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We get around this problem by giving all teacher computers dual monitors, and then the second monitor is mirrored to the TV. After getting used to it, I've had very positive feedback. We've got a load of Phillips 65" TVs but are looking at BenQs due to the Smart Notebook licenses being bundled. For those that have used the BenQs - how do they fare? From what I have seen in demos they seem virtually identical to the Phillips.

Yes, we have this too. You can get around it by denying permission to the desktop.ini folder in each of them for your domain admins group. I've been meaning to throw together a quick PS script to do this, but have yet to do so!

Indeed - certainly not appropriate for younger age groups who you would reasonably expect some parents will have (rightly!) set age appropriate restrictions on their mobiles. I would be interested to know how many in our 16-18 age range have parents still able to exert such control over their internet access - I suspect very few. Then again I could be surprised!

A timely discussion: I was just about to start a similar thread on this to see if there was anyone granting staff or students unfiltered access. When half the students have smart phones in their pockets with unfiltered internet access, there could be an argument to say all the filters are doing is slowing down access for everyone and being an irritant when it is blocking things needlessly. I'm in a sixth form college - I wouldn't feel quite the same I imagine at the thought of giving Year 5s unfiltered access. In an age of BYOD with their own data links the filtering feels a bit moot.

As most of the interview panel are on holiday this week, getting feedback back from them has taken a bit longer than usual I'm afraid! I've heard from them all now though so you should get a call back tomorrow. Thanks.

Great, thanks - will take a look at the videos! Did you do any formal Microsoft training? You mentioned integrated SLK - sorry, not familiar with that acronym?

I've recently pitched the use of Sharepoint as the foundation for a project to redevelop our intranet / in-house VLE / other custom web systems and develop new systems, automate business processes etc. and we are planning on kicking this off come September. Our principal is keen to find out what other sixth form colleges / large schools have gone down this route. Are you using Sharepoint at your institution? If so, would you mind sharing: 1) What you're using it for, and how long for. 2) How you support it / who does the development work (dedicated staff recruited for the role, retrained existing staff, consultants, a blend of all of the above?) 3) Any feedback as to how you've found the experience. 4) Future plans you have to develop the use further. Many thanks

Thanks!

Correction salary is actually £24,235 - £26,753.

I have an opening in my team for a IT Systems Administrator to start over the summer. The full job description and application form will be listed on our website later today - Loreto College. I am the Network Manager for the college; let me know if you have any questions. --- Loreto College, Manchester, is a leading sixth form college in the North West looking to recruit a confident, personable, enthusiastic and knowledgeable IT Systems Administrator to join the Cross College IT Support team. As an IT Systems Administrator you will be a key member in the team responsible for maintaining the college IT Systems, along with 3 Technicians, the Deputy Network Manager and Network Manager. The team is responsible for over 1000 PCs, 250 Macs and 2500 users, and has a focus on designing, implementing and supporting systems in-house. The college has enjoyed significant investment in IT in recent years, and is looking to make the most of the investment made and continue to drive innovation in the use of IT and improve the service offered to staff and students. As well as the technical aspects of this role outlined below, you will have excellent customer service skills for dealing with staff and students, good time management and organisational skills, and be capable of producing high quality documentation and reports. You will also have worked in a similar sized organisation in a similar role for a minimum of 3 years, and have a strong educational background. To be considered, you will have at a minimum experience working with: • Windows Server 2008 R2 • Windows 7 / Office 2010 core applications • Mac OS X • Exchange Server 2010 • VMware vSphere v4.x or later • iSCSI SANs • Managed network switch & firewall configuration • Active Directory & Group Policy design and management • Networking knowledge including LAN design, managed switch configuration, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, 802.1x, etc. • Software packaging and distribution in a similar size environment Additionally it would be highly beneficial to have experience or skills with: • ITIL / FITS • App-V • IP based telephony • System Center Config Manager 2007 R3 or later • System Center Ops Managaer 2007 R3 or later • Sharepoint 2010 • Lync 2010 • Mac OS X Management in an AD environment • WSUS, IIS, DFS, Linux/UNIX, Failover Clustering etc. • Dell Equallogic SANs • Remote Desktop Services / Terminal Services Personal attributes: • Good communication and social skills both with staff, students and within the IT support team • Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision • A positive attitude towards teamwork and collaboration • Must be a self-starter, quick learner, attentive to details, able to multi-task and have excellent initiative. Closing date: Monday 16 July - 12pm Interviews: Friday 20 July

Seconding this request - for charging staff against departmental budgets when we will never prevent them from printing it doesn't make much sense to count downwards. A "you have spent £4.50" would be a lot clearer than "you have -£4.50 left"

Hi Nick Recently upgraded to v7.9 and have just tested to see if it fixed our ampersand issues. Still not quite there I'm afraid: Silverlight uploader Uploading "Test & File.txt" to N:\ works, but saves it as "Test ^ File.txt" Uploading test.txt to N:\Test & Folder\ works HTML uploader Uploading "Test & File.txt" to N:\ works, and it saves with the correct name. But, uploading any file to N:\Test ^ test\ fails: Server Error in '/extranet-7.9' Application. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Could not find a part of the path '\\server3\jgoss$\Test ^ test\cas_writers.txt'. [DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path '\\server3\jgoss$\Test ^ test\cas_writers.txt'.] System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) +224 System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath) +1142 System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) +78 System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode) +71 System.Web.HttpPostedFile.SaveAs(String filename) +99 HAP.Web.UploadH.uploadbtn_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) +453 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) +118 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +112 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +10 System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +13 System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +36 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean Cheers John

Brilliant - thanks, had never spotted that config option before! I strongly suspect that we've had some members of staff suffer in silence for a very long time, as the vast majority are still members of our old Easylink group so it went unnoticed. Cheers!

Sorry Nick - I found this morning it looks like when I did a fresh install to upgrade, I forgot to put the 6.5 patch on, so I'll retest this and the chrome/safari/opera problem. Is there any simple way to check the installed version?

Since upgrading last week I've started getting lots of users be denied access, with the error: Server Error in '/extranet' Application. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Access is denied. Description: An error occurred while accessing the resources required to serve this request. The server may not be configured for access to the requested URL. Error message 401.2.: Unauthorized: Logon failed due to server configuration. Verify that you have permission to view this directory or page based on the credentials you supplied and the authentication methods enabled on the Web server. Contact the Web server's administrator for additional assistance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.1 I can find no pattern to this as group membership is identical between users it works for and users it doesn't. I've tried removing all the file shares from the web.config to rule out that it's an issue with any of the shares it connects to. I'm sure it's something obvious but I can't think what could be wrong? Thanks John

It's not no - and also happens internally. Are you testing against IIS7?

Looks good Nick, also very glad to hear the admin password will be encrypted in v7!

I've just checked this too on 6.5 and still getting stuck on 'Checking' when uploading a file with the basic viewer using drag and drop I'm afraid!

Unfortunately I've just upgraded and still getting problems in Chrome and Safari on the PC in testing on site.

We're also getting student reports now of students with the same problem on Opera on a PC, but I've yet to verify this myself.

Hi Nick, I'm getting reports from users that Safari on the Mac to download files aborts at 15.7k with an error of Operation could not be completed kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Error 303. I've been able to reproduce this myself, but it seems to work fine using Firefox. Any ideas? Thanks John

Hi Nick, I've found that files containing ampersands in the filename get stuck when using the basic mode and drag and drop upload - it just sticks on: Test & File.txt 5.00 bytes - Checking... If I use the HTML upload or enhanced mode however it works. Thanks John

Wow thanks Nick - that was fast! That's done the job and everything seems to be working perfectly now. Cheers!

Hi Nick - just trying to do the v6 upgrade (looks great!) and having a problem with some users (such as myself) acessing their home directory - I'm getting the attached error. I can only specualte from the error that there's a 64k default limit on the message size for the directory listing data, and people like myself with a lot of items are causing it to exceed this limit. Do you know how we can up this? Cheers John

Hi Nick, We've just updated to the latest verison after about 6 without updating - looks so far to be an excellent upgrade. The only problem we've got is that when you switch to the Enhanced view, you get an error "Unhandled Error in Silverlight Application Code: 2108 Category: InitializeError Mesage: 2108 An error has occurred" Then in javascript errors on the page we're getting: Webpage error details User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; Tablet PC 2.0; InfoPath.3; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E) Timestamp: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:01:01 UTC Message: 'findName(...)' is null or not an object Line: 47 Char: 4 Code: 0 URI: https://e.loreto.ac.uk/extranet/MyComputerSL.aspx Message: 'findName(...)' is null or not an object Line: 47 Char: 4 Code: 0 URI: https://e.loreto.ac.uk/extranet/MyComputerSL.aspx Message: 'findName(...)' is null or not an object Line: 47 Char: 4 Code: 0 URI: https://e.loreto.ac.uk/extranet/MyComputerSL.aspx Message: 'findName(...)' is null or not an object Line: 47 Char: 4 Code: 0 URI: https://e.loreto.ac.uk/extranet/MyComputerSL.aspx Message: 'findName(...)' is null or not an object Line: 47 Char: 4 Code: 0 URI: https://e.loreto.ac.uk/extranet/MyComputerSL.aspx Message: 'findName(...)' is null or not an object Line: 47 Char: 4 Code: 0 URI: https://e.loreto.ac.uk/extranet/MyComputerSL.aspx Message: 'findName(...)' is null or not an object Line: 47 Char: 4 Code: 0 URI: https://e.loreto.ac.uk/extranet/MyComputerSL.aspx Message: 'findName(...)' is null or not an object Line: 47 Char: 4 Code: 0 URI: https://e.loreto.ac.uk/extranet/MyComputerSL.aspx Message: Unhandled Error in Silverlight Application Code: 2108 Category: InitializeError Message: 2108 An error has occurred. Line: 44 Char: 4 Code: 0 URI: https://e.loreto.ac.uk/extranet/MyComputerSL.aspx -- However, as far as I can tell all seems to work. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks John