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Thanks Sam. I checked the sizes of the "all users" profiles and found out that the size was huge . I have altered the size and everything seems ok now. Thanks again Sam John

Hello all again. Server 2008 R2 Workstation XP Pro SP3 Office 2010 I have just rebuilt some xp pro workstations I added them to the school domain AOK But when a user logs on their profile is a huge 1.3 gb and obviously takes ages to download. Normally their profile is only a couple of megs if that.... The size of the profile is the same as the workstation admin desktop.... any ideas john

Thanks for the replies. I downloaded PDFs and zip files from serco..going to install onto new server as suggested...see wot appens.... a. I have installed facility successfully. b. I have installed eportal....but not sure exactly what I am doing next.. Do I install "scheduler" or do I install the backed up data Can someone give me an idiots guide to to what actually facility, eportal ,sql are linked... a basic description of the whole setup. I checked serco but could find nothing really Ta john

The County LEA. Headteachers are starting to get miffed because we are still using the old server.

Hello again How hard or complicated is it to migrate CMIS over to a new server..then migrate the database and then set up the users I have been waiting for weeks for our support to turn up to no avail. Ta John

Thanks again I thought it would be possible to see all the workstations that are active by clicking on the network icon. This worked for me on server2003. I have not had any training on 2008r2....still learning how to run the system Ta John

The servers were only installed 3 weeks ago and were setup by Dell Technicians. They have p{robably configured to be that way >>>> Any ideas john

Thanks for answering... DC1 2008r2 DC2 2008r2 Cannot see the network on both servers Servers are on VLAN1 Computer Room VLAN2 Workshop VLAN2 When I logon to a workstation in the computer room ......the PC can see all of the PCs only in that room. (It does not show th DC1 or DC2) I can ping the servers from the workstation. Also having problems sharing new printers to workstations. Ta John

Hello again. I cannot see the computers on the network from our new domain controller which is running 2008r2 server. The domain is split up into 5 VLANs Can anyone help Thanks John

Thanks Glenda for that... I disabled sync files during logoff... I ask some supposedly supa network techs that visited the school if they knew .......but they didnt...so ta again John

Hello again. Workstations XP pro sp3 Server 2008r2 When any of the pupils logoff a message comes up saying that its syncronising files with the server...but its all the profiles on the workstation and it takes ages. The servers were upgraded from 2003 to 2008r2 about 4 months ago. the workstations were taken of the old domain and put on to the new domain. I think they started doing this sync when they started on the new domain. Is there some setting on the servers to stop this or is something I missed when I created the new domain Should I have deleted all the old profiles on the workstations ? Ta John

Hello again I normally use the free Active User Manager which has been great ....... but its having problems creating bulk user folders since I moved over to using our new servers I think its about time to purchase some software to do the job. What do others use to manage their AD Ta John

I used the vbs script from alunmjones and it worked. I added a welcome message at the beginning of the script to check it was the vbs script and not a client side extension that was doing the deed. Dead chuffed it worked:rolleyes: Thanks everyone

Thanks all for the quick reply I did a full system and files backup of the server using Microsoft Backup Utility that is saved as a 35 gig .bkf file. The idea of using it to restore another test machine sounds good. Ta John

Hello....Just trying to help our datamanager........ She accidently deleted a class/set file a week ago and asked for my help:confused: I have a complete backup copy(bkf) of the cmis before she done the damage. Is there any way of getting that data that she deleted back off the backup (bkf) file without needed to purchase a bkf retrieval program Ta John

This sounds too good to be true. I will give it a go Ta John

Because I have not setup the default domain printer :eek:yet... If the pupils want to use a printer they have to do it the long way by "Add Printer" \\server1\ etc etc I have discovered that there is not as much printing waste as there was before. I can only assume that this is because the lazy pupils (who usually print rubbish) cannot be bothered to add a printer. Since the problem there is hardly any waste at all......

Tried using "Preferences" on the Domain Policy to add the printer but as it is XP workstations they need to have a couple of additional files installed for the preferences to work:eek: I didnt know that until tday. So I will give it another go tomorrow Another thing is ...I dont think the server is set up as a print server:eek: Dont know if that makes any difference... Need to go on a course me thinks:( Ta John

Pathway for shortcuts were wrong. Once they were pointed in the correct direction it all worked ta john:D

Ta John

Thanks for that The clients shortcut does not work. It seems that I need to reconfigure some client files eg What are client files? Facility is not installed on standalone machines, instead the main application is installed on a server and each client has a set of local files that are required in order to use the Facility. The client files that are required on each client machine, or in each roaming profile, are: A dsn file A cdb file A shortcut to the Facility application on the server A shortcut to the ePortal web address A local user configuration file – the cmis.ini file A Facility configuration file - the admin.ini or cmisadmin.ini file During the installation process these files should have been created on the server and placed in a folder called ‘client files’. This folder can be copied and placed onto each client machine in the appropriate location. Or they can be created on a client machine and copied to each of the other clients that require access to Facility. It is important that users have full read/write access to this folder. THINK...... I WILL JUST DO A CALL TO SERCO Ta John

I found instructions on the SERCO site but I amm a bit confused. Seemingly you need to create a new ODBC and a DSN files to make the connection Has anyone done this that can help me Thanks John

Thanks......but it seems that there is a pdf on the serco website that explains how to do it Ta John

Hi all I have just upgraded Facility When logged on to the server it works fine Other office users who have a shared shortcut to facility on their pcs does not work. I dont know what files to copy to their machines form the server that will allow them to connect to the upgraded software Anyone know Thanks John

Hello all...Back again I want to add a printer for the domain users................ ................................................................................ Server 2008 R2 Workstations are XP SP3 Server name is Server1 Shared printer is Room 8 Printer ..................................................................................... Tried GPO...........nothing I have set up the pupils policy to include the printer Tried Kixtart......... nothing:o Anybody got a kix script that works...Ta John