Microsoft Related Training & Support Archives
Microsoft training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
Investigating Bogus Framebuffer Memory Usage with ControlUp
A user reported experiencing strange values in framebuffer memory usage for certain processes in a customer's Citrix environment with NVIDIA L4-4Q. They discovered that this issue can be caused by a broken Citrix XenDesktop graphics driver and was able to fix it by uninstalling and reinstalling the VDA. This issue has also been observed by Microsoft, who have a similar issue with GPU process memory counters reporting incorrect values. A support ticket has been opened for this issue and the ControlUp community has also seen similar cases.
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ControlUp StoreFront Health Checker
Controlling High CPU Processes with ControlUp: Tips and Suggestions from ControlUp Team
A discussion took place about the most efficient way to throttle high CPU-consuming processes, including recommendations for using Citrix WEM or ControlUp for automation. A member suggested checking out built-in ControlUp actions that can be automated through triggers using cmdlets. WEM can also be activated for this customer in the coming weeks. It was also noted that a member named @member discussed this topic recently and may be able to provide more insights. The conversation ended with a mention of "fairly new" features in ControlUp.
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ControlUp Week in Review
Uninstalling ControlUp Agent Using Powershell
A user asked for guidance on uninstalling an agent from an on-premises architecture using Powershell and CUP version 8.8. The solution suggested by another user was to access the registry at "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ControlUpAgent" to find the uninstall string and remove the agent. No ControlUp URLs were mentioned.
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ControlUp Releases ControlUp for VDI 9.1
Bug with User Input Delay on Win 11 23h2 to 24h2 Upgrade
Multiple users reported a bug with user input delay when upgrading from Win 11 23h2 to 24h2, with over 25 devices affected. One person suggested rebuilding perfmon counts may solve the issue. The ControlUp team will investigate on Monday as users have already left the office.
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Troubleshooting W365 CPC Integration and Visibility Issues
A group of ControlUp members discuss issues with the integration between W365 CPC and HDX. They note that EdgeDX does not detect brokering of a Cloud PC session, but the current configuration does show access to TURN and use of UDP. The group mentions that this may be due to the VDA configured on the device. There is also mention of potential confusion around which agent to use for the CPC Desktop, and a suggestion to pull a query to track the number of CPCs with a VDA installed and see what is reported. It is noted that there is interest from established enterprises to go this route.
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