Italc New Release

[2097]

Just to note the Italc website has a new release.

 

Just installed on a different port than my UVNC and it not longer hogs the machine .

( it used to keep making the egg timer come up on the mouse every other second)

 

Thinking of trying it out in a room.

[soveryapt]

Darn it, the 1.0.10 Test Version host is blocked as its a 'personal page'

 

I'll grab that tonight and see what new features we can look forward to! lol ..

[BHMS]

They fixed using a registry key to save the preferences file (not the one for the computer list, the one for everything else) in somewhere other than the users profile. Handy to have a standard setup for people in a particular suite. It always gave an error before complaining about write permissions even if they were set up correctly.

[apeo]

For some reason the master control software doesnt load. It loads the spash screen, closes splash screen and then nothing.

[geloomis]

Do you have the link? can't find anywhere on sourceforge

[apeo]

Its on the main home page under news, heres the link to the setup file:

 

http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~doto/italc/italc-1.0.10-setup.exe

 

I managed to get it working but on a clean system, the one i tried it on originally had an older version of italc and seems i cant get it to work with that one.

[2097]

Its on the main home page under news, heres the link to the setup file:

 

http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~doto/italc/italc-1.0.10-setup.exe

 

I managed to get it working but on a clean system, the one i tried it on originally had an older version of italc and seems i cant get it to work with that one.

 

 

just a quicky..

 

Any one monitoring CPU usage ? , any one getting a large jump ?

[BHMS]

I'm still using the beta version that was out a few months ago but it is a bit of a resource hog, tends to make the system hang a bit and crashes every now and then but that's beta software for you. It might even be that I'm running it on an NComputing solution so its running a few clients simultaneously. I had trouble installing the new release over the older beta version. Guess it's clean install or no install. Hopefully they will fix that for the official release because I really don't wan't to change my italc keys on all my systems.

[2097]

got it installed in a sweet , seems the CPU hog was just my old machine up stairs

 

another question . got a master key and a private key

 

 

 

If i goto another room and set the tutor machine up as a master , and import the Keys that i made on this master .. Will it all work ok ?

 

Also what is the file location in which the room listings get stored , as each profile i try it on has a empty list except the one i installed on

[BHMS]

Yeah that will work. If you want to be able to view everything from your machine you will need to import the key you created originally on every new machine you add, master or client.

[2097]

Yeah that will work. If you want to be able to view everything from your machine you will need to import the key you created originally on every new machine you add, master or client.

 

another thing i have noticed , if you install italc and dont run the key setup wizard .. I believe the reg key settings dont go in ..

 

basically i just wanted to copy the exisiting keys over without having to import all the time . But looks like now ill have to make a registry vbscript.

[BHMS]

You can make the importing process faster if you login remotely to a bunch of machines and copy paste a network path where your exported keys are stored. The other option is create a logon script that copies the public key from your master to C:\Program Files\iTALC\keys\public

[2097]

You can make the importing process faster if you login remotely to a bunch of machines and copy paste a network path where your exported keys are stored. The other option is create a logon script that copies the public key from your master to C:\Program Files\iTALC\keys\public

 

Im in the process of writing a script atm for it .. so its quite easy so not to botherd.

 

hit a stump though

 

i have Ran this via cmd prompt or a shortcut to the exe

 

\\server\test\Italc.exe \\server\test\installsettings.xml

 

All it does is load up Italc.exe setup and i have to Click Next .. Which doesnt seem right as i assume it was automated.

 

Paths are 100% correct ? Any insight Please.

[geloomis]

are you running on Windows 7?

[2097]

are you running on Windows 7?

 

 

Nope just XP ..

[geloomis]

Someone posted that they got it working and even provided screen shots of the workstations-but I don't see that post any longer. I have it working after a user logs in but not as a service, as an application in start up folder. I'd like to be able to have it start as a service so I can log into the workstations. I may try configuring the MTU settings because all I see is a black screen, (Aero is off)

[BHMS]

Im in the process of writing a script atm for it .. so its quite easy so not to botherd.

 

hit a stump though

 

i have Ran this via cmd prompt or a shortcut to the exe

 

\\server\test\Italc.exe \\server\test\installsettings.xml

 

All it does is load up Italc.exe setup and i have to Click Next .. Which doesnt seem right as i assume it was automated.

 

Paths are 100% correct ? Any insight Please.

 

I never used an install settings file but according to the wiki you want:

 

\\server\share\italc\italc.x.x\setup.exe \\server\share\italc\italc.x.x\installsettings.xml

[2097]

I never used an install settings file but according to the wiki you want:

 

\\server\share\italc\italc.x.x\setup.exe \\server\share\italc\italc.x.x\installsettings.xml

 

all the setup.exe for me does is start the Key config Menu.. and copys the key .. Dosnt actually install it for me

 

But while i waited i made a .bat

 

.BAT

XCOPY "\\server\share\italc" "C:\program files\italc" /E /k /I
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000 >NUL
regedit /s "\\server\share\reg1.reg"
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000 >NUL
"C:\program files\italc\ica.exe" -quiet -registerservice
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000 >NUL
NET START icas

 

 

 

reg1.REG

indows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\iTALC Solutions]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\iTALC Solutions\iTALC]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\iTALC Solutions\iTALC\keypathsprivate]
"teacher"="C:/Program Files/iTALC\\keys\\private\\teacher\\key"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\iTALC Solutions\iTALC\keypathspublic]
"teacher"="C:/Program Files/iTALC\\keys\\public\\teacher\\key"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\iTALC Solutions\iTALC\parameters]
"ivsport"="5100"
"isdport"="5101"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\iTALC Solutions\iTALC\settings]
"LogLevel"=dword:00000006

 

that works perfect for my clients

[2097]

heres my login script to run the above

 

Set shell=wscript.createobject("wscript.shell")
shell.run "\\server\share\auto.bat"

 

Heres My globalconfig Copier

 

Option Explicit
dim path
path=CreateObject("WScript.Shell").ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%UserProfile%\Application Data\Italc")
dim objFSO
set objFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If objFSO.FileExists(path & ("\globalconfig.xml")) = False Then
objFSO.CopyFile "\\server\share\globalconfig.xml", path & "\"
End If

[truslack]

I use a very messy install script for each type of user (Pupil, admin, teacher)

 

The teacher script runs the install twice, with different settings, this is intentional:

 

X:\italc\setup.exe settings.xml
COPY x:\italc\CloseIE.exe "C:\Windows\System32\CloseIE.exe"
COPY x:\italc\WebOn.exe "C:\Windows\System32\WebOn.exe"
COPY x:\italc\WebOff.exe "C:\Windows\System32\WebOff.exe"
copy "x:\italc\launch italc.exe" "C:\Program Files\iTalc\launch italc.exe"
regedit.exe /s "X:\italc\REGISTRY SETTINGS\Italc.reg"
mkdir "C:\Program Files\iTALC\keys"
XCOPY "X:\italc\KEYS FOLDER FOR TEACHERS AND PUPILS\keys" "C:\Program Files\iTALC\keys" /E /R /K /Y
X:\italc\setup.exe teachersettings.xml
"x:\italc\Connection Patch\EvID4226Patch.exe" /L=50
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\iTalc.lnk"
copy "x:\italc\italc.lnk" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\iTalc.lnk"
@echo Installation Complete
@pause

 

I replaced the start menu shortcut with one to this batch file, so it runs when a teacher clicks on iTalc master:

@echo on
echo %COMPUTERNAME%
if not exist "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\personalconfig.xml" COPY "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\PC\personalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\personalconfig.xml"
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==F5 goto F5  
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==F6 goto F6
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==F7 goto F7
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==B1 goto B1
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==M5 goto M5
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==C1 goto C1
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==T1 goto T1
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==T2 goto T2
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,6%==DT-MAC goto T3
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==S1 goto Sci
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==S2 goto Sci
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==S3 goto Sci
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==S4 goto Sci
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==S5 goto Sci
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==S6 goto Sci
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==C5 goto Eng
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,2%==F1 goto F1
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,9%==TCH-LAP08 goto F1
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,3%==INC goto Inc
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,3%==LDC goto LDC
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,5%==STUDY goto Lib
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,5%==ICT-0 goto Admin
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,5%==ICT-T goto Admin
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,5%==ICT-M goto Admin
if %COMPUTERNAME:~0,5%==SS-01 goto Admin
echo msgbox"iTALC is not configured for this room">a.vbs&a.vbs&del a.vbs
Goto End

:F5
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\F5\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:F6
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\F6\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:F7
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\F7\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:B1
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\B1\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:M5
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\M5\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:C1
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\C1\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:T1
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\T1\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:T2
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\T2\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:T3
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\T3\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:Sci
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\Sci\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:Lib
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\Library\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:Inc
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\Inc\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:LDC
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\LDC\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:F1
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\F1\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:Eng
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\Eng\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:Admin
mkdir "C:\Documents and settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Italc\"
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\Global\globalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
xcopy "\\server2\apps\italc\Config Files\Global\personalconfig.xml" "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Italc\" /Y /C
goto launch
:launch
if not exist "C:\Program Files\Italc\Italc.exe" echo msgbox"This is not a teacher computer, so you cannot use iTALC">a.vbs&a.vbs
del a.vbs
if exist "C:\Program Files\Italc\Italc.exe" start "" "C:\Program Files\Italc\Italc.exe" 
taskkill /F /IM "launch italc.exe"
:end
exit

 

I then have a central repository of config files so it copies the correct file for the room the teacher is logged on in.

 

 

It may be a clunky way of doing it, but it works flawlessly on 500 clients, with about 30 teacher masters, and 4 admin masters and makes updating the classroom lists stupidly simple.

[2097]

heres my final Version for Clients..

 

Made a test account with admin privs' , set the following for logon script

 

Set shell=wscript.createobject("wscript.shell")
shell.run "\\server\share\auto.bat"

( after install REMOVED the account)

 

 

The above runs the follow .bat file

 

 

XCOPY "\\server\share\italc" "C:\program files\italc" /E /k /I
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000 >NUL
regedit /s "\\server\share\italc\reg1.reg"
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000 >NUL
"C:\program files\italc\ica.exe" -quiet -registerservice
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000 >NUL
NET START icas

 

This installs the Client and also copys the Public Key .

 

The next Script i Use for Tutors . So they have access to every machine .

Option Explicit
Dim oShell, oEnv, oFS, strDirectory, path
Set oShell = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
set oFS = CreateObject("scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oEnv = oShell.Environment("Process")
strDirectory = oEnv("USERPROFILE") & "\Application Data\Italc"
if not oFS.FolderExists(strDirectory) then oFS.CreateFolder(strDirectory)
path=CreateObject("WScript.Shell").ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%UserProfile%\Application Data\Italc")
dim objFSO
set objFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If objFSO.FileExists(path & ("\globalconfig.xml")) = False Then
objFSO.CopyFile "\\server\share\globalconfig.xml", path & "\"
end if

[2097]

any one having problems with the latest version ?

 

I can no longer Do multiple Logins .. If i try and logon to every machine using a designated account the control software crashes and wont reconnect the the Italc clients untill each one has been reset ? ( using windows 7 as the master computer ) ( XP as clients)

 

Also student show demo still has the same problem as before , where as the teacher needs to click there screen to update the screen on each client ( But the students demo shows up perfect on the teachers machine)

 

any one else got this latest one installed ?

[camel]

I'm having the same problems with 1.0.10 including the issue of crashing the master and clients until reset. I also have an issue where the master app is closed and it locks the clients that are open, but clicking lock desktop, overview, demo full screen and demo window just doesn't seem to work correctly.

created keys, master and clients talk to each other and the log off works great. Just blanks the desktop with no icons or task bar but mouse still available and moving.

 

Any ideas?

[camel]

Also noticed 1.0.11 is available which resolves a locking mouse issue which I didn't seem to have a problem with.

[brejen]

For some reason the master control software doesnt load. It loads the spash screen, closes splash screen and then nothing.

 

I'm having the same problem... I disabled my windows firewall and Symantec Endpoint protection still no luck.