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False alarm, end user stupidity! Forgot to bind the new temporary certificate to port 443 in IIS.

It was working yesterday - before I did any Windows updates and was using IE6 to test (say's alot really). We are in the midst of changing ISP. Our old ISP had our server hidden behind a reverse proxy. Our new ISP has given us a number of real live Internet address to play with! So being live on the Internet, I think it's time I looked properly at Windows Firewall and Windows Updates (how lax was our network security). IIS is set to require an HTTPS connection. This has been working fine through our old reverse proxy connection and worked yesterday. The SSL certificate was self signed and waaay out of date. I'm in the process of getting a proper SSL certificate. I've just completed Windows Updates (Server 2008R2 SP1). Firewall is now on and only accepting HTTP and HTTPS connections from the external interface. The site no longer loads on a test pc. SSL error according to Chrome. Communication error according to IE10. Doesn't matter if the firewall is on or off, I get the same - no page. Turn SSL off (with the firewall on) and everying works as expected. So, something had broken in my IIS SSL setup. Has either the Windows Updates and/or using a more modern web browser than IE6 made SSL certification stricter? Is it because I have a self certified certificate at the moment, or is something else stopping SSL from working? Thanks

Our usernames form part of our e-mail addresses so I think there are child protection issues around giving away the fact that the e-mail account belongs to a student, the gender, rough age or surname. For that reason I use the following formula: jblogg93 - might be Janet Bloggerson in Year 8, for example.

None of which makes the machine necerssarily a server. You could put all that kit together in a rackmount chassis, Install Windows 7 Home Premium and a GTX Titan and have a whale of a time on COD...

I'd argue if anything on ITV, Channel 4 or Channel 5 in the past 5 years could be called either innovative of forward thinking? The best TV of the past couple of years has been Danish imports shown on BBC4 - go figure.

Hell no, but then I'm not sure Microsoft know what their primary concern is/should be any more! Traditionally MS are a software supplier of operating systems and productivity applications for small-medium businesses. This is where they excel and gain most of thier revenue. Which makes you wonder what they were smoking when they dreamed up Windows 8 (something Apple and Google passed their way, that's for sure). From an education point of view, our needs more closely align with that of small-medium businesses than that of regular consumers. And, to Microsofts credit, they recognise that and actively market their products in a way that is appelling to this sectors (EES anyone?). Makes our jobs all the more interesting, no?

Looking at the success of House of Cards on Netflix, I think the BBC have missed a trick with their online offerings. Not sure BBC 3 really plugs the gap either. What they need is to expand iPlayer a bit. Make complete older series available. Make a new made-for-iPlayer series that can be binge-watched Netflix style. As much as I don't really like Channel 4 content, 4OD are seriously ahead of the Beeb with this.

BBC4's the only channel on Freeview/Freesat at the moment that actually has programs worth watching on a semi-regular basis. For other channels, I can't remember the last time I seriously watched something that wasn't on BBC. Caught 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown on C4, and that's about it. Then again, apart from Top Gear on Sunday nights, I never watch live TV. Pretty much either BBC iPlayer or Neflix. I do have a Sky Now subscription but that seems largely unused as a missed the start of The Walking Dead season 4 on Fox and is now waiting for Game of Thrones to start again. Last show I enjoyed on BBC3 was Being Human. Stopped watching over a year ago when the principle cast was replaced.

I call it lip service. I don't believe for one instance Apple have serious designs on the market. The last product they had primarily for education was the eMac, discontinued in 2006. They obviously want what they can get out of the education sector, but they are a consumer driven company first and foremost. My comment was more to highlight the idea that Apple won't make education based design decisions to the detriment of consumer based design decisions. So if you're buying Apple for school use you need to take their company philosophy into account. Not necerssarily a bad thing or a reason against iPads. I'm just not holding my breath for GPO-like levels of control over the devices outside of third party MDM's.

Thanks all, I've gone for a 1yr standard wildcard certificate from godaddy. Under £200 (just) which I think is reasonable and should meet our immediate requirements.

Hi, I need to get a SSL certificate for our IIS/Apache servers. I think I need a single wild card cert that I can apply to multiple servers? Anyone got any recommendations on where to get one from and how much we should be paying? Thanks

Still waiting for the new single player story DLC...

Origins story was immediately before Asylum, then City, Knights is rumoured to take place after City. Origins wasn't a new story line, more a prequal to Asylum and think the closing scenes of Origins and opening of Asylum are pretty close to one another.

Arkham Asylum was a fantastic game! Being slowly going downhill since. City picked up about midway through but always felt rushed to complete the story ("you only have an hour to do xyz") so I missed a lot of the side stuff. Origins was more Spiderman than Batman. Spent most of the game swinging from one side of Gotham to the other just to trigger the next cut scene. Good to see the games back with Rocksteady. I'll probably get Knights for PS4. To my mind they need to go back and look at Asylum which was more like The Last of Us in it's delivery. The world just open enough to keep the liner story moving along at a nice pace. City, and worse Origins, were too Open World which I don't think suites this particular franchise. And on that note, Origins story seemed way too short come the end! Batmobile sounds insteresting. Also, maybe they can take a leave out of GTA:V's book and allow for fast switching between Batman, Robin and Catwoman?

It can, but would you want to restrict the type of devices pupils can bring in under such a scheme? No phones, no charging cables, no screens bigger than 12" - for arguement sake? Other wise I suppose you do get into the disorganised chaos hinted at above. Possibly. I think there is a business case for BYOD in place of a school supplying 1:1 tablets. However, either school supplied tablets or BYOD should be implented alongside providing for existing ICT requirements not replacing. So they're are hardly a cost saving measure (pupils have iPads =/= no ICT suites). I'm not so sure - and there's a whole teaching and learning/classroom management can of worms their. I'm sure I've read of schools that have opened the can and let out the worms. Why not provide a transparent proxy with only extreme content filtered for everyone? Why rely on technology to stop pupils going to facebook or games sites or whatever? Surely it's the teachers job to teach safe internet use and keep pupils on task? (not suggesting it's a route we are likely to take here mind, just throwing the question out there).

I only ever got has far as the Midas Hand in the first Tomb Raider, not even half way I believe. Recently tried Tomb Raider Anniversary and got almost to the same point before giving up. I remember being really into the first Tomb Raider on PS1 and can't remember why I stopped playing at the Midas Hand level. But with Anniversary I was really getting pee'd off at the constant backwards and forwards across a level to solve a puzzle. The one I stopped at had you climb to the bottom of a pit only to have to climb back up the middle colimn again to do something else. That and Lara seemed uncontrollerable. I want to jump straight and she goes left, or falls down instead of jumping back. Arrggghhhh!!!!!

Whats the one with Snake on horse back, looks like a Red Dead Redemption rip off? Was thinking about looking in on that one because it's more open world, which I like, but there seem to be a number of other similar games (WatchDogs, Mad Max, Shadows of Modor, The Division) that I don't know if I can afford or find the time for it! Haven't actually played a MGS game properly yet. Did own the first on PS1 but never really played it then. Got a copy again for the PS1 now, it's also on my list of games to play before I die (a list that's far too long).

Tomb Raider one I've been wondering about for awhile. Good to get it for free, now I can stop wondering and just (find the time to) play it!

Done a quick search, looks like PCL offers more features like booklet printing, etc, and PostScript has better colour matching for images.

Not a great deal as far as I know. PCL is a HP printer control languge, and Post Script was developed by Apple (I think). I've never noticed any speed or quality differences when I've switch driver language in the past. Edit: Actually, PS is Adobe - same as PDF...

It's asking for a file off your Windows 7 install disk to install the 32bit print processor. It's not actually a driver related problem. The server wouldn't let you install the 32bit drivers if they didn't match up with the already installed 64bit drivers. Copy the Sources folder from your Windows 7 Install CD to your hard drive and change the folder path from e:\i386 to c:\sources That should fix the problem.

Slightly off-topic, but it is worth remembering that Apple is a consumer focused company with little or no interest or asperations into either the business or education sectors. Like wise, many of Microsoft's more recents problems/blunders have come about because they are a business focused company who take their position there for granted and want to muscle in on the higher margin consumer markets... I suppose when picking between iOS, OS X, Android, Windows, Chrome, etc - you do have to take a step back and look at the companies providing the product as well and ask the questions. Is this a consumer device? Will it play nice on my network? Will it ever play nice on my network? Can I make it play nice on my network? Is this the right device for us? I'm sure different schools will have different priorities/answers for any given device.

How much do you currently use Google Apps/Google Drive? Is he thinking about pushing Google Apps as the goto Office suite instead of Microsoft across all devices? Keep all documents on Google's cloud servers rather than on local hard drives?

I've heard this argument a few times recently in discussions with SLT but then I ask what are the devices actually going to be used for? Asking teachers about their use of our existing ICT suites, it seems the fast majority of use is either Word Processing and Internet Research. If we provide ICT suites and/or laptop trollies for word processing, then that just leaves Internet research. Does the base OS of the BYOD really matter? All you really need is a Web Browser, No? I suppose there are questions over HTML5 and Flash compatibility, but beyond that? To my mind, the problem with BYOD is the same as supplying single model 1:1 devices as replacements to existing ICT. They are fine until you need to write an essay, do CAD, music composition, etc - then the form factor and software choices start to let the devices down as what you really need is a full computer...