mtdmitchell

in regards to blocking internet, i used to have a OU below the students Ou ( so it picked up the Normal student policy) applied to the New Ou i would have a policy applied that would just set an incorrect proxy..or just blank. As this policy is applied last it would stop the internt from being used. then all i would do is move the student to that OU when i wanted them blocked from the internet. hope that makes sense

can you paste here your policy settigs for desktop and start menu

as long as you created a new policy from a 2008 server or win 7 machine, then it shoud work, just make sure you tick the option also apply redirection to xp, 2000 etc.... Also do not tick the grant user exclusive use. this was is the gpo for a site which i had this working on recently Setting: Basic (Redirect everyone's folder to the same location) Path: \\xxxx\SYSVOL\xxx\Policies\curriculum\start menu Options Grant user exclusive rights to Start Menu Disabled Move the contents of Start Menu to the new location Disabled Also apply redirection policy to Windows 2000, Windows 2000 server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 operating systems Enabled Policy Removal Behavior Leave contents this policy was applied to xp and Win 7

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no real outstanding suggestions of which Application to use for imaging then? MDT or Fog - can these be installed and run from my laptop? im planning on testing as soon as i get chance

As i deal with Mainly Primary schools, im planning to use a base image with all the Open source software installed and basic stuff. Then use Group policy to push out the different software at the sites.

Thanks will have a look at that

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Try going into adsiedit.msc and removing the trust from AD manually - im sure you can view the trust and remove it from there , i will have a look at work tomz to confirm. Other wise you might have to leave it - its not doin any harm is it? probably annoying though.

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great tip thanks, will look to include that

Fog is looking like my best option

I now visit lots of different schools and at the moment for imaging it’s a case of creating a new image for different models of PC\Laptops and capturing the image using Ghostcast which is installed on the sites server or capturing to a USB drive. This is can very time consuming and inefficient. What i looking for is a Method of using 1 image (1 for each different OS, Mainly XP some Win 7) for all sites, and maybe having MDT or some other Imaging software installed on my laptop ready to go? I’m only familiar with Ghost, so can someone advise if this is possible?

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Yes quite right it wont work on your network, but its not your network in question? and not a normal structure

could you not just select all of the users in AD and type \\server\folder\%username% in the home directory option them click OK ...this should then give users full access to the home directories again

Sorry mate, i had the same frustrations with this error for a while, but that reg file fixed it for me.

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ac.7z sorry see zip file

ac.txt see above file, change the file extension to .reg thats exported straight from my server

Which version of access? Also check the reg key manually @=hex(2):25,00,43,00,6f,00,6d,00,6d,00,6f,00,6e,00 ,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72, 00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c shoudl be in [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{00025E01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\5.0\0\win32] just checked my server and its the same

Sorry i thought you meant a workstation not a server, i imagine the reg key is different

Been having that problem for a while, here is the fix make a reg file from this below Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{00025E01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\5.0\0\win32] @=hex(2):25,00,43,00,6f,00,6d,00,6d,00,6f,00,6e,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72, 00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c you can apply in to each station or run it over group policy