized applications execute within a virtual environement the user has complete access to the virtual environemnt while executing the application. The advantage is that the users have access to the desired functionality withoutaffecting the state of the host system.

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Roaming Profiles Implementation for SoftGrid-I

In traditional Windows Roaming Profile (WRP) user profile specific files are stored on a network location and are accessible to a user from any machine. However the problem of maintaining the application settings still remains unresolved in the traditional environment as all applications are installed on the local system and the settings specific to them are also maintained on the local system which can’t be made a part of the user profile e.g. Application settings in HKCU registry etc.   

 This challenge is addressed in Softgrid by maintaining Softrgid Application Profiles. In this topic I will discuss how softgrid helps in implementing a true roaming profile

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Sequencing MS Office 2003

While sequencing office 2003 I came around an error that says “This action is only valid for products that are currently installed”.The error occurred when I tried running the applications from the shortcuts placed in Start menu of the local machine instead of launching the shortcuts from Softgrid Sequencer.

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