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Yep thats right. http://www.msfn.org is one I found to be quite good. The only problem is they all seem to talk about patching it before you install windows. Maybe you could replace the file in safe mode (non networking) http://unattended.msfn.org/advanced/hackedfiles/tcp.htm has 2 links at the bottom for tcpip.sys - I think this is os ver depandant so you may have to patch your original file instead of using one of these. Make backups!

There is a little hack where you replace tcpip.sys (with a hacked version) and it increases the the total simultaneous connections to 100 Not quite sure of the legal side to it but.. Ill find the link

We have room check sheets that staff have to sign at the end of every lesson - which doesnt always solve problems like that. We tie-wrap the mouse/keyboard/monitor together @ the back of the computer to stop them running off with the mice. The 'trap door' for the mouse ball is glued shut.

5x 2K3 DC |- 3x mydocs/fileservers for pupils and staff |- 1x application server/sophos/ghost |- 1x Profile(staff)/shortcuts for desktops/startmenus (needs to be replaced/retired) 1x 2K Printspool 1x 2K3 ISA 2000/WSUS Serving ~1200 pupils / ~100 teachers ~200 workstations / ~150 laptops (70 per dc) All XP Pro SP1 --- 1x 2K Administration/Sims Server -> trust back to curriculum Serving ~ 10 admin workstations

My dad just had it delivered from play.com as he loved X2 - not looked at it myself and probably wont :/ Not really my type of game - altho I did play the old elite on the BBC OT: Im currently hooked on a custom map for Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne, its called Defence of the Ancients Allstars (http://www.dota-allstars.com).

DB this was mentioned in the lancsngfl forums under xp sp2 peer to peer problems and eventually fixed! I hope this still applies to whatever os youre running (you didnt say, although im guessing server 2003 without ad? so this should apply) Annnnyway, heres a repost: Problem: Unable to browse to machines running windows xp over the network without creating accounts with same user/password. (we want to use guest/no password!) Solution: Enable Guest account with a blank password then, control pannel->administrative tools->local security policy->local policies->user right assignment, find 'Deny access to this computer from the network', double click. Guest will be part of the list, remove it, Apply/ok. Not sure if thats a good idea for server tho :/ perhaps double check shares&permissions of everything else to make sure guest cant play around.

Have you tried, file -> print setup, reselecting the current printer, ok? Publisher seems to associate itself with the printer when you first create the publication. Once you tell the publisher document to associate the new printer with the publication it should work - this problem seems to dissapear for administrators! (someone try out my access reports problem! )

We've got a problem here with access and reports. The student works on a smallish database (about 10-20 records) and then builds a report to print. When they print the report, the job is sent to the print spool and appears in the list then dissapears immediately (doesnt say 'Printing' in status box). The report doesnt print. If the student recreates the report, in the exact same way, it will print properly - other times it will not. If I get them to close the access database and I open the database myself (as administrator) I can print it. This happens quite randomly during a batch of 30 students and will be very problematic/stressful during exam time so it needs to be resolved. The printer is a HP 2420n, PCL6 driver, (same happens with HP 2300n, PCL5e), all printers are centralised to one server and then shared with permissions for students to print and staff to manage documents. Anyone have any ideas? Ive attached the file for you to look at (remove .txt) - youll have to use a restricted user to test it as it definately works with admin. The report name that works with the student is DB15a, the one above that doesnt work. it_db1.mdb.txt

Sounds like its gone kerio-y :/

Not too sure how you have this problem. Im logged in as administrator and i cant even stop the red lightning icon, unless I goto sophos in the start menu (if you redirect they wont have the shortcut) and click stop on IC Client. Clicking on the icon itself in no way lets me terminate it, or have I misunderstood? If the students are running "Sophos Anti-Virus" (WSWEEPNT.EXE) then you can deny the students from running this particular file since its just an admin console and they shouldnt get any restriction messages popping up when they login. ICMON.EXE is the red lightning tray icon which should not need to be disabled/disallowed.

Im confused over the licencing for netsupport manager :/ Also cant find anywhere that suggests you get netsupport school free when you buy manager. What we have and need is: 215~ workstations total: 4x 30 ict suites, each with their own tutor machine (31) which will need to be able to manage each of their 30 student pcs 3x admin workstations (us!) that will need to remotely connect/manage all workstations Maybe need the client(?) on all staff laptops for us to help manage them also, so thats another 150~.

We currently have some software called Imperata by Divace Solutions that allows us to: View all pcs in a class as thumbnails simultaneously or as a screen scanner (10secs per screen) cycling through all pcs Remotely view one pc at a time with the option of taking control or colaberating with the student Share your own screen to all pcs in demo mode (from tutors machine) Share another students pc with everyone else in demo mode Shut down, log off, restart a selection of pcs simultaneously. Lock screens/keyboards/mice. Share/force open documents. All this can be done by selection of any number of pcs. Is there any free software that does some or all of this (im already aware of vnc variants)? What pay alternatives are there (not sure of the capabilities of netsupport)?

Ive fixed it! \o/ GP Computer _OR_ User policy (ive done it on the pupils user policy since staff was already working fine): Administrative Templates -> System -> Scripts -> Run Logon Scripts Syncronously -> ENABLED This must be set for the staff somewhere since its not affecting them, be damned it I can find it though :/

@ajbritton: It gets a little messy with 2000+ user accounts crammed into one folder. A little organisation goes a long way Besides win2k/2k3 is supposed to support sub folders in shares and for most logins, it does. MyDocuments redirection works fine from GP, its the homedrive that is not being mapped properly on some logins. Even with just \\server\users\%username% we found H: sometimes mapped to \\server\users. @tarquel: It was the output of some variables (open a dos box and type 'set') after each user logs in, nothing to do with user creation Edit: it appears this, http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236813 describes my problem. Although its 2K3 SP1 and XP Pro SP1a with no DFS AND is not consistant

For every logon ive recorded the following environment variables: %USERNAME% %HOMEDRIVE% %HOMEPATH% %HOMESHARE% %LOGONSERVER% The problem is: Those who have %HOMEPATH% = "\" and %HOMESHARE% = "\\server\share\path\here\to\username" have their homefolder mapped to H: properly. Those who have %HOMEPATH% = "\yearintake\username" and %HOMESHARE% = "\\server\share" have their H: mapped to \\server\share. MyDocuments was set to H:, but a workaround currently in place is to redirect mydocs to the full home folder - which works. However, some applications cannot use UNC paths for storing documents so it needs to use the H: drive. This problem (not getting full path mapped to h:) happens very randomly and only applies to students. Staff are all on \\hhfs03\users\staff\username and students are distributed throughout hhfs01, hhfs02 & hhfs03. Staff use roaming profiles and students use a mandatory profile. All servers are Server 2003 SP1 and all workstations are XP Pro SP1. Ive applied a GP change to both students and staff: User Configuration->Administrative Templates->System->User Profiles-> Connect home directory to the root of the share-> DISABLED Ive attached 2 files to demonstrate the problem, 1 screenshot of excel for a quick butchers and the 2nd is a csv(.txt) file for you to manipulate if necessary.

Do you use a mandatory profile for the students? Default User on netlogon? roaming profiles? For a mandatory profile, change it to a roaming profile tempory, login as an admin, remove the address bar & lock the toolbars, log out, change it back to a mandatory profile and hey presto! Similar applies to the default user, just make the changes then copy then overwrite the default user. For existing roaming profiles youll need a login script to update the registry for the status bar bits - no idea what the entries are but its doable. Try using a registry tracker and run through it as admin to see the changes.

Funnily enough we just had 2 promethian boards + projector installs done today. Installers have been good since ive been there, for network cabling/cabinets/projectors/boards - the lot. I might have been lucky since its usually the same guys who probably service my area (they are all subcontractors). Anyway, all in all v happy with them - unsure of the projector model ill check tomorrow! Edit: I recommend NEC projectors if your asked to buy for departments. Also the time of posting is an hour slow?

Slowly branching over here from another forum that was setup by DB for the lancashire schools. Hodgson High School - Blackpool/Poulton (Northwest) http://www.azzurricommunications.com/ is the people we use. If you cant find what you want from ther I can get our accounts manager to give you a call (or the relevant manager from your area)? You were lucky getting unpacking and setting up with the deal! I never thought to try asking for that, management just assumed we would get on with it :/ (theres 3 of us)

At Hodgson, ive written a small vbs script that disables internet explorers proxy settings when they login with a local account. This allows them to use whatever dial up/cable account they have at home since 99.9% of isps dont require a proxy to be entered. When they log in to the network the GP applies our proxy settings. For work stored on their laptop I give their network username full access to 'documents and settings\localusername\my documents\' and add a short cut to c:\documents and settings\%username%\my documents to the staffs network desktop. This means they can acces their laptops harddisk for offline work they have saved and also their network files (my documents).

We dont take workstation support contracts here. Just replaced 170~ machines with 4 year warrenty with fujitsu siemens with next day turnaround. Last year we had about 5-10 spares (maybe they were removed when faulty and turned into spares) which we canabolised for the spares up until the summer - 'mount cardboard' and 'mount polystyrene' were created. For the Servers (5 supported, 2 unsupported) I think the fee is somewhere between 1-3k a year for any problems/issues that developes on them (hardware or software) with next day call out. I think this contract also covers anyproblems/changes associated with our comms cabinets. Some might see it a waste of money, but when your 'technical support' includes ANYTHING thats to do technology, rather than workstations/servers/logon, you become in huge demand and its nice to have someone come in and take the pressure off.

V2? We only just got 1.1 last term or so! V1 wasnt so much trouble, 1 permission change to the folder and 1 to the registry subkey and all worked fine for students. 1.1 works straight off a network share (yay!). Not bothered to add it to the workstation image yet. Do you guys tend to keep rebuilding ghost images with newer software, or send out a clean image and use the software rollout from group policy?

Seperate! For 'getting access from any room' we have sims.net and parsql (our registration system) accessible from any machine. The Sims database runs on the admin server which has a second network card linked to cirriculum. A trust relationship has been setup between the 2 domains and the only thing accessible on the admin server is the 'shared' folder which contains on the sims/pars stuff. Ofcourse this is only accessible to users that are part of the cirricdomain\staff group. As for staff leaving themselves logged in, idle time for locking + logout?