donutcat

I tried with IE8, Chrome, and this morning have tried with IE9 which works... Always the simple things that we forget to check. Thanks for the prompt.

I am having the same error showing as the first screenshot. Server is server 2008R2 .net is 4.0 full, fully up to date. other asp sites load no problem, HAP loads not problem, but the setup doesn't just throws an error on page warning line 1828 char 34. Interestingly a lot of the settings I can change but the AD selection etc, just doesn't load. Any help would be appreciated as I have to take room booking from the ICT teacher in september, and want to use something a littler better than their excel spreadsheet solution. DC

Any ideas of what to do if you can't get LDAP connected to websites? I've looked at MRBS, CRBS, and still have nto got a solution that reads sims timetables, and integrates to active directory, but runs on my own web servers (no external ip). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. DC

Need a new member for my team, anyone interested? Impington Village College - Vacancies DC.

I had problems authenticating against, AD, and followed through this thread. Everything else worked, but as soon as I replaced the dll everything came to life. Excellent project, really impressed with the booking system concept, especially dealing with SIMS!

I have deleted the two flightsim folders yet still it works, I put them back and disabled access to them both, but still it works.. Any more suggestions? DC

COUNTIF won't work as it works with only one set criteria, SUMIF won't count, it sums, so you will have to do the calculation in two parts. Create a new column on the right that will do the double IF statement, i.e. if a is the number you are looking for and b has the letter you are looking for then assign a value of 1, else leave the column empty. Then just sum the column. I have attached and example with the formulas in. If you wanted to add this function to lots of different sheets it may be worth writing a macro, but the formulas are not too arduous. Any probs PM me. example double countif.xls

It is likely that i-Tec will bid for the borough BSF project though, but in a completely different guise and setup following the 'proposed' disaggregation of the shared services engaged by Central Beds. As long as partnership education don't get it I'm not worried either way, it's so unlikely we will be asked for our technical input the outcome won't be affected by those of us who actually run school IT departments. DC

Isn't it a shame this whole thread exists. Why take a really good idea, fixing/rebuilding all secondary schools, and force the people involved to have to choose their IT aliances to get it. Seperate out the projects, have a building programme that looks at buildings, and then have an IT programme that asseses and upgrades failing IT departments/systems/approaches. I have never been checked on what I do in school by any authority other than school managers, and although I am the expert employed to manage the IT direction of the school, it would be good to know that someone is checking on me and others, stopping schools getting into the IT mess that BSF is trying to fix on the back of the buildings projects in the first place. That is all. DC

We have now found a workaround. Following a complete uninstall clear the registry of anything to do with "smart technologies" and "smart technolgoies inc" and install again. Problem goes away even with the latest software release. I think one of the entries is a hangover from older version of the software that is still being used by version 10. Hope it works for you guys. DC

I have the same error after upgrading from senteo, but only when I open notebook directly. If I open notebook from the senteo menu it reports an error to smarttech, if I open it from welcome to notebook from the smartboard menu it works fine. Educational software strikes again methinks... Any workarounds or fixes would be much appreciated. DC

As someone who is about to go through the TUPE process into an academy I have been asking these sorts of questions to HR, my union rep and the academy and have had the following responses: How long are my pay and conditions protected for? The law does not state for support staff any minimum length, however you cannot be disadvantaged because of the transfer, i.e. any change in my situation not caused by the transfer can be put through after the transfer has happened, although in our case the academy has agreed to the 3 years that teachers get. Can I be made redundant after the transfer? Yes it is possible, but only if the job role disappears because of a change not connected to the transfer, for example a restructure of the organisation after the transfer has happened, and there would have to be bullet-proof evidence that it was not planned before the transfer. Can my contract change for the better, and is that protected? Any change in pay or terms and conditions must be agreed by both parties, but keeps your basic pay and conditions protected if you do not agree to them. If you do agree and sign a new contract then you are a normal employee, although I didn't get enough clarification on this point to satisfy me that I knew fully what would happen. What if there are less jobs at my hierarchical level? This may be an academy specific questions, as with a move to an established company things would be different. We have been guaranteed no reduction in staff number, and that there would be a job matching process. If there is no job at the level i am at, then I would drop to the next level down and be matched in there, with no detriment to my pay or conditions. What about pensions? Local government pension carries on, and continuity of service is unaffected while I remain employed by the academy. If my new positions was on a lower pay scale than mine my pensionionable pay would reduce to meet that. This is not the same as teachers as their pension is fully protected. It is also worth noting that if I leave the academy to work for another school that is still in the local authority my length of service restarts from 0, as I am deemed not to have transferred from one internal division to another. This would be the same if TUPE'd to RM and then went back to schools. Feel free to check with your unions reps, as most TUPE processes are tailored to the needs of the transfer. DC

ICT Technician required The hours are 37 per week, either term time only, plus five additional training days or 52 weeks per year. The scale for this position is level 3, points 15-19, giving a salary range of £15,849 to £17,574 per annum for the full time position. Hours of work will be by agreement and starting salary will be dependent on experience. The closing date for applications is 21 January 2009 and proposed interview date is 26 January 2009. Website to look at is Welcome to the John Bunyan School Website go to the vacancies section for more information. Donucat

Has anyone actually managed to get a blocked site unblocked? I tried one this week, but have got no response, no access, no nothing. At least tell us you got the message. right?

The second try in bedfordshire was in fact just for Bedford itself, but has now been stopped as the county council (them trying to get it through) are being dismantled and replaced by two unitary authorities who don't want to annoy the electorate. It is possible the Bedford Borough will take a poll of parents again when they take over schools, but that won't be until next year. As for county trying to push it through before hand, it seems unlikely as all county decisions that affect long term strategy for the unitary councils have to be passed through the new councils implementation committees. Yes that's three committees that must agree to something before anyone can do it, and it was hard enough with one! As for BSF an middles I'm not sure, as a school about to go academy, we have a different set of goals, and it will be expected that the academy sets up for two tier education, even in the three tier system. Initially this may be by including a middle school in the new build, and effectively operating two schools from one campus, or simply extending the building programme depending on what the unitary decides nearer the time. DC