Hotfix for Citrix XenApp 6.5

Citrix has released a hotfix For XenApp 6.5 for Windows Server 2008 R2 to solve the following problem(s):

1. The CPU consumption of the winlogon.exe process can be higher than usual and cause new connection attempts to fail once a server hosts 70 connections or more. Eventually, servers can experience a fatal exception and need to be restarted.

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Important Note(s) about This Release

• Note: As a best practice, Citrix recommends that you install this and other hotfixes only if you are affected by the specific issues they resolve. Otherwise, Citrix recommends that you wait for the next hotfix rollup pack for your product release. Hotfix rollup packs consolidate most previously released hotfixes and allow you to update systems in a convenient, single installation.
• Important: Installing this hotfix over an ICA session is not supported but you can install it through a remote desktop session using an administrator account.
• Caution! This release may require you to edit the registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Citrix cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Installing and Uninstalling This Release

Notes:

• This hotfix is packaged with Microsoft Windows Installer 3.0 as a .msp file. For more information about deploying .msp files, see Microsoft article 884016 or visit the Microsoft Web siteand search on keyword msiexec.
• This installer program complies with Microsoft User Account Control (UAC). If UAC is enabled, you must run the installer program in elevated mode; that is, with administrative privileges enabled. For more information about UAC, see Microsoft TechNet or visit the Microsoft Web siteand search on keyword UAC.
• To install this hotfix successfully, servers must not have registry modification restrictions in place.
• Slipstreaming – installations of the XenApp Server baseproduct packaged with one or more individual hotfixes – is not supported and might leave servers in an unstable state.
• You must restart the server after the installation of this hotfix completes. However, if you are installing multiple hotfixes at the same time, there is no need to restart the server after the installation of each hotfix. It is sufficient to restart the server after the installation of the final hotfix completes.
• If the need arises to restore the original settings and functionality provided by this hotfix, you must uninstall the hotfix before reinstalling it according to the installation instructions below.

To install this hotfix:

1. Copy the hotfix package to an empty folder on the hard drive of the server you want to update.
2. Close all applications.
3. Run the executable.
4. Restart the server. This ensures that the installation completes and that the hotfix is added to the AppCenter hotfix inventory list.

To uninstall this hotfix:

1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel > Programs and Features.
2. Highlight the hotfix you want to uninstall and click Uninstall.
3. Follow the directions on-screen.

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