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Thanks for this Antonio, I'll certainly check out the links and articles that you have provided. I am also going to have a look at some of the MDMs you've suggested. Yes, we can push/pull management profiles to the Macbooks without problem, but not with the iPads. I'll continue with this on Monday taking in to consideration all you have said and I will report back my findings. Cheers!

I am in the process of setting up profile manager but I have run in to a couple of issues that I am hoping someone can help me with. The server is configured and profile manager is fully accessible on the network via a web browser using https://servername/profilemanager/ Profile Manager can be opened on the iPads and any Windows machine. The iPads seem to enroll in profile manager, however, they appear only as placeholders and nothing more. I've deployed a proxy pac file with exceptions for the OSX server, but still nothing. The pac file has been tested and works so should hopefully eliminate this. I can enroll our Macbook Pros without issue, but the ipads simply don't want to play. All the usual suspects appear to be working fine - dns, open directory etc. I've also updated the iPads. I wondered if the iPads need a different port opening on the firewall or if anyone could offer any suggestions? Thanks

Spot on, that worked like a charm. Cheers for that!!

Apologies if this is in the place! I am trying to push out some proxy settings to iPads via a pac file on our network. The issue I'm facing specifically relates to iPads in that they appear not to be reading the proxy details from the file. The proxy URL is configured on the iPads wifi settings (automatic) and in the form of http://servername/ipads/proxy.pac. I've also tried using the IP address in place of the server name. I've accessed the proxy.pac file through safari (using the URL) and I can can see the contents of it, however, the proxy settings are just not applying or the iPads simply aren't downloading the config, despite being set to use these details. The pac file does work as I've tested the same URL on a windows machine which runs without issues. I wondered if there is something that I am missing for ios and osx machines? Any help would be great.

Thanks Steve, will give that a go.

Hi, Does anyone know where I might get hold of a Windows Movie Maker MSI installer for Windows 7? If not, what are the best practices for deploying it? Thanks in advance! Andy

Excellent - worked for me too!!

That's the same for me Sparkeh. All other workstations can connect, but despite identical config deployed through group policy - e.g. internet setting etc, I only have only workstation that doesn't want to sync. I am going to try and contact Google through the apps admin portal to see if they can offer any insight. Long shot, but worth a go.

Hi James, Cheers for the link - I'll definitely give the suggestions mentioned in your post try. It's a real pain and, like you, I just can't seem to get to the bottom of it. If I get any further with it I will let you know. Thanks! Andy

I've got a rather strange issue with Google Drive on only one Windows 7 64 bit workstation. For some reason Drive will no longer connect to the Internet and as such won't sync. The Drive tray icon is greyed-out and gives me no options to edit any settings or preferences. All other workstations that run Google Drive are absolutely fine which eliminates any network firewall related issues that could be blocking the connection. Our Internet connection is working without issues. We do run behind a proxy provided by the LA. Updates are applied to Windows 7 but are always tested before deployment in the event it causes any issues such as this. So far I have: - Reinstalled Google Drive - Tried temporarily disabling Eset Endpoint Anti-Virus - Added drive to Windows Firewall - Temporarily disabled Windows Firewall - Tried stopping and then restarting Drive by running it manually from C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe - Rebooted the machine a number of times - Checked the drive logs which give an output as follows: 2015-10-13 10:13:55,614 +0100 INFO pid=4484 4532:LaunchThreads common.sync_app:1668 Network initializing account: ConnectionFailure: 'Error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it', recovery plan: RecoveryPlan.UNKNOWN, recovery targets: set([]) I am currently at a loss with this so any help would be great! Thanks!

Thanks Davit2005. I've ticked this but still nothing despite rebooting and gpupdate /force on client side. Items are showing from the redirect, but simply old desktop icons that are stored locally are also appearing. It is a mix between desktop folder redirect items and local desktop items. Any further ideas would be great.

Hi, I've taken over from a technician who used to store pupil desktops locally on each machine. I want to redirect student desktops to one location. I've applied the redirection which appears to be working as I can see a test redirect folder on student desktops. The problem I have, however, is that old desktop items that are stored locally are also showing on the desktop, despite the redirect in place. I would expect only the test redirect folder to be shown, and not a mix of server side and local items. The settings are as follows: Basic - redirect everyone's folder to the same location Target - redirect to the following location Root path: \\server\PupilDesktop Setting tab: I've only ticked: Also apply redirection policy to windows 2000.... Policy Removal: Leave the folder in the new location when policy is removed. How can I remove the desktop items stored locally so that the desktop only looks to the redirected folder. We run server 2012 and windows 7 clients. Any advice would be welcome.

For anyone who has the above error, I resolved the problem by restarting IIS. I also added the IUSR_computer name to the \Windows\Microsoft.NET directory and give it read and write permissions. One or the other fixed it :-)

Thanks for this. Here is some info from the update log: 2014-04-14 14:08:21:171 1000 9a8 AU Triggering AU detection through DetectNow API 2014-04-14 14:08:21:171 1000 9a8 AU Triggering Online detection (interactive) 2014-04-14 14:08:21:171 1000 d70 AU ############# 2014-04-14 14:08:21:171 1000 d70 AU ## START ## AU: Search for updates 2014-04-14 14:08:21:171 1000 d70 AU ######### 2014-04-14 14:08:21:173 1000 d70 AU <<## SUBMITTED ## AU: Search for updates [CallId = {B4EB6A23-7585-47CB-B2A4-837F7303D3C0}] 2014-04-14 14:08:21:174 1000 f94 Agent ************* 2014-04-14 14:08:21:174 1000 f94 Agent ** START ** Agent: Finding updates [CallerId = AutomaticUpdates] 2014-04-14 14:08:21:174 1000 f94 Agent ********* 2014-04-14 14:08:21:174 1000 f94 Agent * Online = Yes; Ignore download priority = No 2014-04-14 14:08:21:174 1000 f94 Agent * Criteria = "IsInstalled=0 and DeploymentAction='Installation' or IsPresent=1 and DeploymentAction='Uninstallation' or IsInstalled=1 and DeploymentAction='Installation' and RebootRequired=1 or IsInstalled=0 and DeploymentAction='Uninstallation' and RebootRequired=1" 2014-04-14 14:08:21:174 1000 f94 Agent * ServiceID = {3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7} Managed 2014-04-14 14:08:21:174 1000 f94 Agent * Search Scope = {Machine} 2014-04-14 14:08:21:202 1000 f94 Setup Checking for agent SelfUpdate 2014-04-14 14:08:21:203 1000 f94 Setup Client version: Core: 7.6.7600.256 Aux: 7.6.7600.256 2014-04-14 14:08:21:203 1000 f94 Misc Validating signature for C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\SelfUpdate\wuident.cab: 2014-04-14 14:08:21:206 1000 f94 Misc Microsoft signed: Yes 2014-04-14 14:08:21:530 1000 f94 Misc Validating signature for C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\SelfUpdate\wuident.cab: 2014-04-14 14:08:21:535 1000 f94 Misc Microsoft signed: Yes 2014-04-14 14:08:21:538 1000 f94 Misc Validating signature for C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\SelfUpdate\wsus3setup.cab: 2014-04-14 14:08:21:544 1000 f94 Misc Microsoft signed: Yes 2014-04-14 14:08:21:550 1000 f94 Misc Validating signature for C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\SelfUpdate\wsus3setup.cab: 2014-04-14 14:08:21:556 1000 f94 Misc Microsoft signed: Yes 2014-04-14 14:08:21:569 1000 f94 Setup Determining whether a new setup handler needs to be downloaded 2014-04-14 14:08:21:569 1000 f94 Setup SelfUpdate handler is not found. It will be downloaded 2014-04-14 14:08:21:569 1000 f94 Setup Evaluating applicability of setup package "WUClient-SelfUpdate-ActiveX~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~7.6.7600.256" 2014-04-14 14:08:22:172 1000 f94 Setup Setup package "WUClient-SelfUpdate-ActiveX~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~7.6.7600.256" is already installed. 2014-04-14 14:08:22:172 1000 f94 Setup Evaluating applicability of setup package "WUClient-SelfUpdate-Aux-TopLevel~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~7.6.7600.256" 2014-04-14 14:08:22:194 1000 f94 Setup Setup package "WUClient-SelfUpdate-Aux-TopLevel~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~7.6.7600.256" is already installed. 2014-04-14 14:08:22:194 1000 f94 Setup Evaluating applicability of setup package "WUClient-SelfUpdate-Core-TopLevel~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~7.6.7600.256" 2014-04-14 14:08:22:219 1000 f94 Setup Setup package "WUClient-SelfUpdate-Core-TopLevel~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~7.6.7600.256" is already installed. 2014-04-14 14:08:22:219 1000 f94 Setup SelfUpdate check completed. SelfUpdate is NOT required. 2014-04-14 14:08:22:264 1000 f94 PT +++++++++++ PT: Synchronizing server updates +++++++++++ 2014-04-14 14:08:22:264 1000 f94 PT + ServiceId = {3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7}, Server URL = http://servernameremoved/ClientWebService/client.asmx 2014-04-14 14:08:22:331 1000 f94 PT WARNING: Cached cookie has expired or new PID is available 2014-04-14 14:08:22:331 1000 f94 PT Initializing simple targeting cookie, clientId = bb5162d3-3467-4f57-885b-6bdfedafc344, target group = , DNS name = computer-name-removed.servernameremoved.local 2014-04-14 14:08:22:331 1000 f94 PT Server URL = http://servernameremoved/SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx 2014-04-14 14:08:22:341 1000 f94 PT WARNING: GetAuthorizationCookie failure, error = 0x80244017, soap client error = 10, soap error code = 0, HTTP status code = 401 2014-04-14 14:08:22:341 1000 f94 PT WARNING: Failed to initialize Simple Targeting Cookie: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:08:22:341 1000 f94 PT WARNING: PopulateAuthCookies failed: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:08:22:341 1000 f94 PT WARNING: RefreshCookie failed: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:08:22:341 1000 f94 PT WARNING: RefreshPTState failed: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:08:22:341 1000 f94 PT WARNING: Sync of Updates: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:08:22:341 1000 f94 PT WARNING: SyncServerUpdatesInternal failed: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:08:22:341 1000 f94 Agent * WARNING: Failed to synchronize, error = 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 f94 Agent * WARNING: Exit code = 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 f94 Agent ********* 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 f94 Agent ** END ** Agent: Finding updates [CallerId = AutomaticUpdates] 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 f94 Agent ************* 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 f94 Agent WARNING: WU client failed Searching for update with error 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 10ec AU >>## RESUMED ## AU: Search for updates [CallId = {B4EB6A23-7585-47CB-B2A4-837F7303D3C0}] 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 10ec AU # WARNING: Search callback failed, result = 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 10ec AU # WARNING: Failed to find updates with error code 80244017 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 10ec AU ######### 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 10ec AU ## END ## AU: Search for updates [CallId = {B4EB6A23-7585-47CB-B2A4-837F7303D3C0}] 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 10ec AU ############# 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 10ec AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342 1000 10ec AU AU setting next detection timeout to 2014-04-14 14:04:36 2014-04-14 14:08:22:343 1000 10ec AU Setting AU scheduled install time to 2014-04-15 10:00:00 2014-04-14 14:08:22:343 1000 10ec AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0 2014-04-14 14:08:22:343 1000 10ec AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0 2014-04-14 14:08:27:343 1000 f94 Report REPORT EVENT: {F19EEF89-035D-4E33-ACBA-46F942F93B73} 2014-04-14 14:08:22:342+0100 1 148 101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 0 80244017 AutomaticUpdates Failure Software Synchronization Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x80244017. 2014-04-14 14:08:27:350 1000 f94 Report CWERReporter::HandleEvents - WER report upload completed with status 0x8 2014-04-14 14:08:27:350 1000 f94 Report WER Report sent: 7.6.7600.256 0x80244017 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 Scan 101 Managed 2014-04-14 14:08:27:351 1000 f94 Report CWERReporter finishing event handling. (00000000) 2014-04-14 14:22:31:992 1000 f94 PT WARNING: GetConfig failure, error = 0x80244017, soap client error = 10, soap error code = 0, HTTP status code = 401 2014-04-14 14:22:31:992 1000 f94 PT WARNING: PTError: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:22:31:992 1000 f94 PT WARNING: GetConfig_WithRecovery failed: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:22:31:992 1000 f94 PT WARNING: RefreshConfig failed: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:22:31:992 1000 f94 PT WARNING: RefreshPTState failed: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:22:31:992 1000 f94 PT WARNING: PTError: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:22:31:992 1000 f94 Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = 80244017. 2014-04-14 14:36:59:077 1000 f94 PT WARNING: GetConfig failure, error = 0x80244017, soap client error = 10, soap error code = 0, HTTP status code = 401 2014-04-14 14:36:59:077 1000 f94 PT WARNING: PTError: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:36:59:077 1000 f94 PT WARNING: GetConfig_WithRecovery failed: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:36:59:078 1000 f94 PT WARNING: RefreshConfig failed: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:36:59:078 1000 f94 PT WARNING: RefreshPTState failed: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:36:59:078 1000 f94 PT WARNING: PTError: 0x80244017 2014-04-14 14:36:59:078 1000 f94 Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = 80244017.

So most Windows 7 computers have been discovered using WSUS, however, some windows 7 machines are giving me an 80244017 error. Any help would be great on why some machines are not reporting to WSUS.

Thanks for all of your help. I've installed it following this excellent guide onto an old Server which is no longer a DC. It doesn't have any other roles either. Installation went smoothly. I'm now just waiting for it to synchronise for the first time.

Sorry guys one question. Do you install this on your domain controller? The server that I am planning to install this on currently has active directory, file server, dns and dhcp roles.

Perfect, cheers @computer_expert. Andy

I just wondered if anyone has set-up Windows Server Update Services on server 2012? If so, is there anything specific to look out for compared with older server operating systems? I've read this article and wondered if the the steps are the same as it doesn't mention Server 2012 under the 'applies to:'. Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 Step By Step Guide I've not set this up before so I am reluctant to go ahead before doing a little bit of research. Any help or advice would be appreciated. Andy

Thanks. No changes to the OS or windows updates. As far as I can see the hardware is all OK. It just didn't power back from a reboot. Gets as far as the windows logo and then the screen turns black.

Hi We have a server that doesn't want to boot. The server 2003 startup logo appears and then then screen turns black and nothing happens. I've tried booting up in safe mode (it hangs when listing windows files) and restoring to last known good configuration, but nothing works. Any help appreciated. Andy

Thanks for all of your suggestions guys. I will take a look at them all on Monday!

We are looking to add a NAS unit to our network as a central place to store videos, pictures, and other multimedia. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations as to what unit would do a suitable job? Ideally, we are looking for a 1TB RAID drive that is robust. The plan is to then map these drives to user areas from the NAS. Cost wise, below £300 - I know this is low, but we don't have a huge budget for this. Any recommendations appreciated.

Thanks for your help everyone so far!

Thanks Edu-IT. Yes, warranty is something we will be looking out for. We will definitely discuss with all the companies mentioned and hopefully get a good deal. Cheers