Lego Robotics

**speckytecky** · 19th September 2006, 07:48 PM

I'm seeking advice on Lego Robotics. Today our year 6 had the Lego Robotics team in for a hands on demonstration of the kit. It looks great and the students really seem to get a lot out of it. However, trying to run the software and towers on networked computers doesn't seem to be straightforward.

OK when logged on with admin settings but it fails to run with student permissions.

Anyone care to share experience of how to get around this one please.

Geoff - Wansdyke School Devizes

**john** · 19th September 2006, 09:40 PM

Have you tried the usual giving Domain Users full control over the entire folder that Lego Robotics installs into? I know its a risk, but if you start at top level and work back down I find it quicker.

**Ric_** · 20th September 2006, 07:13 AM

There's two versions of the software too I found. Make sure you are setting up the software they need. There is an educational one and a home one.

**_Bob_** · 20th September 2006, 07:22 AM

Have you tried the usual giving Domain Users full control over the entire folder that Lego Robotics installs into?

This is what we had to do when we installed the lego software, no problems after that.

**speckytecky** · 21st September 2006, 08:00 AM

Like I said before that worked a treat - thanks for the advice.

Following on, what do I need to do to stop the programme being the automatic first thing that pops up when any user logs on?

**john** · 21st September 2006, 09:58 PM

Remove it from the Start Up Folder? or the Run folder in the registry which is HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Run

**speckytecky** · 22nd September 2006, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by john

Remove it from the Start Up Folder? or the Run folder in the registry which is HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Run

Thanks for that; the Regedit worked perfectly on all but one of the machines and that one even though it starts with the Lego programme loaded doesn't seem to have any reference to it in the HKLM...Run folder on the registry?

**_Bob_** · 22nd September 2006, 01:41 PM

Start - run - msconfig
Should root it out if its hiding somewhere else.

**speckytecky** · 25th September 2006, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by _Bob_

Start - run - msconfig
Should root it out if its hiding somewhere else.

Well ain't that a strange one. as I said all the other PC's had the line in the HKLM ... Run setting just as I was avised before. Running msconfig on this one it tells me that this is where it is on this one as well. However, when I navigate to the run command it's totally empty - got me baffled?