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Do an admin install to a network share (msiexec /a "\\server\folder"). Run ORK and enter the details for how you want your installation (including your volume license key). Save the settings as an mst file. You then call this as a transform to your office msi.

The script I wrote for our school logs logon and logoffs directly to a mySQL database. If you get stuck give me a shout.

Okay. Here's some WMI to get the NIC type, MAC, IP and subnet.getnicdetails.vbs

Getting the date and time can be done like this: Dim strDate Dim strTime strDate = CStr(Date) strTime = CStr(Time) You could use WMI to get the IP address. Let me have a quick check...

We write logons to a MySQL database using a logon vbscript. We use another vbscript to delete the entries from the database at logoff. If you do this you could run a script to query the database and output the result to a web page? To get computer and user information we have this as part of our vbscript: Set WshNetwork = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Network") strComputer = WshNetwork.ComputerName strUser = WshNetwork.UserName

Many thanks.

I've been investigating adding the Office 2007 compatibility pack to our Office 2003 machines. However, before I add it everywhere I'd like some example Office 2007 files to test it on. Can anyone post example Word, Excel and PowerPoint files? These are .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx. Thanks

Agreed. Add DNS to svr2 and make it your primary DNS so that srv1 DNS syncs with svr2. Don't forget to add the DNS servers to your dhcp server with svr2 set as the first dns and svr1 as the second.

You might want to consider using VirtualPC or VMWare to run your old applications in a virtaul machine. You could have up to date hardware running XP (or other) and have a virtual Win98 machine running your old applications.

We use a software restriction policy based on a path - executables etc are blocked for all paths other than the C: drive. If you have 2003 R2 you can also use disk management to stop users saving certain files to their user area.

As the user will already be logged on you would have to start the timer when an application was started. I'd use something like AutoIT3 to do this. A simple timer could run in the background. Prompt the user when the time is running down, and then reboot the workstation when it runs out.

How about a script that runs at login that starts a timer. After an hour the user gets logged off?

You could add a script to the all user startup folder that checks the username and logs off anyone not on the list, eg: @echo off if %username%==YourUser exit if %username%==Admin exit shutdown -l

Here is a small program you can run as a logon script. It'll pop up a message and close the window when they try to access a share on a network computer from the redirected start menu. It's written using AutoIT3.stopnetbrowse.zip

Have a look at: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/2b24872a-05ca-41be-9887-33acc87a20561033.mspx?mfr=true and: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/0c1ca7f6-5e16-4157-9dd5-9a5b140a04ba1033.mspx?mfr=true

The script looks okay. Is it possible that another script is running after your script, or maybe there is something in the user profile that is changing this? Try creating a new office user and logon as them and see if you get the same problem.

Have you tried running the script manually to see if you get any errors? Can you post the script?

Why the devil horns? I've not been here from the start so maybe I missed something? I've never liked the name EduGeek either, but that's a personal thing. On the subject of the design; I think a logo would be better. Preferably smaller. The current logo on the site takes up a third of my browser window.

Try using NTBackup to backup the files and then restore them to the new location. Make sure you tick the box to retain permissions.

You'll probably have to also add the drivers to the i386 folder. Have a look at http://www.intel.com/support/network/sb/cs-000023.htm

You don't have to go ahead with the install from the second disk. You can just cancel the prompt and leave yourself with a standard 2003 server. You can always run the R2 bit from the second disk later. I'd put 2003 SP2 on a virtual machine (vmware would be my choice) and then try adding R2. If it works (which it should) you know it's a problem with your existing machine.

Yes, we're running R2 servers with SP2 installed. We installed R2 and then ran Windows Update which installed SP2. I guess you can do it the other way around.

R2 has got some great additional features: better quota management, file screening, much improved DFS, ability to deploy printers based on group policy. We upgraded our domain to R2 without any problems.

R2 needs some changes making to the schema. Have a look here: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/5022eea0-54bc-422f-b98b-ddb836c8ee851033.mspx?mfr=true

Have you run adprep to update your schema? If not; from a cmd prompt change to the Cmpnents\R2\Adprep folder of Disc 2, and type: adprep.exe /forestprep.