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Got a batch of the Dynabooks through a different scheme. Glad we avoided them for the main lot because they're dire. Thankfully though after a quick check of one, box it straight back up and send out to the students - hands washed! Did rather annoy me to see the DFE documentation clearly stating they need to speak to the school if something's filtered that shouldn't be - we have no control over it! Interesting to note though the use of OpenDNS for filtering in these cases rather than Cisco Umbrella.
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Got a batch of the Dynabooks through a different scheme. Glad we avoided them for the main lot because they're dire.

My school received some Dynabooks from NCC (the Portege A30-E-1JCs). You're right. They are absolutely dire!

 

Whoever created the Dynabook Windows image was an absolute idiot since they don't even login properly as 'localuser'.

 

I feel sorry for the students since the DfE Chromebooks they were previously assigned were miles better. :(

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We put in a order for 44.

 

Been told today we can only order 20!

 

Not sure if thats 20 in a batch or the LA has deemed we can only have 20.

 

Many emails have been fired off

 

Told we can only have 20.

 

48 turned up.....

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Just playing around with one of the 4g routers.

 

Anyone know the admin password? its not admin as it says on the label.

 

Don't think the admin password was provided by the DfE, but then again I'm not the point of contact for the Trust so could be wrong

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Dear colleague,

 

Some users with Windows devices may be experiencing a bug that makes it harder for them to log in to their laptops and tablets.

 

This email includes information to help you support any children and young people who are experiencing this problem.

 

What users might be experiencing

 

Users may find that the login is defaulting to the “.\localadmin” account and asking for a password, which they do not have.

What we’re doing to fix this issue

 

We’re working with Microsoft to find a fix for this, as well as exploring other options to avoid the issue occurring. We’ll send you updates on how the work is progressing.

 

Children and young people can still log in to their devices by following the steps below.

What users need to do to log in successfully

 

If the device is trying to log in to “.\localadmin” and asking for a password, please advise users to do the following.

 

If no local user password has been set:

 

Click “OK”

Change the username in the upper box from “.\localadmin” to “.\localuser” (it’s important to include the “.” dot and “\” backslash)

Do not enter a password

Press return

This should log you in as the local user

 

If a local user password has been set:

 

Click “OK”

Change the username in the upper box from “.\localadmin” to “.\localuser” (it’s important to include the “.” dot and “\” backslash)

Enter the password you have set

Press return

This should log you in as the local user

 

If a user has set a password for “.\localuser” that they’ve forgotten, you’ll need to sign in to the “.\localadmin” account and reset their password using the “User Accounts” settings in the Control Panel.

 

We hope this information helps you to support any children and young people who are experiencing problems with this.

 

If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

 

With thanks and regards,

The Digital Infrastructure Team

 

I'd love to sign in as localadmin... but you don't seem to be forthcoming with the localadmin password...

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Latest Update

 

Dear colleague,

 

Some users with Windows devices may be experiencing a bug that makes it harder for them to log in to their laptops and tablets.

This email includes information to help you support any children and young people who are experiencing this problem.

 

What users might be experiencing

 

Users may find that the login is defaulting to the “.\localadmin” account and asking for a password, which they do not have.

 

What we’re doing to fix this issue

 

We’re working with Microsoft to find a fix for this, as well as exploring other options to avoid the issue occurring. We’ll send you updates on how the work is progressing.

Children and young people can still log in to their devices by following the steps below.

 

What users need to do to log in successfully

 

If the device is trying to log in to “.\localadmin” and asking for a password, please advise users to do the following.

 

If no local user password has been set:

 

• Click “OK”

• Change the username in the upper box from “.\localadmin” to “.\localuser” (it’s important to include the “.” dot and “\” backslash)

• Do not enter a password

• Press return

• This should log you in as the local user

 

If a local user password has been set:

 

• Click “OK”

• Change the username in the upper box from “.\localadmin” to “.\localuser” (it’s important to include the “.” dot and “\” backslash)

• Enter the password you have set

• Press return

• This should log you in as the local user

 

If a user has set a password for “.\localuser” that they’ve forgotten, you’ll need to sign in to the “.\localadmin” account and reset their password using the “User Accounts” settings in the Control Panel.

 

We hope this information helps you to support any children and young people who are experiencing problems with this.

 

If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

 

With thanks and regards,

 

The Digital Infrastructure Team

Posted
I'd love to sign in as localadmin... but you don't seem to be forthcoming with the localadmin password...

 

Has anyone tried the obvious? Password, Password123, blank, etc?!

Posted (edited)
why do they need a .\ anyway?

 

Not got one here to check, but normally .\ denotes a local user as opposed to (DOMAIN\)user. Presumable they have some sort of PRO variant of W10.

Edited by LeMarchand

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