Tom_P

Did you have a chance to check the GPO? I cant for the life of me figure this out. I've currently settled for the icons on the desktop for the moment.

The shortcuts are copied to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs What's strange is I can manually pin the shortcuts from this folder and run them with no issues. Is this the same folder you use?

Anyone successfully pinned the log off shortcut to the start menu through GPO? I'm having the same issues as others, where the some shortcuts are not being pinned but other apps are. Namely - logoff, restart and gpupdate shortcuts don't pin, but office/windows apps do pin. I have no issues with running shutdown /l as the logged in user either. I tried copying a folder via gpo which contains all the shortcuts to the local PC, then copying the start2.bin file which all works fine. Running the shortcuts from the folder works, I can also manually pin them from that folder. Just doesn't automatically pin them when the .bin file is copied. Anyone have any ideas?

Hi all, We need to setup class email groups with all the parents emails in which allows teachers to easily contact the parents of the pupils in their class. Historically we have manually set this up as we were a small school. The school has now developed into a trust, built an additional school and the last two years have added 5 new classes. Last year we asked the teachers to create their own private outlook group and manually add the parent emails. Which worked surprisingly well. This year however has failed miserably. We have the parent emails in Sims and use Office 365. How do you guys set this kind of thing up? Thank you! Tom.

For anyone having similar issues, I was missing the 'PE' after 'KeyboardLocale'. This is my working locale settings: KeyboardLocale=0809:00000809 KeyboardLocalePE=0809:00000809 UserLocale=en-GB InputLocale=0809:00000809 SystemLocale=en-GB UILanguage=en-GB I think its just required in bootstrap, but i applied it to customsettings too, as i didnt want to regenerate the image twice if it was required in both.

I've just checked my OS files in the deployment workbench, and both win 10 & 11 are set as en-GB in properties. Am i looking in the right place? I thought these OS's were only applied after a task sequence was selected, and the wim files that the deployment workbench generates is what loads your MDT setup.

Im not following you here.. how do i use international media when MDT creates the WIM file?

Its not a problem on the image, just the MDT setup screen. Becomes a problem when typing passwords as symbols are different.

Thank you, unfortunately still US. I just noticed you said thats your bootstrap - Whats in your customsettings?

Hey! So i know there are a few post already on this, but i cannot get MDT to set the keyboard layout to GB. Keeps setting US layout. This is only on the MDT setup screen, once the image is deployed the OS is set to GB. I have mounted the WIM file to check and the bootstrap.ini is correct. Cannot find the customsettings.ini file to check whats applied. But it must be set somewhere, as the settings inside the file are applying to the rest of the setup. Below are my bootstrap and custom settings file. Hopefully somebody can see where I've gone wrong. Bootstrap.ini [settings]Priority=Default [Default] DeployRoot=[DeploymentSharePath] SkipBDDWelcome=YES KeyboardLocale=0809:00000809 KeyboardLocale=en-GB UserLocale=en-GB InputLocale=0809:00000809 SystemLocale=en-GB UILanguage=en-GB UserID=[username] UserPassword=[Password] UserDomain=[Domain] CustomSettings.ini [settings]Priority=Default Properties=MyCustomProperty [Default] OSInstall=Y SkipCapture=YES SkipProductKey=YES SkipComputerBackup=YES SkipBitLocker=YES SkipUserData=YES SkipAdminPassword=YES AdminPassword=[Password] SkipDomainMembership=NO JoinDomain=[Domain] DomainAdminDomain=[Domain] KeyboardLocale=en-GB KeyboardLocale=0809:00000809 UserLocale=en-GB UILanguage=en-GB SkipTimeZone=YES TimeZoneName=GMT Standard TimeTimeZone=085 SkipLocaleSelection=YES true Work 1 true true true true true true SkipSummary=NO SkipFinalSummary=NO SLShareDynamicLogging=[Log] EventService=[Log]

Not far of it. 357 to be exact, which is expected to grow next September. But from reading some posts it seems ive been over quoted. I've contacted a few more suppliers who can hopefully bring the cost down.

Thank you. The supplier we've been using has been very good on price for other services, but i will give these a shout.

I completely agree with you with other schools I've worked in. But that isnt the case where i am currently. I work at a SEN school so we have a lot more staff so more licences, and a lot of the budget is spent on specialist equipment. I also wish it was £5000 a year. For us its coming in at just under £20000 for all staff. If i just include critical staff then ive got it down to £14000. Still a lot of money to spend. I'll just have to approach it at a different angle - 'its not just MSOffice'.

Thats much cheaper than what ive been quoted! £56 per user per year is what I've been quoted. Who supplied your licences?

Yeah, true. I guess they just see it as an Office subscription. Maybe I can look to make use of InTune to claw back some budget on the current MDM.