mrwoberts

Ok, here's a new batch... 1000 - 1500.txt This is a CSV file so you can adjust things with Excel if you need to. RicohMPC5000_UserCodes_1000-1500.txt I know what you mean about a conversion formula, but if this works for now you at least have something to start from.

@DaveAshworth Codes 0-99, and their binary equivalent (see attached). RicohMPC5000_UserCodes_0-99.txt

@DaveAshworth I just tried the User Code on my Ricoh Aficio MPC3000 printers and it doesn't give me the info I was expecting, so could you tell me the exact model of Ricoh you have and I'll load those drivers...

Ok, there may some Ricoh software that packages the printer driver with the respective printer code. Take a look at this Printer Driver Packager NX | Support & Downloads | Global | Ricoh Otherwise, let me know the exact binary code you get for user codes, 0001, 0002, and 0003. If it accepts a 5 digit user code, could you do the same for the first three codes, 00001, 00002, 00003. I plan to compare them with mine, to see if they are transferable, because I know of a way to script the creation of each code in a range and capture the binary equivalent.

How many codes are you talking about? Because with 'not that many' you could potentially change the code in the interface, and capture the Reg value. Time consuming, I know, but it would work.

A few questions 1. What AV do you have, and does it report the origin of the 'infection', which website, for example. This info could potentially help to at least block that website, or download... 2. Looking over the browsing logs for the library PCs, do they show up anything that could help to track down the source... 3. The next time you see this happen, could you get to that PC before the profile is wiped and work backwards to help track down the source. Maybe the student it affected can also help fill in some missing parts of the puzzle. I guess all of these suggestions don't necessarily deal with your original request about task creation, but they may at least help to 'stem the flow' until you have time to look into that problem.

Thanks buddy. In my haste to post what I thought was 'breaking' news, I skipped the usual step of scanning for similar posts.

An interesting article on the BBC News site relating to London schools being put under pressure to renew with LGfL, when other, lower cost solutions may be available. Budget broadband deal emails hidden from London schools - BBC News Comment...

Task Scheduler (elevated) ? You could include, as part of the task sequence, the fetch instructions to check and download the latest msi before installing it. Edit: By the way, the standard .exe accepts the /install switch which makes it silent!

I've read something that could be related to this. In essence, uninstall KB3085509 and see if that fixes the issue. C:\Windows\System32\wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:3085509 /quiet /norestart

If the problem remains after re-imaging the computer suggests to me that this is a hardware problem? Is this a Laptop/Desktop? What happens when you plug in a USB keyboard and press the same button? Laptop - Has anything been spilt on the keyboard, or do you have a replacement keyboard from an identical laptop to try. Try a USB keyboard first.

Just did a search for you, "software usage tracking" and the top few links pointed to Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit Will that help?

Is the IP address of your server dependent on whether the client is internal/external. What I mean is, when the laptop is internal, the server is 10.10.10.20, but when the client is at home, the server is 212.212.212.5 (for example... ) Some options... Add an entry to your "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" file for your server, assuming it stays the same between internal/external (just make a note that you've done this for future IP changes...) ICACLS block write access to the connect.ini file Example icacls C:\Path\to\connect.ini /deny Everyone:(D,WD) Edit: just corrected my deny permission mistake!

How many updates was it 'trying' to install? Does the hdd light blink away to tell you that it is doing something?? When did you attempt to restore it?? Did you interrupt the update-reverting process to perform your system restore? If I've seen this thing before I've tended to just leave it alone, and it may well take hours to sort out, but... the nightmare of trying to bring it back to sanity after interrupting the revert process isn't worth the trouble. See if it's still like that in the morning, then boot into the Recovery partition and run the MS diagnostics... (+chkdsk, +sfc )

Can recommend this book to you - "Group Policy - Fundamentals, Security, and the Managed Desktop" By Jeremy Moskowitz Amazon link (Other online retailers are available) Currently £27.19 Chapter 11 - Software deployment via GP This is basically where my experience is and this book is one of those you can just dip into. Of course, there is a wealth of info online, even YouT...

Hi @woodsa What version of SMART Notebook and drivers are installed? Is there an identical laptop where this behaviour isn't happening? Did this suddenly start happening after a long period without this behaviour? One quick thing to check out is in SMART Settings, look for ink related settings - I vaguely recollect that you can switch of Ink for specific applications like, Word, Powerpoint.. IE ?? Kind Regards

Do you have any filtering in place that may be blocking the lookup? Try manually setting your DNS to: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4 then ipconfig /flushdns reboot and try again.

Hi Dan This doesn't exactly answer your question, but I remember one workaround for this was to delete the 'desktop.ini' file within each folder that displays 'My Documents'. It then displays the real name instead. I also think it is possible, rather than deleting it, to update it to reflect the true name of each folder. Still, it may be of help to you. Kind Regards

If it's the same problem I was experiencing it can be solved by going into Control Panel / Power Options / Advanced Options (for current plan) / Graphics or Display - change from balanced to full power (performance). Apologies if those instructions were not entirely accurate but I'm not in front of one of those laptops at present. Let me know if that solves it. Edit: It could have actually have been something labelled "Intel ..." under the aforementioned power options.

Thanks. How do you go about deploying your clients? Do you integrate updates before deployment?

...exactly, as in, my environment has 65 x Windows 7 Pro (pupil laptops), 6 x Windows 8.1 Pro laptops (teacher laptops),... you get the idea. I just wanted an accurate picture of your environment.

Ok, just wanted to save you the time Just out of curiosity, what does your environment look like exactly? Aside from different bit-versions.

I certainly used to have this problem, a while back, but since the penny dropped and I learned to integrate the updates, build times have significantly reduced. I used to use WSUSoffline, but again, integrating offline has kind of removed the need. How do you guys go about a new build?

@FN-GM Things may well have changed as a result of the further update to 'updating client' in anticipation of a Windows 10 upgrade - KB3083324, I think. Anyways, glad you got this sorted. Are you planning on future clean-builds?? If so, you could integrate the latest (200+) updates into a clean image before you install. This is what I've come to do, it saves a lot of time.

+1 for WSUSoffline (invaluable bit of software, but doesn't it won't satisy Windows Update, which I can workaround)