SVS Roaming User Client v2.1

In our company we have a lot of "Roaming users" and therefore I was looking for a solution to activate apps in SVS, based on the user that's logged in. [Totally rewritten to run as a Windows service. (Faster, with more functionality.) See the changelog for details.]

After setting the correct permissions in the registry it was possible to let users activate apps themselves, so I figured it was possible to automate this via a script. That script became a small .NET app which I wrote myself and is running on .NET Framework 2.0.

The app checks a user's group membership in the domain and activates the applications belonging to certain groups. It also creates a log file of all actions taken and can automatically import packages from a network repository (if the user is admin).

The app resides in the notification area and warns the user with a blinking icon if something went wrong.

Suggestions and recommendations are welcome.

The tool can be downloaded here:
http://k00tje.f-sw.com/

Related article: SVS User Admin.

Changelog

Version 2.1

• Version 2.1 is completely rewritten.
• This version runs as a Windows service and, therefore, has a lot of benefits.
• It monitors the computer it's installed on, if any user is logging on.
• It starts activating layers as soon as it detects a user, and not after the login script runs.
• Activating is much quicker.
• When a user logs off, the active layers are deactivated.
• You don't have to tweak the registry to allow a user to activate layers. (In that case a user could activate any layer.)
• Because it's not running under a normal user account, you can also let it import layers automatically if it's not available on the machine (without the need that a user must have admin rights).