How to get the fastest possible citrix logon times james. We also provide an extensive windows 7 tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks. It must be used as input to a program that knows what to do with it, like the one i mentioned above. Perhaps a vmware service slowing down the boot to desktop or similar circumstance. Win7 machines appears to take a very long time to log into their desktop. Finally solved an issue we had been facing with slow logons on windows 7 machines. Windows 7 forums is the largest help and support community, providing friendly help and advice for microsoft windows 7 computers such as dell, hp, acer, asus or a custom build. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find support and solutions for any problems regarding your windows 7 pc be it dell, hp, acer, asus or a custom build. If my gpos are of interest you can download the gpo starter pack. These updated script contains new registration phase and now covers the entire registration process citrix xendesktop, see below for details. Troubleshooting xendesktop slow logons with hdx data guest post by niron koren, controlup cto team. One of the most important parts of a successful xenapp andor xendesktop implementation, wherever its an onpremises or in the public cloud implementation, is definitely the testing phase at the end. When our tests switched from user experience to scale, using the citrix policy template, windows 7 aero was turned off, giving us a huge jump in density.
Therere of course some basic group policies for citrix profile management, loopback replace mode, rdsh licensing etc. If you have older vda machines running windows 7 or windows server 2008 r2, you can leave their vda software at version 7. The performance is afterwards perfectly adequate for a computer of that age. Complete steps 1 to 3 with the same user account, in a load balanced environment. With verbose mode activated, i noticed that it got delayed at preparing your desktop. Microsoft windows 10, citrix xendesktop and logon time. This blog post is a short followup to my previous entry on troubleshooting slow logons. In the environment page, select create a master image, and click next. Longer logon times directly correspond to the number of desktop shortcuts that are defined in the users profile.
Longer, in fact, than the combined durations of the main logon. Windows 7 server 2008 r2 using folder redirection on my documents via group policy if a new user logs onto a machine after the gpos are processed and you see the preparing desktop info. If the user is logging on, the view reflects the process of logging on. Then i upgraded windows 10 today, issue still persisted. It might be necessary to log on to multiple remote desktop servers to verify if the issue is seen on one or more servers. Most of the registry keys have been imported from the previous xendesktop tuning tips group policy v1. The issue is fixed in citrix virtual desktop agent version 3.
True im not using serverlevel hardware that you would see in production, but my logon times felt too long because i dont have logon scripts, complex group policy preferences, or even massive profiles. Poor performance and slow user experience logon times are things that. I just added it to see if it had any effect on citrix xenapp 7. When utilising xendesktop studio on a server with no internet access hopfully this is the case. Folder redirection can make a difference here by separating the application data which generally makes up a large chunk of the profile and leaving it permanently on a file share, thereby reducing the size of the profile and in turn the logon speed. Some of the citrix documentation content is machine translated for your convenience only. Long login times are something that we have been hearing from time to time working with citrix xenapp xendesktop environments. During the research for my session about the xenapp 7. It was taking more than 56 mins for my pc to become responsive on desktop. The behavior impacts profile management because it causes profile data to be lost when the session ends. For windows 72008 r2 vdas that will use personal vdisk, or appdisk, or any other layering. Slow login on windows 10 1903 with thin client and dual monitors. From the user details view, troubleshoot the logon state using the logon duration panel. Login vsi scenario taskworker without microsoft office.
He found some windows updates that caused a logon delay. This blog post is a short followup to my previous entry on slow logons troubleshooting. If the user is currently logged on, the logon duration panel displays the time it took for the user to log on to the current session. If you manually replace the file with the correct 7. A remote desktop session cannot start after you add a new user to a computer that is running windows 7 service pack 1 or windows server 2008 r2 service pack 1. A simple way of improving slow logon performance on xenapp 7. When i click shutdown the screen just sits at the desktop, then after a minute it appears to disconnect but in the. There is a good freeware burner called imgburn which will do this easily. If you hit a vda when it is still in the freshly booted phase, you will experience a resource contention that has a detrimental effect on your logon. And windows 10 outperforming windows 7 is due in part because aero aero glass in windows 7 is consuming a lot of resources. At the end of the day isnt xenapp 6 with win7 theme really the best way to vdi. Slow logon with a blank screen in windows 7 or windows 8. This post outlines a story about how we helped a new customer use goliaths logon duration report to solve end user experience issues related to slow citrix xenapp and xendesktop logons while on a training call with a new customer this week, he was telling me about the complaints he receives from some citrix xenapp and xendesktop end users.
My logon times averaged around 30 seconds which is not bad at all. Windows 10 desktop is sometimes very slow to load after login, the desktop is sometimes very long to load, the computer showing a black screen for up to a minute before the desktop appearing. A slow logon is a relative thing and depends on a myriad of factors. If you just think that your logon is slow, then it. It could be that the students are placing software on the machines that start with windows and adversely affects windows operation for some reason or another. In a citrix virtual desktops deployment, disconnecting from a remote desktop protocol rdp session can cause a virtual desktop to become unresponsive or to restart. Alternatively, on the vm menu, click install xenserver tools. How to solve slow citrix xenappdesktop logons with the logon.
As new and existing citrix xendesktop customers consider migrating to microsoft windows 10, mobilizing the desktop experience. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. Citrix xenapp long logon times and potential fixes citrixology. Set configure for to windows 7 or the highest available os. When connecting to a windows 10 v1511 vda that has just been upgraded from 7.
Citrix xenapp 6 with windows 7 look and feel xenappblog. This updated script includes new logon phases and now covers the. In director, hdx connection is taking 12 to 15 seconds on the lan connecting to the storefront server, not connecting from the internet through the cag. Learn how we helped a new customer use goliaths logon duration report to solve end user experience issues related to slow citrix xaxd. During logon, sessions seem to hang for a good number of seconds on a black screen prior to being given access to the desktop. The environment supports both windows 10 1703 and windows server 2016 rdsh the ws2016 rdsh logons behave as expected with regular and acceptable logon performance. Install xenserver tools on the message dialog to go. Slow logons are one of the more common profile related issues, especially when using standard windows roaming profiles. Citrix virtual apps and desktops 7 1912 ltsr is now available to download.
In the netherlands, we have a nice quote, which says measuring is knowing or to measure is to know. Furthermore, many of these steps rely on external servers and services e. Windows server 2012 and windows 8 introduced a startup delay for applications which has a. Citrix provides the limited release hotfix icats760wx64009 that fixes this issue. Win7 x64, windows 7 64 bit, slow log on, slow logon, slow domain, long welcome screen fixes. You experience a long logon time when you try to log on to a windows 7based or a windows server 2008 r2based client computer that uses roaming profiles. There are over a dozen steps in the citrix logon process this is true for both citrix xenapp and xendesktop, and slowness in any one of these steps can make citrix logon slow.
Complete the following procedure to troubleshoot slow logon issues on xenapp. For additional logon delay troubleshooting, see alexander ollischer xenappxendesktop. Download the latest stable versions of login am, workloads and additional. On the top right, click virtual delivery agent for windows desktop os, or windows server os, depending on which type of vda you are building. Disablestatus slow logon with black screen citrix xenapp 7. Unzip it then create a cd from the iso file using your cd burning software.
Default delay of 510 seconds for vdas based on windows 8. How to solve user logon issues with the free logon. Troubleshooting xendesktop slow logons with hdx data. Citrix xen guest vm incredibly slow virtualization. A powerful virtualization application for access the windows and the content from any remote location, citrix. Windows 10 image has been optimised using the vmware optimisation tool for windows 10. In the core components page, if you dont need citrix receiver installed on your vda, then uncheck the box. If windows 7 on vsphere, dont install the vmware svga driver. Very slow windows 7 wireless domain login windows forum. If your server or desktop logon does not show the progress wording on logon but instead has only black wallpaper then it is definitely worth testing out this registry key. How to solve slow citrix xenappdesktop logons with the.
Citrix director is great at recording logon times per session and logon averages over periods of time. Particularly for windows 10 xendesktop, this will make a big difference to logon times, as this version of windows presents the logon interface long before background processing has finished. All tests has been performed on my superserver vsphere 6. If we logon with 1 monitor connected the devices login in around 1 minute. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Microsoft windows server 2012r2 remote desktop services proof of.
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