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Today, 10:13 AM

EduTech replied to a thread Got our Live@edu upgrade scheduled date - What to expect? in Cloud Services

Don't jump to that conclusion too quickly! :-) keep your eyes open and watch this space... something 'might' be coming shortly which will help you...

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Today, 01:41 AM

EduTech replied to a thread Office 365 with SSO in 2 weeks in Cloud Services

You could setup your ADFS Infrastructure yourselves if you wanted to in Windows Azure, It's something that I am pushing at the moment myself and I'm...

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Yesterday, 04:31 PM

Michael replied to a thread Clone/Image Windows 8 Problems in Windows 8

That is weird Sysprep ran for hours. Never seen that myself, but you're right switching it off was a bad mistake. If these machines don't have disc...

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Yesterday, 04:27 PM

Michael replied to a thread Server 2003 - IIS 6 - Hacked in Windows Server 2000/2003

I'd say in the short term, disable your website in IIS6 and migrate it to either IIS7.5 in Server 2008 R2 or IIS8 in Server 2012. By default both of...

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Yesterday, 04:14 PM

Michael replied to a thread Bulk format Classroom PCs in O/S Deployment

You can't remotely, but there are plenty of boot CDs you can download, delete partitions, then power off ready to PXE boot into WDS.

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Yesterday, 01:35 PM

Michael replied to a thread Excel 2010 User Cannot Change printer from Default in Office Software

Try creating a GPP regedit as an admin, then applying it to the user as follows.

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Yesterday, 01:32 PM

Michael replied to a thread GPO accidental deletion in Windows Server 2008 R2

Can't you just re-create it, add it as a new GPO which will then stop the shortcut being created?

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Yesterday, 01:29 PM

Michael replied to a thread Which laptop? in Hardware

I used some Toshiba L850's yesterday. They came pre-loaded with Win 8, but will work with Win 7. They're extremely quick, even without an SSD!

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Yesterday, 01:27 PM

Michael replied to a thread Using iPads with Cisco Managed Wifi in Wireless Networks

I've not had any issues with Cisco's and iPads. It's probably something silly like MAC address filtering!

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Yesterday, 10:48 AM

EduTech replied to a thread Office 365 is stupid in Cloud Services

What problems are you having? :-)

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Yesterday, 09:58 AM

Michael replied to a thread Office 365 in Cloud Services

Here are the type of admin accounts you can have. Typically you as a technician/network manager should have Global rights, with an ICT Co having...

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23rd May 2013, 11:46 PM

EduTech replied to a thread Office365 / FOPE in Cloud Services

Ok, It should be pretty straight forward to be honest once your in FOPE. Can you/your users do the following: How to log on to the FOPE quarantine...

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23rd May 2013, 10:26 PM

EduTech replied to a thread We are migrating from Live@edu to Office 365 and I need to SSO it like it is for LIVE in Cloud Services

If you have deployed AD FS then you will have your own AD FS login Page. You will be able to view this at the URL for AD FS that you have chosen. ...

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23rd May 2013, 10:22 PM

EduTech replied to a thread Office365 / FOPE in Cloud Services

Hi, If you are an Administrator you may want to refer to the following KB Article regarding the issue with Administrators viewing FOPE...

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23rd May 2013, 03:43 PM

EduTech replied to a thread Office 365 auto-assign licenses in Cloud Services

Launch your Microsoft Online Services PowerShell Console as Administrator, browse to the Directory of the Ps1 Script and then run it. Or, Just...

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23rd May 2013, 03:34 PM

EduTech replied to a thread Office 365 auto-assign licenses in Cloud Services

The way that I have done this in the past looking at my notes us using the following script that I have created: The script basically...

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23rd May 2013, 03:33 PM

dhicks replied to a thread Wifi survey - how much in Wireless Networks

You can't just wander around with a laptop showing wireless signal strength and a copy of your floor plans, marking signal strength at points on the...

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23rd May 2013, 02:38 PM

Michael replied to a thread Office365 Shared Calendars on Phones/Tablets in Cloud Services

I can confirm this works with Office 365 Exchange 2013. Once the CalendarOne app is installed, navigate to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. ...

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23rd May 2013, 09:28 AM

dhicks replied to a thread Amazon EC2 in Thin Client and Virtual Machines

I think the easiest way to get exact answers to the I/O measurements and so on is to simply try with my own local instance of Eucaluptus. I was...

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23rd May 2013, 09:11 AM

dhicks replied to a thread Amazon EC2 in Thin Client and Virtual Machines

Right, after reading up some more: Amazon (and host-your-own solutions like Eucaliptus) offer block storage (Amazon's EBS) - it looks like they...

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22nd May 2013, 10:47 PM

dhicks replied to a thread Cloud Storage setup - Ldap/Single Sign On/WebDAV etc? in General Chat

Sorry, getting myself confused - looking at it in a bit more detail, OwnCloud is more of a personal file store (it supports the S3 API, but from the...

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22nd May 2013, 10:40 PM

EduTech replied to a thread Office 365 in Cloud Services

You have a few options when you deploy Office 365 into your organization and soon you will be having another option to the list which will hopefully...

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22nd May 2013, 09:34 PM

Michael replied to a thread Office 365 in Cloud Services

Correct, I don't use ADFS. If you're wondering why, it's because your school servers and infrastructure become the weakest link in the chain. If your...

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22nd May 2013, 03:38 PM

Michael replied to a thread Office 365 in Cloud Services

You're welcome - an admin can reset a password and Office 365 auto generates a random password. The user's then forced to change this password at...

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22nd May 2013, 03:35 PM

EduTech replied to a thread Office 365 disclamer in Cloud Services

I believe if you use the HTML Method then you can just use normal HTML Code: <font size="6">This is some text!</font> Regards, James.

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22nd May 2013, 03:30 PM

Michael replied to a thread Flashed supported Browser in Netbooks, PDA and Phones

There is no real workaround, other than seeing if there's an App or a HTML5 version of the website you're using. And it's been said many times...

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22nd May 2013, 02:13 PM

dhicks replied to a thread Rackmount wireless microphone set in AV and Multimedia Related

Thanks, good to know. I've got that covered - I have batteries stashed in the cabinet I store the microphones in, made up into sealed...

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22nd May 2013, 01:57 PM

dhicks replied to a thread Rackmount wireless microphone set in AV and Multimedia Related

Do they generally seem to make stuff okay? Looking around a bit, there seems to be several brands using similar technology - W Audio's TPT-202 Twin...

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22nd May 2013, 01:17 PM

dhicks started a thread Rackmount wireless microphone set in AV and Multimedia Related

Hello All, Our school has been needing a new set of half-decent wireless microphones for a while now, and I've just come accross these on eBay: ...

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23rd May 2013

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22nd May 2013

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10th May 2013

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6th February 2013

04:05 PM - VeryPC_Andy mentioned dhicks in post ICT infrastructure progression
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28th January 2013

11:04 AM - shadowx mentioned dhicks in post Local Webserver (maybe plug computer?)
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19th January 2013

11:35 AM - CyberNerd mentioned dhicks in post Locking the filesystem?
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3rd January 2013

01:57 PM - dhicks mentioned Dos_Box in post Time for the Media PC to Evolve?
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17th December 2012

11:33 PM - CyberNerd mentioned dhicks in post Wireless before login for Ubuntu joined to AD
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5th December 2012

08:49 PM - SYNACK mentioned dhicks in post I just don't get Windows 8?
dhicks, the keyboard will work fine b...

22nd November 2012

09:35 AM - sonofsanta mentioned dhicks in post Introducing The Leap
...e based stuff in the Leap. dhicks: iirc it is a smaller scale Ki...

21st November 2012

09:45 AM - cpjitservices mentioned dhicks in post Servers
...edundant everything. Thanks dhicks... I've actually placed an ord...

14th November 2012

10:29 AM - robjcrowston mentioned dhicks in post Squid Transparent Proxy Issues
...proxy server anyway, I assume dhicks solution wouldnt work. Appolo...

23rd October 2012

10:58 AM - pete mentioned dhicks in post Post about building Google like servers for their school?
...t Ikea shenanigans, then it's dhicks all the way.

17th October 2012

09:31 AM - dhicks mentioned SYNACK in post T & L in Computer Science
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16th August 2012

10:08 AM - fiza mentioned dhicks in post The Raspberry Pi now available over the counter!
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5th July 2012

10:53 AM - vikpaw mentioned dhicks in post End of Year reports - software?
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2nd February 2012

03:44 PM - tom_newton mentioned dhicks in post Python and the school network
What dhicks said. You could even set up an...

27th January 2012

10:51 AM - X-13 mentioned dhicks in post Laptop for SEN
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12th December 2011

12:41 PM - satz mentioned dhicks in post Linux Back up and security procedures
...k about and proccess :), also dhicks thats a good point ill make a ...