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FYI: WhatsApp uses XMPP for the text messages, but uses 443 and various sub domains of whatsapp.com and whatsapp.net for media (photos, videos, audio etc). To get it fully working you need to allow TCP port 5222 on the firewall and also allow the whatsapp.com and whatsapp.net sub domains on the web filter. In our case I just allow all of whatsapp.com and whatsapp.net to the groups that are allowed access to WhatsApp rather than play the endless game of chasing down which sub domains they are using/change to. If you only want to open port 5222 for WhatsApp IPs, then it gets trickier as the knowledge base article is almost certainly out of date. The addresses listed may still work, but there is no guarantee that they will continue to. Ideally Smoothwall should include IP address objects for well known services that can be used for creating targeted firewall rules. For iMessage, it uses TCP 80, 443 and 5223. You will probably only have to open 5223 on the firewall as the traffic going through 80 and 443 will likely be passing through the web filter, which makes it easy to spot if you have any rules that are blocking it. Fortunately Apple owns the entire 17.0.0.0/8 address block, so it is relatively simple to create targeted rules to allow specific ports to be open just for Apple services.

It is a fantastic addition to the series. I love zooming round the retro tracks, though was a bit surprised that I appear to have all the old tracks burned into my memory and was able to take all the shortcuts and corners without really thinking about it. The Bikes take a little getting used to though

In which case it might be worth trying on windows, assuming that its only *nix related dependency is smbclient.

We use it here and seems to work fine for us, though we are still running Moodle 1.8x, so I can't comment on how well it works with 1.9. It uses samba to retrieve the files, so you have to use a *nix. I don't know enough about php or windows, but I guess it might be possible to port if you could replicate smbclient's functionality with some standard windows tool/api.

Exactly, and if look at this, it is talking about Microsoft the company, not its software. From what I read of this, it is not saying that Microsoft software cannot be used, just that the company itself cannot be directly involved with any public procurements. There is nothing in this that is stopping, say, Capita from providing a solution that happens to use Microsoft products. Anyway, it's too early to tell what will happen as after all, all that has happened so far is that one MEP has asked a question. BTW, I wouldn't start calling it a witch hunt until the EU starts pulling MS up on odd obscure stuff that it lets other similarly sized companies get away with.

What happens if you apply the key to HKEY_CURRENT_USER in a logon script? If the logon scripts are run after the users profile is loaded, then it should work. They can still turn it back on, but at least then that is their own fault, as they started with it off.

We use a startup script to apply a regkey that turns off the numlock on the logon screen. It doesn't affect the users own setting in their profile, ie the logon screen will always have the numlock turned off, but if the user logs in and the numlock is set to on in their profile, then it will turn on when they logon. Here is the key: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard] "InitialKeyboardIndicators"="0"

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Have you had any luck with either Photoshop or Premiere elements yet? We're looking at getting Premiere elements, but I'm wary of it due to installation issues.

Hmm... The output you are getting is strange, and tends to point to something up with the file itself, or at least something in the file that ghostscript doesn't like. A couple of stupid questions: Does the PDF render properly when you open it with the reader (and can you try it with at least 2 different readers)? It maybe that ghostscript is stricter at reading files that the readers. Also, have you tried "printing" the bad pdf as a pdf and then printing the result?

Does it still happen when you print the same file to another printer?

From the log you posted, it looks like ghostscript is having a problem with the file, but you'll have to increase the logging to be sure.

Very true, but at least it is a start when you consider that most routers come out of the box wide open. Now we just need to persuade them to change it to WPA with long non-dictionary keys. To give them credit, with the infrastructure they have with the Home hubs allows them to push updates out to them, of course whether they use this to actually fix the vulnerabilities is another matter, but at least they are not relying on the end users to apply the fixes themselves.

Have you tried comparing logs with a similarly size PDF that does work?

A useful thing to know about the BT Home Hubs is that you don't need the install CD at all to set it up. You can tell staff to follow the instructions for setting it up, ignoring anything to do with the BT software and plugging things into the laptop. BT pre-configures them with the right settings to connect to the internet. All the CD is there for it to install useless BT Yahoo junk (OK, not useless for the average person as it installs norton av/firewall etc which BT pay for in an attempt to keep most of their users from becoming spam spewing zombies, but not something you want with a managed install). The Home Hub by default has its wireless turned on and is secured with 64-bit WEP (not great, but better than the usual wide open). The Key is printed on the Hub itself, next to the serial number, iirc. All you need to do is add the staff's user account to the "Network Configuration Operators" group on the local machine to allow them to add wireless networks to the windows wireless networking tool.