mattjones

Hi, We have a small number of users who are experiencing an issue when connecting to a projector via VGA - the default behaviour we see is that the monitor duplicates; so the same is on the laptop as is on the projector. However, we are seeing that randomly the laptops will select second screen only or pc screen only. Is anyone experiencing this on Windows 10? I understand a user can press win + p and manually select the desired display options or run displayswitch.exe /clone to duplicate the display, but I would rather identify the route cause. Thanks in advance Matt

Did you get anywhere with wireless not auto-connecting on startup? We are experiencing a similar sporadic issue. Thanks in advance

This is the approach I use and it works a treat, it only injects the drivers for that and make and model rather than it trying all available drivers. https://mdtguy.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/donde-esta-make-y-model/

Did you close the deployment share within MDT or delete the deployment folder from disk?

Hi, I am looking at reducing the size of the user profile created during logon. I have read that the out of the box size is circa 1.5MB - ours is circa 93MB. Whilst a logon time is still only about a minute for a new logon, if I can reduce this I would like to do so. Has anyone got any experience of setting up a Windows 10 default user profile, stored in NETLOGON? If so, how did you do it? Thanks in advance.

Does yours complete the install?

Did anyone make any progress with this? I too am hitting the same problem - Windows 10 x64 and SMART 11.4.

Hi all, A small issue I have come across when attempting to create a Server 2012 R2 reference image is that windows updates, via WSUS, will not install during the task sequence. The WindowsUpdate log reports: windows oobe is still in progress. I have a fully automated process for capturing a Windows 7 enterprise and pro reference image; it installs the OS, installs updates via WSUS and then recaptures the image and that works fine. What am I missing with Server 2012 R2 - any ideas? has anyone come across this before? Thanks in advance.

Hi all - did you manage to resolve this? I am experiencing an identical issue.

We noticed an issue that when Hyper-V was using the same NIC via a virtual switch that the MDT server was using for deployment, the speeds were very slow. It could be a possibility MYK-IT - based on our experience.

MDT isn't in a VM or on the same server as Hyper-V is it?

This is the KB Dean was referring to: Multicast Deployment Fails from Windows Deployment Services (WDS) - worth a look. Also, just out of curiosity, you don't happen to have Hyper-V installed with a virtual switch configured for the VM's do you?

You are a Legend Sted!!!

I started using setACL about 3 years ago, it is a great tool, all the available syntax are listed here: SetACL - Documentation / Command line reference Some example syntax that may be of use to you are: Removing permissions To remove permissions from a folder. Replace C:\folder\folder2 with the location (leaving the " " in tact) and replace User with the username of the user that you want to remove permission(s) for. Then depending on what permission is already set for the user, add the relevant syntax at the end of the command (/write, /read, /read_ex, /list_folder, /change). setacl.exe "C:\folder\folder2" /dir /revoke User /write setacl.exe "C:\folder\folder2" /dir /revoke User /read setacl.exe "C:\folder\folder2" /dir /revoke User /read_ex setacl.exe "C:\folder\folder2" /dir /revoke User /list_folder setacl.exe "C:\folder\folder2" /dir /revoke User /change Adding permissions To add permissions to a folder. Replace C:\folder\folder2 with the location (leaving the " " in tact) and replace User with the username of the user that you want to grant permission(s) for. Then depending on the level of permission that you want to grant for the user, use the relevant syntax at the end of the command (/write, /read, /read_ex, /list_folder, /change). setacl.exe "C:\folder\folder2" /dir /grant User /write setacl.exe "C:\folder\folder2" /dir /grant User /read setacl.exe "C:\folder\folder2" /dir /grant User /read_ex setacl.exe "C:\folder\folder2" /dir /grant User /list_folder setacl.exe "C:\folder\folder2" /dir /grant User /change All the commands should be put into batch file, and I usually put a pause command after the first few commands to make sure it is executing correctly - after each command, it will tell you if it has completed successfully or not. Before you try to run this on an already existing file structure, try it on a test structure first. If you will be using this to make a lot of changes, I would use excel and the CONCATENATE function to assemble the batch file commands, then simply copy it to a notepad file and save it as a .bat. Also, you will need to run setacl.exe before you try to execute the batch file, failing to do so, will mean the commands will fail. If you require any more help, pleas let me know. Matt

We are currently using this on roughly 60 web books. When we received some Windows 7 web books, we were slightly amazed to find that they had stopped development of SteadyState. It is a great tool, but thanks to AyatollahPies, comodo appears to hit one of the main features we use - hard disk protection.

Hi All, Many thanks for all your input. I think the way forward with this is to use a trust relationship between the 2 sites. Unfortunately, removing CC3 from 1 site or adding the non-CC3 site to our CC3 domain, are just not options unfortunately. All my problems would be solved if I could implement Server 2K8 at both sites and use RODC. Thanks again and I will keep you updated on any progress that we make. Matt

Hi all, I am looking for thoughts, opinions and input on an idea that has been brought up recently by 2 schools on our site. The scenario is as follows: There are 2 schools on our site, with a fibre link between the 2 (untested and unused for many years) the 2 schools have pupils that have lessons at both schools and therefore the idea has been brought up that it would be great if a student from School A could login at School B and vice-versa, using the same login credentials, and access the same shares etc. 1 school is a CC3, win2k3 domain, the other a win2k3 (vanilla). Both schools have showed willingness to go ahead with such a project, however, an initial meeting hasn't been planned yet, I am merely doing some research in preparation for such a time. Having never tried to achieve this before, I am looking for guidance, input and general thoughts from anyone who has knowledge or considered this before. My initial thoughts are that this is surely achievable, but by no means a small task. Presumably 1 domain would have to be a sub domain or would a trust relationship be sufficient? I haven't done much research in to this yet but will be doing so over the next few weeks, however, I thought the best place to start would be with the lovely folks at EduGeek! Many thanks in advance for your input. Thanks, Matt

Great, thank you very much. Have you performed a server rename before? Did you just do it via system properties? I just did a quick search for @@servername and found a lot of helpful guides, just in case.

Thanks for your help rh19uk. Would it be a case of just renaming via system properties > computer name? or should I use netdom? Is one way better than the other? - I don't feel overly confident with the renaming, for some reason. I think it is due to the 'horror' stories I have read.

Thanks for the quick replies. We have 2 curriculum (CC3) servers as well, but we only have 1 SIMS server. It is essential that the SIMS server is named the same as the current server (SIMS-001), so a rename; following the above procedure would be ok? We did have the SQL 2008 upgrade done during the Easter holiday, and we have the SIMS learning gateway installed (I have spoken to Capita about re-installing) In regards to the size of the network, we have currently 300ish workstations and approximately 60ish SIMS clients (admin and classroom) Is their any other problems that I come up against, or does my plan seem ok? Thanks for all your help.

Hi All, I am fairly new to Edu Geek, so hello to you all. Our SIMS server falls out of its hardware support agreement fairly soon, thus we are looking at purchasing a new server. I have received all quotes, but have a few queries in regards to installing/configuring the new server. Our current SIMS server is a DC called sims-001 in the sims.internal domain. I would like to put the new server in and have it called sims-001, so therefore no .ini files will need to be changed on any workstation, and no share mappings will need to changed, etc. Our SIMS support team are happy to do the SIMS migration, but I wanted to ensure that the server would be all setup, correctly, by the time they come to do the SIMS migration. So I think the question is, would this be a possible order to complete the new SIMS server install in? 1. Install Widows 2003 onto the new server 2. Rename sims-001 to sims-002 3. Connect new server to network 4. Name new server as sims-001 and add it to the domain 5. run dcpromo to add it as a DC 6. Transfer FSMO roles to sims-001 7. Use Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.2 to transfer shares and their permissions from sims-002 to sims-001 8. run dcpromo on sims-002 to remove it as a DC This will be done during the first week of the summer holiday, so the down time of SIMS isn't an issue. If I am completely way off with the procedure, please let me know. Any feedback would be great. Thanks, Matt