Guest/Image
***WARNING*** Do Not Use Windows 10 Build 1809 ***WARNING***
Product Line: VERDE At this writing, with VERDE 8.2.x, DO NOT use Windows 10 build 1809. There are huge bugs. Everything from profiles to installing software other than Microsoft products. It's better to stay with 1709 or 1803.
Win10 1803 and Above - Fall Creators Update. Admin user continues to run in the Win10 Image
Product Line: VERDE With Windows 10, Build 1803 and above, I've noticed that users are no longer automatically signed out when I shut down or restart my PC. The Creator of the image (mcadmin1) will be logged into my Guest Image. The system will ...
How to configure USB Device for VERDEOS
When installing VERDEOS with a USB thumb drive you will need to use the VERDEOS .IMG file and a thumb drive disk imager such as Win32DiskImager. The following example demonstrates how to perform this task. How to Configure your USB Device for ...
Windows 10 - Application Layers isn't functioning
Product Line: VERDE There are, at this writing, two Windows 10 builds (1709 and 1803) that by default, do not support VERDE's Application Layers. There's an easy fix. The problem is that SMB1 is disabled. To enable, simply perform the following ...
Application Failure in Gold Image at: \\host
Product Line: VERDE When attempting to install some applications in gold image, the application attempts to install in the following location: \\HOST This seems specific to Windows 10. Solution: Search the registry for \\host and modify to the ...
How to configure the Windows Gold image to allow an auto-admin login
Product Line: VERDE You can configure the Windows Gold image to allow an auto-admin login. The Windows account has to be a member of the local Administrators group. You set this up using the built-in utility called: netplwiz You point to the local ...
Problem with Printer going Offline
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: Documented Printer going Offline Windows 8 clients on our network connecting to networked printers on a 2012 print server. Normally they talk to the printers perfectly. However, after a remote desktop session to a ...
Windows Activation for a Virtualize Windows 10 image
Product Line: VERDE Issue: Is there any recommendations on how to manage the Windows 10 OS Product Key Activation on Clustered VERDE VDI Hosts? I can Activate a Gold Image but that only stays activated for Guest VDIs that are spun up on that same ...
How Licensing Actually works with VERDE/VERDEOS 8.2 and Above
Product Line: VERDE Let me explain how licensing works: Redeeming a license key generates the appropriate license object in the Management Portal for the customer. This license object is "owned" by the customer account in the Management Portal. ...
Verde Wiki Quick reference link
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Upgrading and Converting from 7.x to 8.2.x
Product Line: VERDE Before upgrading the tools, you'll need to import your 7.2 Gold Image into your newly built 8.2.1 environment and run the CONVERSION program: Convert Gold Images to QCOW2 Format 1. In the Management Console, check in the images. ...
Local Printing/Printer Connected to Workstation not working in Remote Desktop (RDP and SPICE)
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: Printers attached to the workstation and the VDI/Image is Windows 10 or Windows 8.1, printing does not function. Following are step to fix this issue: Solution: The Verde Team has found a ‘fix’ for both Windows 8.1 Pro N ...
Issues with Configuring and Activating Office 2013 or Office 365 in a Non-Persistent Environment
Product Line: VERDE Occasionally, VERDE Administrators will have issues with getting users' Microsoft Office applications to remain activated in the Guest Image/VDI. The following article addresses this issue and MANY related Microsoft issues. ...
Windows Server VM Creation for Verde Servers In-a-Box
Product Line: VERDE In order to support a one-system/all in one setup, VERDE supports building a Windows Domain/Active Directory server as a Virtual Machine (VM) within the VERDE system's own Gold Image Collection. The following Knowledge Base ...
Transferring USER.IMG from one VERDE environment to another.
Product Line: VERDE You may want to import the images from one environment to another. For the Gold Image(s) you simple use the IMPORT function and upgrade the Gold Image's guest tools. But, this does nothing for the users' data. You may want to ...
How to BACKOUT/REMOVE GUEST Image layers/snapshots
Product Line: VERDE Often, you may save a change to a gold image and then realize you didn't really want to do such a change. Here's how you can easily remove the most recent Gold Image update. Ensure all Virtual Images associated with the Gold ...
VERDE VDI Optimization for Windows 10
Product Line: VERDE Introduction A basic Windows 10 ISO is not configured by default for VDI implementation. If not configured correctly, a Windows 10 guest will consume a a large amount of CPU, Memory and network resources per desktop. The ...
Windows 10 High CPU issue Addressed continued (4 of 4)
Product Line: VERDE Finally, we suggest disabling the Windows Defender: Turning off Windows Defender Using the Local Group Policy Editor Press the Windows Key + R, type in gpedit.msc in the Run dialog box and click OK to open the Local Group Policy ...
Windows 10 High CPU issue Addressed continued (3 of 4)
Product Line: VERDE There's another User Experience Telemetry we'll disable. Start up the Task Manager and select the Service tab as follows: Sort by the name column and Right Click on DiagTrack. Select STOP similar to the following: Now, you need ...
Windows 10 High CPU issue Addressed continued (2 of 4)
roduct Line: VERDE Method 1 – Group Policy Editor Method 2 – Registry Editor There's a service that continuously runs that you should consider disabling. Windows Telemetry. To do so: Method 1 – Group Policy Editor 1) On your keyboard, press ...
Windows 10 High CPU Issues Addressed (1 of 4)
Product Line: VERDE As of the writing of this Knowledge Base article, there are 100's of online articles dealing with Windows 10 running with inordinately high CPU. We suggest the following modifications to your image to improve performance. You ...
Windows 10 RDP Issue: Unable to connect using RDP Protocol to access Windows 10 and Windows 8.1
Product Line: VERDE In Windows 10 and 8.1 Microsoft changed RDP’s defaults. They modified the default for “SecurityLayer” from 0 to 2. Even if you go into the user interface and disable: “Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop ...
VERDE 7.2 Errata: Mandatory extra upgrade steps for Windows images
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: There are extra steps that need to be executed after you upgrade a Gold Image from any version of VERDE to VERDE 7.2 according to the Admin Guide. The Guest Tools upgrade process has a bug. References to the User Guest ...
Verde Client fails to launch guest images when using RDP protocol with xfreerdp.
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: Verde Client on Ubuntu 12.x fails to launch guest images when using RDP protocol with xfreerdp. This is due to a bug with xfreerdp and Ubuntu. SOLUTION: Uninstall xfreerdp and install rdesktop.
Windows Gold Image Updates
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: How often should the Gold Images be updated? SOLUTION: There is no rule about how often images should be updated. Your environment, the number of Gold Images, resources, applications, and company policies are ...
When installing LINUX image, you receive an error regarding libnuma.so.1
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: I am testing the VERDE 8.0.1 version on a fresh installed Centos 6.8 version. I have updated the Centos turning it into a 6.9 (final) and did all the comments in the readme.txt. The fist thing I have tested was Windows ...
Win2008 run image as Desktop
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: You need to configure Windows 2008 to run as a Desktop OS Solution: Here are a few websites that include directions for forcing a Win2008 image to run as a Desktop: http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/themes ...
Networked Windows without AD has Unexpected Authentication Issues
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: VERDE customer is using Windows OS as Guest VDI but is not using Active Directory, which makes Windows configuration difficult when paired with VERDE's dynamic desktop model. Why is this difficult?... - End user ...
Gold Image Check-out and Check-in hang and are stuck in 'Pending' Status
Product Line: VERDE VERDE version: 6.6.x Host/Server: N/A Guest/Image: N/A Client/Workstation: N/A In VERDE 6.6.x, the situation may arise where the Status of the Gold Image (when viewed in the Management Console) shows to be pending and never ...
WIN7 64-bit: Guest Driver Install, alert is shown indicating that the Red Hat QXL Display Driver is not digitally signed
Product Line: VERDE In Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Guests, the following security update must be applied prior to VERDE Guest Tools installation so that Windows will accept SHA-256 signed drivers. Steps: 1. Install the base Windows 7 or Windows 2008 ...
VERDE 8.0 ERRATA
Product Line: VERDE This is the official Errata document for VERDE 8.0 Please read this article if you have installed or upgraded to VERDE version 8.0 and take the appropriate actions based on your setup. 1. Ubuntu 12.04 Image Errata Affects: All ...
How to eliminate The Multiple Guest.IMGs in the \GOLD\<ImageName> Directory (GUEST.IMG, GUEST-2.IMG, GUEST-3.IMG..etc.) and Retain the Modification(s).
Product Line: VERDE Statement From a Customer: I have seen that each time I perform a check-out and check-in, in the Gold Image storage folder a new file is created: GUEST-2.IMG GUEST-3.IMG GUEST.IMG What is this about? And how can I eliminate ...
VERDE 8.0 ERRATA: Ubuntu 12.04 Image Installation Steps
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: Due to Ubuntu system limitations in version 12.04, Ubuntu 12.04 virtual desktops do not support the latest version of KVM. However, you can run Ubuntu 12.04 virtual desktops in VERDE by modifying the settings.local file ...
How to install Apps on the C drive
Product Line: VERDE VERDE version: ALL Host/Server: All Guest/Image: Windows Client/Workstation: N/A ISSUE: Often, customers need to install applications on the Windows images C: Drive. In Windows Vista and higher, you can use the built-in ...