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Yes, the traffic was all going through one external IP - this has been divided up now. The issue only started when we deployed ChromeOS Flex devices out for student use - the timing of this could be a coincidence with the Chrome setting change with v134.

I've applied the setting and will monitor - thanks

We get reCAPTCHA'd constantly when signing into Google services - ChromeOS sign-in, Chrome Browser profile sign-in or signing in to individual websites using Google accounts. It subsided over the Summer break. We are using a Sophos XGS - if anyone has any ideas or even better any resolutions I'm all ears. The reCAPTCHAs we get are sometimes unreadable so as you can imagine, the students are going through multiple every sign in.

We get ours from here usually https://www.etb-tech.com/

Yes, GPO works the same. Our users only see the network drives they have access to and no local drives of the server.

We found these guides handy for customisation too. https://msfreaks.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/step-by-step-customizing-rd-web-access-2012-r2/ https://msfreaks.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/step-by-step-customizing-rd-web-access-2012-r2-part-2/ https://msfreaks.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/step-by-step-customizing-rd-web-access-2012-r2-part-3/

We have just set this up. SIMS works fine, we had to publish pulsar instead of simsload to get it to work. Not tried FMS.

I thought that might be the case.

The local primary school we support has these exact machines. We haven't had any trouble them booting to WDS. The only issue we had was the boot.wim had to have drivers added into it. Don't know if this helps.

You can change the colour of the Windows 7 taskbar using group policy. Amdinistrative Templates - Windows Components - Desktop Window Manager - Window Frame Colouring. We have a different colour for staff and students, works a treat.

Hi, We have a number on contracts we need to look at due in the near future due to them expiring etc. We thought it would be a good idea to start looking now, so was just wondering who do other people use for their; Managed print solutions Telephone systems Cashless systems ISP/Filtering/Firewall Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Regards

We have the same issue here, Students and staff get a ? on the dock and a message saying access denied when clicking on it. We haven't got round to having a look at the issue yet as only a handful of our students and staff use them, but I read somewhere that it may have something to do with special ntfs permissions like traverse folder. We have our file server setup with traverse folder permissions. I may be wrong but our issue seems to point towards the ntfs permissions. We have a similar issue to this post Why can't I access a folder even though I have permissions? - MacRumors Forums

We have had it through on the portal. It is listed as "Connect2Education Lightspeed Filtering - Confirmation of Switch Over". It gives you a link which takes you to a page with a simple form to fill in. We got ours on 25th Feb.

Just a quick post to see what others have done regarding the windows firewall and uac. The windows firewall has been turned off here since the days of XP and has never been changed. Do others have the firewall and uac turned on in Windows 7/8? If so how have you set it up or is it considered a hindrance on a network with other methods of protection? We were just wondering whether it would be worth turning it on if set up correctly as not to annoy the users. Regards

Classic, some of our pcs when the bios battery goes have reported the year as 9999

The Apple layout is additional to the normal windows layout. We had to change them in the control panel under 'region and langauges' then the 'keyboards and languages' tab and then add the layout 'United Kindom (Apple)' as it wasn't added by default. we only have 20 macs so did them one by one and we also removed all other layouts so they could not change.

Thanks jamesb, just out of interest what kind of company do you work for?

Exactly that, specifically IT Technical Staff!! not even the IT Teachers

Yes, our answer to them is "You tell us"

It is part of their course they are doing, there teacher did help them put the questions together so its not like they have asked without them knowing.

Our answer to question 3 is "you tell us!" as like you said they should be well aware of this

We have prepared our answers for them, we just thought it would be interesting to see how others would answer them

Hi, We have been asked some questions by our 6th Form IT class and wondered what other peoples responses would be. We would be grateful if a few of you fellow edugeekers could post some answers. Thanks 1. What disaster recovery techniques are used? 2. How often is system security reviewed? How often are audits carried out? 3. Is there an email or Internet usage policy? What are the limits for staff and students? 4. How do you monitor for software installation? 5. Does the centre have a policy for use of CCTV? 6. What are the most common risks you face in managing the network? 7. What proportion of your budget do you spend on equipment and software? 8. What do you look for when recruiting and hiring technical staff? 9. How are network and system security delegated? 10. What training do you offer your staff? Once again Thanks

We have the OVS EES scheme here and to get the enterprise version you have to activate the benefit under software assurance. That's what we did here

Will make some time to have another look at it