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  • Running IE6, IE7 and IE8 Side-by-Side Using Symantec Workspace Virtualization

    karl_bunnell Symantec Employee
    Corporate IT continues to have the requirement to support multiple versions of IE given the dependence of legacy web applications on an older version of IE.  Symantec Workspace Virtualization provides a solution for running multiple versions of IE simultaneously “side-by-side” on a ...

  • Virtual Application Library

    karl_bunnell Symantec Employee
    The Virtual Application Library is a collection of pre-configured virtual applications delivered as Layer Definition File (LDF) packages. An LDF package is a self-extracting archive that, when executed, invokes a script to create a virtual application using the Layer Definition tool and Symantec Sof...

  • Virtualized Internet Explorer 6 for Windows 7

    karl_bunnell Symantec Employee
    Adoption to Windows 7 is accelerating and migrations from prior versions of Windows to Windows 7 are really starting to pick up steam. One significant impediment to migrating to Windows 7 is the lack of native support for Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) on Windows 7. Many enterprises still rely on interna...

  • What is a Sponsored Group?

    meggie_woodfield
    Continuing our commitment to help users get the most value out of the Endpoint Management solutions, our product teams are now sponsoring twelve groups on Connect. In these groups, you will find the best how to videos, articles, and product extensions available. Sponsored groups are monitored by th...

  • Announcement: Endpoint Management Sponsored Groups

    hugo_parra Symantec Employee
    Continuing our commitment to help you, our users, get the most value out of the Endpoint Management solutions, the product team is sponsoring twelve groups on Connect. In these groups, you will find the best how to videos, articles, and product extensions available. By participating in one or m...
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  • new download 17 May 2013
    Ken Dudley posted: Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP Base Layer Definition File
    The Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP Base Layer Definition File creates a "Launch Layer" that can be used to invoke Internet Explorer 8 with the correct COM Clsids environment for Microsoft Office to view/open online attachments from a webpage opened through Virtualized Internet Explorer 8. NOTE: This base layer must be activated before the Internet Explorer 8 layer is ...
  • new download 17 May 2013
    Ken Dudley posted: Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP Layer Definition File
    The Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP Layer Definition File (LDF) provides a mechanism for customers of Symantec Workspace Virtualization to create the Virtual Application Layer and package without the need to capture the installation. Prerequisites - Symantec Workspace Virtualization v6.1 SP1 or greater - Symantec Workspace Virtualization Layer Definition Tool. ...
  • new download 17 May 2013
    Ken Dudley posted: Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7 Layer Definition File
    The Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7 Layer Definition File (LDF) provides a mechanism for customers of Symantec Workspace Virtualization to create the Virtual Application Layer and package without the need to capture the installation. Prerequisites - Symantec Workspace Virtualization v6.1 SP7 or greater - Symantec Workspace Virtualization Layer Definition Tool. ...
  • new download 17 May 2013
    Ken Dudley posted: Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 Layer Definition File
    The Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 Layer Definition File (LDF) provides a mechanism for customers of Symantec Workspace Virtualization to create the Virtual Application Layer and package without the need to capture the installation. Prerequisites - Symantec Workspace Virtualization v6.1 SP1 or greater - Symantec Workspace Virtualization Layer Definition Tool. Download. Installation The ...
  • discussion comment 16 May 2013
    EdT commented on: Active Layer, Conventional Programs uninstalls go from minutes to hours
    I believe you should try upgrading a test system to SP8 MP2 and then see if you still have the problem. I'm not sure what exact build version this is, but I do know that SP8 MP1 was version 6.4.0.1711, which is itself somewhat newer than the version you are running.
  • blog entry comment 15 May 2013
    ardevaz commented on: Workspace Virtualization - Script to Find the Magic Number
    I've got this "simpler" version working   ' Get the Layer Name from the commandline layerName = WScript.Arguments.Item(0) strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\DEFAULT") selectStatement = "SELECT Id FROM VirtualSoftwarePackage WHERE Name = " selectStatement = selectStatement + Chr(34) + layerName + Chr(34)   Set ...
  • new discussion 15 May 2013
    ad0170 posted: Size of Upgraded Package
    Hello I have a important question on upgraded packages. I explain it on Firefox package My version 1 pacakge of firefox 17.0.2 has a size cca 20MB. Once I did upgrade package to get version 2, Firefox 17.0.5. The upgraded package has size cca 40MB. Once I look inside of the xpf file I see that upgraded package contains the whole version 1 and also whole version 2. Now I take a clean ...
  • download comment 14 May 2013
    Altiris_Junior commented on: Internet Explorer 7 for Windows 7 Layer Definition File
    Hello All, i am also facing the same error, any luck on this 14:58:53.354] [ERROR] [DEF2LAYER] [Copying files] :File with name: INETCPLC.DLL  not created or found in any file repository path.   [14:58:53.369] [ERROR] [DEF2LAYER] [Copying files] :   [14:58:53.385] [INFO] [DEF2LAYER] [Operation Complete] :   Create layer from definition file failed with error code: ...
  • new discussion 10 May 2013
    Palvaran posted: SQL Query for custom reports in Workspace Streaming
    Hey Everyone, How can you perform a manual custom SQL query based on the out of box reports?  The reason I ask is that our reports are continually failing due to time outs from exceeding the default value.  I noticed that you can change that per the Admin Guide:   180000 in consoleconf.xml under \Console\conf folder.   However, performance using the out of box reporting ...
  • event comment 10 May 2013
    AndyN commented on: Workspace Virtualization and Streaming Webcast - May 22, 2013
    Yes, we record each webcast and post the recording shortly after. Here are the previous webcast recordings if you want to listen to any of them Webcasts Using Symantec Workspace Streaming for Software Licence Management Date: May 22, 2013 Guest Presenters: Sree Krumar and Prasenjit Das, Symantec Support Engineer's   Best Practices for Virtualizing Microsoft ...