pabs1983

We currently have a Lapsafe, it is about 5 years old now, however, looking into the upgrade of it, it appears you can have standard 3-pin wall sockets inside, removing the need for future upgrades.

I agree with the teacher comment, however, in the real world most teachers haven't got the minerals to confront pupils now a days. so instead they choose to spy and let a 'senior' member of staff deal with it... we have CrossTec over some of the school, but its paid for per department.

does anybody know of a free monitoring tool. At present i am using VNCThumbnails to view vnc connections, however, if a machine is restarted, you need to re-add the host, some students know this and will quite happily restart there computer to avoid been 'watched'.

i believe that you can programatically create/display outlook camera using ASP.NET. In the past i have had to create a web application that adds 'bookings' to a shared calendar, but have never displayed it. Have a look here.

does your group policy delete internet history? also are profiles stored on server, as this could also affect firefox remembering information.

Have you set the wrong default applications in Group Policy? Also, try to run a GPRESULT /V to text file and go through that, that will help you see what policies are in place and where they have come from.

I have developed a DLL that plugs into IE that blocks IP addresses. I have posted my source code and basic instructions here

I have gotten fed up of late with trying to keep up with the students and there many ways of getting onto ILoveIM (using IP Addresses) so i decided to write a small DLL to block them for me. The DLL plugs into IE7/8 as an add on and everytime a student tries to view a website it checks the URL to see if they have used an IP address. I have posted the source code for my version 1 of this at http://schoolictsupport.blogspot.com and you are free to use/improve/etc as you wish. I have implemented mine in the school to check the IP address against a SQL Express database, and if the address does not exist in the database, then it is added, as unchecked. I can then go through the IP addresses on my machine and if the site is 'legitimately needed' i can authorise it. If i allow the site, then the DLL will allow IE to continue loading. I am working on versions for FF and Opera, and will updat ethe blog when i have some working source. Feedback will be much appreciated, and if anyone has any issues i will try to help Regards Pabs