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You really, really, shouldn't have multi-homed DNS servers because, well you've just found out the reason. The problem is in the configuration of the 2 NICs. Why have they got two NICs? different subnets? How are the default gateways configured? What is likely to be happening is the computer is receiving the ping on one NIC and responding on the other, not the one the pinging PC is expecting the reply from.

I agree. On demand streaming is the future. But I think the reason we are not there is a little more basic than "awful network infrastructure". Companies like Sky and ITV don't want it to happen. They struggle to envisage a world in which they can make money without setting the schedule and cramming it full of adverts.

After unpatching them all in the summer? presumably for security reasons? I think she'd love that.

HD and UltraHD isn't really about broadcast or streaming. It's about local content. Downloads and BluRay. In this market there's a wealth of HD and growing amount of UltraHD content. Then there's gaming. We're 5-6 years off from the next gen of games console, so I doubt there'll be too much of a push until then but it'd surprise me if next gen wasn't 4k. PC's will be doing 4k comfortably with cheap to mid range graphics cards in the next year or so, will there be enough games to support it though until consoles catch up?

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How old are the machines? Any machines old enough to run NT should have been scrapped decades ago! AFAIK, the upgrade license is machine specific and shouldn't be transferred between machines. When you buy new machines you are supposed to buy new upgrade licenses if required. The machines should have a OEM or Retail CoA sticker on them that the upgrade licence is upgrading from. The only useful NT licences would be old retail licences (which are machine transferable) which you are using to satisfy the pre-existing OS requirement of the upgrade licence for any machines bought OS-less.

Why not? Surely the difference between SD and 4k is easier to see...

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I take it the problem is nothing is patched between the patch panel and the switch? If so there is only one answer without a cable tester. Plug in a laptop. Get a patch lead plugged into the switch, keep moving the lead along the patch panel until the switch lights up. Remove the laptop and double check the patched port on the switch is deactivated (incase you unwittingly discovered another PC not patched in). Rinse and repeat on all possible patch panels until you find the one you're looking for. Even with a standard cable tester it'd be the same - test every port until you find it. The only quick way is one of those fancy sonic fable finders. I gotta get me one of those.

I've re-laid out my living room and repositioned my TV, wall mounted. Since doing it I've noticed it feels a little small, it's 42". I looked on Curry's website for 50" TV's and was shocked at how cheap 4k TV are getting. Theirs started from about £750 for a decent brand like Samsung. So I've decided to wait a year or two for the prices to get sub-£500 and then I'll defo trade up. I think it's a content question. Right now, there's little point. Bandwidth means 8k streaming is unlikely in the foreseeable future, so I can't see 8k TV's taking off that quickly. 4k is now getting to a price point that means it won't be long before enough people have them to make content delivery worth while. We're already seeing it with Netflix offering 4k content. I think YouTube might as well. I'll be extremely surprised if the next generation of consoles weren't 4k native. I suppose the question is...Does you're graphics card support 4k, and if not, when do you plan to upgrade to one that does? As for seeing the difference, how big is the telly, and how far away from it are you?

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I literally just bought this for $5.99 (about £3.80) from the US PSN store two days ago. I'm in a serious retro gaming mood at the moment (currently playing through some Mega Drive classics) and this is on my list of must plays when I get into the PS1 era. I have fond memories of the original (along with Civ 1) on the Amiga. I had this on the PS1 back in the mid-90's when it was released. If I remember correctly I had, and it supported, the Playstation mouse. Great game.

I'd imagine less CPU load on a non aggregated connection, less to manage. I'd also expect 10Gbps NIC's to come with a decent TCP offload engine, so again less CPU load. My instincts say 10Gbps would be slightly better/faster.

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I've got two steeds. A cheap Elswick road bike I got out of a catalogue when old faithful chewed up her gears, and a newly repaired old faithful: (stock interwebs image) A 2009 Felt QX75. The seat has been changed to a uber-comfortable Brooks classic, handlebars switched out for butterfly bars, tires swapped for Shwalbe Marathon Plus's. Recently got new chain, gears and peddles. Man I really need to get back into cycling. Set me self up with some charity/sportive rides.

Yes and no. We refresh staff laptops each year. The old ones returned are given to part-time/cover staff. The old ones from part-time/cover are used as "spares" for as long as they last. Considering the laptops are over 5 years old by this point it's unsurprising they don't last long. In reality of pile of spare laptops are a pile of scrap laptops waiting for collection by some WEEE agency or another. Oooh, I like!

The purpose of the development plan isn't to predict the unpredictable. It's to forecast spending based on current known assumptions. Assumptions that will have changed by the time you come to re-write the development plan next year. Hell we might have a change of government next April that could have a serious impact on any assumptions made this year. I can work out a 25 year spending plan based on current assumptions if higher ups needed for some strange reason.

My Current development plan is looking over a 10 year life cycle. The truth is the actual development plan only runs over 3-5 years, beyond that is extrapolated as rolling replacements. But that's not important. The thing is, the development plan isn't a fixed document you do once and forget. You change and amend it every year, and then redo the forecasts over 5, 10, and yes if necessary 15 years, based on the new assumptions. If I look at the IT spend and development strategy for this coming year and compare it to the forecast I made in the development plan 5 years ago the two are not even remotely close. But if I look at each of the intervening development plans I can see the changes in priorities and assumptions that got us were we are today. Our current IT priority is to move from a wired infrastructure to a wireless infrastructure. So the 10 year plan looks at removing IT suites and replacing them with bookable laptop trolleys. So I'm making educated guesses as to when the best time to decommission each IT suite is and what we're likely to need in extra IT resources. I'm sure when I revisit the plan next year it'll be subtly different, and in two years when the changes we make this year have had chance to bed themselves in... That said 15 years is a crazily long time skill. Still If that what they need for their own budget planning requirements, including projected IT spend in to a longer whole school plan, then let them have it. Should be that hard to create if you have some idea of the next 5 years spending. And it's nothing anyone is going to be holding you to in 15 years time, that's if you are they are even still working there!

Which version of Windows Server are your DC's running? I think anything above 2008R2 includes Group Policy Preferences. What you want to do can be done very easily within there.

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I agree, the time it take to re-install and reconfigure Hyper-V makes it pretty pointless. That said, if I was to do it I'd probably go down the route of a Ghost/Clonezilla/SCCM image.

Can't think of a great reason why it wouldn't work so long as teaming is set up on both servers. All a crossover cables does is makes sure signals are sent/received on the expected pins. I don't think the computers could tell the difference, it's a physical layer protocol. 2012R2 Teaming doesn't need LACP support (or any other teaming protocol) on the switch. It's all software based and in my experience is better/more reliable/easier to set up.

Apple are a consumer company, they build consumer products. Using them on an enterprise network will always be fraught with problems. That's not to say it's a bad thing, just you should accept and know that before you jump in. Like all products, Apple have their place. The ideal of 1:1 devices and tablet computing is not synonymous with iPad. I think people get into this kind of trouble because they mistakenly believe it is. What Apple do have is the App Store, which quiet frankly outclasses anything similar on other platforms in terms of overall app quality and availability. That said, LearnPads (LearnPad - Simple Classroom Tablet Solutions) are a really interesting alternative and far easier to manage in the right environment. I think a combination of BYOD and a healthy mixture of school provided devices is the ultimate solution. It's what I'm promoting here. SEN are looking towards Intel Classmate style devices, possibly with Windows 8. Likewise, PE staff are looking at getting Intel based Windows 8 tablets with keyboards. General use IT suites are being phased out for mobile trolleys of laptops. They will eventually give way to Windows 8 Tablets. A trolley of iPads looks useful for creative subjects to use iPhoto, iMovie and Garageband on. Music will probably switch to Mac Mini's on the next refresh. Still can't see the attraction of Chromebooks though...

What's the difference?

If you run Hyper-V Manager on your workstation and connect that to your host server, can you not open a local session to the VM from there? (double click on the VM in Hyper-V Manager) Have you tried RDP'ing to the effected server in console mode? (mstsc /admin) Other than the two licenses for administrating the server through RDP, all other terminal services use, including remote apps, should be licensed appropriately. Surely the solution is to buy the correct licences and not deleting registry keys?