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Try running it as a service. I have this problem sometimes, resetting the password on the service appears to work ??

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Just thought i'd drop a 'hang in there' note to you all, it's worth it in the end. I just took the 5th exam today and am now MCSA:) 18 months, lots of waiting for exams, one exam failure and a very patient wife... For the record i did 271(MCP)+272(MCDST) followed by 290,291 and 270(MCSA) Also if it is of any help(i'm sure anyone would agree) the phrasing of the questions tends to cause more problems than the actual content(presuming you've learnt it) Oh, and forgetting how you would REALLY fix things helps a little too... Keep up the good work all of you

You don't say which OS, however i found this quite useful(and shorter than the Microsoft stuff) Augusto Alvarez Blog Archive Installing and Configuring WDS (Windows Deployment Services): Full Images Deployment (Part I)

You have to set a maintenance schedule from the console....and time Sophos/windows updates etc to coincide with the 'thawed' machines.

Deployed Vista school wide over the summer. (barring 5 machines with 'odd' software installed) Only real problems have related to program security for students. I agree that the end users do not 'see' many of the changes in Vista, but having taken the plunge the 'little' changes they do get seem to be appreciated. GP under vista much nicer to use too, plus remote server admin toolkit is very nice to use.

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Just to add a little to the mix, we have a Tape drive back up Mon-Thursday, Friday (3x weekly + 1 monthly on rotation) . This backs up all Data worth backing up. System state from DC's is done via Acronis, Daily/Weekly(to remote share) and Monthly(local) AND (!) using the redundant 50%(ish) of hard drive space on five machines, we use Karen's Power tool(FREE) to back up the student 'Year group' shares daily (runs to schedule and filters junk too) This enables us(IT) and certain staff to also 'reinstate' deleted work at a moments notice. Yes, the machines are shut down once the backup has finished:D

It sounds more like power settings causing the connection to drop. We have Vista laptops with redirected desktops etc and had this problem for a while, changing the sleep/hibernate/hard drive timing has stopped it. It also would not show up it event log as the behaviour is 'normal' Worth a look....

You should be able to use the Man profile and folder redirection via group policy(to each user area) to have the best of both worlds. Our school does it with favorites and certain parts of application data.

Not seen it mentioned here but we use Lanschool. Shows all machines and users logged on. Allows remote control,remote run, screen capture, net blocking by room or individual, Net activity printing and screen broadcast plus other bits and pieces.

In response to _BAt_ same complaint from our staff re : loss of quick send etc. However dumping a staff list from CMIS as a CSV and importing into address book seems to have stopped a few grumbles...Just tick the boxes ;-)

We are using Lanschool, not free but very worth while we think. We have configured the channels(teacher) to cover each machine OU(pupils) There is also an 'over' channel where all machines can be seen. This allows individual or group net blocking, print screen ie log ect. Remote control, screen broadcast/freeze. Collect and send files. But from my point of view the 'run at...' option saves an age in installation/drive mappings ect you can even send links to force the pupils browser to open to a particular page. Channel 0 is our friend(all machines except teachers-those who control the channels) Definately worth a look ?!

I have just started using K-lite on a few of the school machines as this includes Media player Classic. Or there is AVS dvd player another freebie but struggle with some discs that have flash intros..... :?

We are using Lanschool, not free but very worth while we think. We have configured the channels(teacher) to cover each machine OU(pupils) There is also an 'over' channel where all machines can be seen. This allows individual or group net blocking, print screen ie log ect. Remote control, screen broadcast/freeze. Collect and send files. But from my point of view the 'run at...' option saves an age in installation/drive mappings ect you can even send links to force the pupils browser to open to a particular page. Channel 0 is our friend(all machines except teachers-those who control the channels) Definately worth a look ?!