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Not sure about the WD Green 240GB SSD; simply because I've not heard of anyone using them - are they a relatively new addition to the market?? If it's the M.2 type then that's a pretty quick PC you'll have there. Edit: Scrap that last comment, as for that particular drive it advertises the same R/W speed as the 2.5" sata interface

Good question. You could potentially find it by searching the FOG server, looking for install.wim, unless of course it is relying on an .ISO file... in which case you'd need to create the USB installer using that .ISO (with something like Rufus) I'm no expert on FOG, but I'm sure a little Googling will turn up the info you need.

A door entry system might also be more adaptable for wheelchair access.

I support a number of 'small' schools and I've got a demo of iBoss arranged for Friday 3rd. If you have any particular questions (further to the list above) that you'd like me to ask the rep directly then I can do that and feedback to you. Someone may well answer your questions on here anyway, but... I'm also looking at iCeni. Both can supply the hardware, which is great. I believe for both products their pricing is in the region of £ 3.50 - £ 4 per user, but don't quote me.

I'll stick my update in for good measure Purchased 10 UniFi AC-LR boxes. 9 were good, 1 was faulty - no lights and nobody home; it even made the PoE adapter constantly blink until I unplugged it. Awaiting replacement. Still, the coverage with the 9 working boxes is very good, if not better than the original 13 Meraki boxes. Happy chappy.

You should run sfc.exe /scannow (from an admin command prompt) Have you checked the event logs, dism.log... Also, have you made any customisation to this image before installing it?

Wow! Where on earth do you find all these little gems

AV - Depends on what your intended use is. If you regularly visit sites that will put your PC at risk then you'll need a paid product, something like BitDefender of Kaspersky. If you are a relatively careful user then the free version of BitDefender or Avira. Office - Libre Office (Writer, Spreadsheets...) Cleaning - CCleaner (piriform.com)

Join.me has been used in school for the exact same scenario. The teacher launches the 'meeting' before the lesson begins, the child then just opens a browser to the join.me link and voila! It is Free too.

You could try these steps (from an admin command prompt)... dism /online /add-package /packagepath:D:\IE11\Windows6.1-KB2670838-x64.cab dism /online /add-package /packagepath:D:\IE11\IE11-Windows6.1-KB2841134-x64.cab Check whether KB2670838 is already installed, it is an old one, and used to cause problems on some machines, but IE11 depends on it. Here are links to the .cab files mentioned (x64) 2670838-x64 2841134-x64

Thanks @XiJ The excellent folks at @Millgate (Gareth) have just saved my bacon.

Thank you @XiJ, in fact I was just looking at those inline devices. Are these the ones you mean https://www.ubnt.com/accessories/instant-8023af-adapters/ Are these the better ones... https://www.ubnt.com/accessories/poe-adapters/ This model seems to be 1Gig POE-24-12W-G

Just thought I would update this thread with some info about the UniFi AC LR access points I purchased and just installed. The coverage they provide appears to be better than the Meraki bit I've just removed. One thing to note, however, and this comes down to me not doing my homework... The AC LR access points are 'passive 24v' ​which not many switches support. This has meant that two of the APs that are in a physically separate building to the Ubiquiti PoE switch I bought will not be powered by either a HP ProCurve or Netgear PoE switch. This is a bit of a pain in the neck and in reality I should have spent a bit more and bought the AC Pro aps. Now I have to buy two Ubiquiti PoE adapters...

Dan Just for testing purposes, could you try imaging a 'failing laptop' using the install.wim that the FOG server is attempting to use. You'd do that just by creating a Windows Installer USB and replace the install.wim file, and add the unattend.xml file you are using. The reason for this is I'm curious to know if there is some corruption in communication between the FOG and clients. Because when it works sometimes that usually means a temperamental fault, like a dodgy switch of NIC. Test how reliable the network connectivity is from the FOG server to various points on the network - test for lost packets with this... ping -4 -f -l 1472 -n 100 10.0.0.1 Replace 10.0.0.1 with a 'pingable' address; you'll issue this ping from a command prompt/terminal on the FOG server. edit: If the above gives the right response, I'd still do some digging with how well your switch(es) are handling multi-casts and high demand...

@CAWJames, @manc_techie - I'd be interested in learning about your Watchguard solutions. I have just been looking at the units you mentioned and was wondering which one would be suitable for a small-ish infant school. M300, M400, M440, M500? Also, how about the filtering, would the Firebox also be your filtering solution? Do you purchase any other add-ons, such as AV, or Threat Defense... Thanks for your input.

Just interested to hear if this problem has now been solved by the various suggestions in this thread?

Here is the correct version of your script @echo off REM ## Create a new Staff group ## net localgroup /add Staff REM ## Create two new users ## net user TestUser1 password /add net user TestMeNow1 password2 /add REM ## Add new users to the Staff group ## net localgroup Staff TestUser1 /add net localgroup Staff TestMeNow1 /add pause

You need to place a pause at the end of your script, otherwise it will close straightaway - the command is not very difficult for the PC so it finishes almost instantly. If you'd rather it just waited for ten seconds then closed, then add this instead timeout /t 10 On closer inspection, you're not actually adding the users TestUser1, or TestMeNow1, like I showed you above. All you've done is create a group then tried to add two (existing) users to it. Is that what you wanted?

Okay, is this what you want to do? I'm not including the part where you fetch the text file and compare the users against the desired users list... LAPTOP-012 (Existing user accounts) Fred (administrators) Bob (users) Jenny (users) Sally (administrators) You want to create two new users on that PC, one admin, the other a standard user... Tony (administrators) Matthew (users) To do that you would issue the following commands... net user /add Tony net user /add Matthew net localgroup Administrators Tony /add That would be the batch script way, but a VB or Powershell script would probably be better. Here's a VB script for example...

Not entirely sure what you mean here. is it, you want to create a local account on every PC, based on a 'list' of users - perhaps a text file somewhere? Or, do you mean, create a list of user accounts on a particular PC and store that somewhere? You know, a domain controller wouldn't take too much setting up, and you could pretty much use a regular PC if you had to.

What is your filtering solution? Usually there is a category, such as proxy/anonymisers... Alternatively, you could block the IP they are connecting to - assuming it isn't constantly changing... The other thing I'm thinking is if you can pin-point the student(s) responsible, are they in breach of the Acceptable Use Policy ? If so, what are your documented consequences for such actions?

Applying Fix 1 from the Capita article, pointed to above, should remove the need to be a local admin, or have UAC disabled.

That's exactly the position one school I serve have found themselves. The company who sold them system were probably thinking more along the lines 'repeat custom', but it's shocking having to pay nearly £1,000 per year for 14 licenses. So, if anyone would like 12x MR12 and 2x MR18 APs, they are soon to be expired. @XiJ Interesting comment about the EdgeSwitches. Here is an order that I'm hoping to put through asap. What benefits would the edge switch have over the unifi one listed here... 1x Ubiquiti UC-CK UniFi Cloud Key Controller 1x UBIQUITI NETWORKS US-48-500W US-48-500W 10x UAP-AC-LR

I'm a fan of Ubiquiti kit. Installed the LR range years ago - no problems to date. Soon to be installing AC LR in a different school, along with their 24 port PoE switch. Take a look at their Cloud Key. This is essentially the controller so you can keep it up to date remotely, and possibly automatically. https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-cloud-key/

Sorry to hear of that trouble; I was hesitant about suggesting those changes. Apologies if I caused you a bit of a headache there. Once those changes have been applied, I'd be interested to know if they resolve the original problem of 'logon server not found'. Have a good day - I'm off to BETT