LeightonJames

Hi all I was asked last week to install this amazing piece of software on the network. The software is over a decade old and would more than likely not run on Windows 10. The school are unable to locate the licence keys and as such even if I could install it, I couldn't license it. Here's the kicker. They have asked me if it is possible to source something that does the same thing. This is the homepage for the software (the company don't actually exist/produce the software anymore either) - https://web.archive.org/web/20100327183159/http://www.aspexsoftware.com:80/spex.htm Extract briefly describing it's key features: "We don't market spex as just a 3D room designer though, rather, the room 'interior design' aspect of Spex is a cover story to get children to grapple with simple 3D design, using a budget, simple spreadsheet modeling, dimensions, mapping and much more." Anyone know of any software that does the same thing that is: A - Child friendly B - Free/cheap C - Contains all of the same features listed in the extract?

I'll have a look into that!

Found some pics and added them to the first post @Joanne

That's some good Arcade fun there unixman!

As soon as I have something to show I will add pictures to this thread. At the minute it's just a box lol. I might have some pictures on my home PC that I sent to someone on WhatsApp but not got anything at the minute.

That's the sort of thing I'm putting in yeah but I'm going for a black and white theme for the Arcade controls. Found the flipper buttons I want and I'm having a big red Launch/Start Button on the front for the pinball tables.

That's pretty cool Joanne. I did think about using the joysticks for the consoles but I want it to be a full emulation center and with this in mind I decided to include the USB versions of the consoles controllers (where possible) to up the realism

Hello Guys and Gals Finally after years of wanting to, but never actually having the time to, I have started to build an Arcade Cabinet. It is a tabletop cab and the cabinet itself is built. I wanted to know if anyone on here has made one that incorporates as many features as I intend to include in mine. First off, the Spec: Dell 19" 4:3 TFT Monitor with casing removed AMD FX-4300 Black Edition 8GB RAM 1TB HDD (initially) NVIDIA GTX 760 Emulation Station Frontend (EmulationStation) Multiple Emulators including NES, SNES, GC, N64, Mega Drive, Master System, MAME, PSX, Wii, Wii-U (possibly, needs testing), Pinball and hopefully Fruit Machines I am not asking where to get any of this stuff nor am I discussing the legality of it, what I want to know is has anyone else attempted such a thing in terms of number of items emulated. I am hoping to get the fruit machine buttons to light up in line with the emulator status. The FM buttons will be on the bottom front panel and the pinball flipper buttons on the side. Any advice on this if anyone has any would be appreciated. The controllers for the individual consoles will be stored in a drawer on the back. It's a monumental task but one I am glad I have started. If anyone has any suggestions I am open to them. Start of build The USB Speakers I am using in the top of the cab The Marquee and top sections added Base layer of paint for testing. Will be varnished and polished when complete

I've seen it a few times too but like ZH said, a refresh resolves it

I'm assuming you have followed the steps here already as you have claimed it but thought I would post them anyway: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/websearch/eQAKxX_AOhg Other results all say the same thing. Once the business/school is claimed the options should disappear.

OK so I was wrong. Whilst the above code DOES work, it does not work as intended. It adds the computer name to EVERY cell that gets edited. SMH. Back to the drawing board

Thanks guys, I'll have another play today. EDIT: Managed to get it working. This is the new code: Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) Dim KeyCells As Range Dim sHostName As String sHostName = Environ$("computername") Set KeyCells = Range("A1:A500") If Target.Value <> "" Then Application.EnableEvents = False Target.Value = Target.Value & " - Computer Name: " & sHostName Application.EnableEvents = True End If End Sub Adding the Application.EnableEvents flag made the code run once only and changing the check condition works better than the previous one Thanks for the help though guys

OK, I have a job log spreadsheet that I use in a number of schools (easiest way asall machines have excel installed and it doesn't require them to log into an 3rd party app) and I have been wanting to update it to do a few "fancy things". One of which is automatically record the users computername. I have been able to do this with some code mangling from other sites however my issue now is that the code runs constantly until it hits the cell limit. This is my test code: Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) Dim KeyCells As Range Dim sHostName As String sHostName = Environ$("computername") Set KeyCells = Range("A1:A500") If Not Application.Intersect(KeyCells, Range(Target.Address)) _ Is Nothing Then Target.Value = Target.Value & " - " & sHostName End If End Sub What this is does is continuously add the machine name to the edited cell. I want it so that the cell is only updated if the cell contents change from blank. Anyone got any ideas??

That sounds like an option, I was also wondering if you could somehow parse the IP address of the machine or default gateway and use that to get the correct server share. Depends how you assign addresses to the machines and if your server shares have similar addresses on each site.

Don't know enough about how MDT authenticates machines and such but can you not use the %LOGONSERVER% environment variable?

I'm assuming from the radio silence that no one knows the reason for the problem? Grrrrr. I'll have to do some more research me thinks.

Hi all Deploying Windows 10 1703 using WDS and after the Network Selection screen where cortana speaks to you I am left with a black screen and the cursor. There is HDD activity but nothing seems to happen. Powering the machine off and back on allows the installation to complete/continue. Does anyone have any ideas what the cause could be? This is my Unattend File that is attached to the image with all identifying ifno removed/hidden 1 1 net user administrator /active:yes true (UTC +00:00) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London en-gb en-gb en-gb en-gb en-gb en-gb en-gb en-gb true 1 administrator true 1 true true true HIDDEN false HIDDEN false Local Administrators Account Administrator Administrators Administrator HIDDEN false Local Account LOCAL ACCOUNT LOCAL ACCOUNT Administrators COMPANY COMPANY (UTC) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London en-gb en-gb en-gb en-gb en-gb Cheers for looking

This. I also create the v6 folder ready for use with Creator's update too, forward planning and all that.

The Hub 3 has one of the worst interfaces I have ever seen. I despise it. The Hub 2 interface was much better and the location of things made much more sense.

I'm currently working on getting Windows 10 running on Macbook Pro's as the sole OS. The staff don't know how to or have any interest in using MacOS. So instead of the machines sitting in a corner gathering dust and me having to repeat myself every week and explaining how to boot the Mac into Windows I looked into this option. MacBooks use something called BIOS emulation which is what BootCamp uses when you boot into the Windows Partition. Because of this you need to force the install to run in BIOS mode and this involves removing Apple's protected EFI partition and converting the drive partition table from GPT into MBR. This forces the install to run in BIOS mode and allows you to install all the hardware. You can install Windows 10 on a GPT partition table on the MacBook but you will not have any sound ecause of the BIOS Emulation issue. The Sound Card is presented as an Intel HD Audio chipset in Windows 10 GPT mode however if you booted using BootCamp it is presented as a Cirrus Logic Chipset! ******BACK ON TOPIC***** I would avoid the use of a macbook for the Head, more problems than they are worth in the long run. Yes they look nice, however as you are not confident with the OS you will spend a lot of time fumbling round in the dark trying to resolve the issues you will undoubtedly face whilst the device is being used.

This is the OOBE section from my Unattend file true 1 true true true

Stone Computers or Very PC

Is it not an older style Radar Key, you know for disabled toilets and the likes??

Can you read it with an NFC reader on your phone?

Could you not do any breader than this?