{"id":1466,"date":"2018-04-03T22:01:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T22:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-no.104.210.61.21.xip.io\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2018-04-03T22:13:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T22:13:33","slug":"citrix-improving-internet-explorer-user-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech-no.org\/?p=1466","title":{"rendered":"Citrix – Improving Internet Explorer user experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

I assume if you are reading this you are tired of seeing Internet Explorer eat up CPU cycles on your Citrix farm, hurting other users experience. I usually prefer to keep the browser out of the Citrix Session for security reasons, however in some cases this is not possible.<\/p>\n

First thing I would recommend is setting the Internet Explorer performance options. You can control this with simple registry settings, see below:<\/p>\n

Enabling Internet Explorer Performance Options<\/strong><\/p>\n

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00<\/p>\n

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\iexplore.exe\\PerfOptions]
\n“CpuPriorityClass”=dword:00000005
\n“IoPriority”=dword:00000001<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This settings used above are for CPU and Disk IO and you may use the table below for an explanation of the settings impact:<\/p>\n

CpuPriorityClass<\/p>\n

1 Idle
\n2 Normal
\n3 High
\n5 Below Normal
\n6 Above Normal<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

IoPriority<\/p>\n

0 Very Low
\n1 Low
\n2 Normal<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Enabling Tracking Protection with EasyList (https:\/\/easylist.to\/<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Log on, fire up IE11, and then click on the Tools icon, select Manage Add-Ons from the\u00a0menu, and click on Tracking Protection in the list of Add-On Types.<\/p>\n

Then click on Get a Tracking Protection List Online, and from the web page that appears, select one (I like using EasyList Standard since this is the one AdBlock Plus uses)<\/p>\n

Click on Add List from the dialog box, and close the Manage Add-ons dialog and restart your browser to begin testing.<\/p>\n

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Deploying the Registry values and filesystem entries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s up to you to decide the method of deploying these settings. I will cover doing this with Group Policy Preferences \u2013 but there\u2019s probably a multitude of ways to get this done, choose the one that\u2019s easiest for your own environment.<\/p>\n

There are two items to deploy, the registry values and some files you need to copy. Here is the path to the registry settings you need to deploy:<\/p>\n

HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Safety\\PrivacIE\\Lists\\{GUID}<\/i><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On a server with the same OS as your Citrix farm, configure the settings and then export the settings to be able to import into the next step.<\/p>\n

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Group Policy Preferences, using the Registry Wizard, under User Config | Preferences | Windows Settings | Registry. Use this to browse to the local or remote Registry location and bring in the settings (make sure to select all the values in the key!)<\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So we need to copy out the .tpl file from the testing user profile and copy it in when the user logs in to your farm.<\/p>\n

it should be located somewhere like:<\/p>\n

C:\\Users\\Mcrabtree\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Tracking Protection\\{GUID}<\/i>.tpl<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here are the location you need to deploy to:<\/p>\n

%LOCALAPPDATA%\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Tracking Protection<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Make sure that the Type for the Path value is correctly set to be REG_EXPAND_SZ rather than just REG_SZ.<\/p>\n

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If you implement this, you may want to restrict your users ability to disable this by using the Group Policy Object \u201cDo not allow users to enable or disable add-ons<\/i>\u201c,<\/p>\n

I am still testing these settings, but I am hopeful they will have a positive impact on IE performance and security.<\/p>\n

***Update***<\/p>\n

If you get this message when adding the tracking list:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>browse to this URL instead:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/iegallery<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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