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I had a problem with Folder Redirection a while back. It turned out to be a partially corrupted filesystem. Moved Desktops and Program Menus to a different server, amended GPO's and all ok.

Thank you for the advice. I still can't get it to work properly at the moment so have gone old school and restricted the AD accounts log on hours to school hours only.

Hi Martin The following is a .vbs script that I found online a couple of years ago. I put it in the login script in a new gpo. Created a secutity group for the gpo and add the user to that group. Option Explicit Dim objEmail Dim mbAnswer Dim attFName Dim oShell Dim user Dim comp Set oShell = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" ) user=oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%UserName%") comp=oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%ComputerName%") ' Create the message object using CDO Set objEmail = CreateObject("CDO.Message") ' The address you want to be sending from - probably the pupil monitoring group objEmail.From = "put the student's email address here" ' The address you want to be sending to - the pupil monitoring group objEmail.To = "put your email address here" ' The text to appear in the subject of the email objEmail.Subject = "Student Monitoring Network Logon" ' The text body of the message. Currently shows which user has logged in to which machine no. objEmail.Textbody = "User " & user & " Has Logged in to machine no " & comp ' change the myexchservername to the network name of your exch server. objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "put your mail server details here" ' Assign additional message properties, update the object, and send the message objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2 objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25 objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Update objEmail.Send Works like a charm for us. Ian

Hi I am having a problem denying individual users or an AD group access to HAP. If I set anything in the option within the web.config file, the HAP login page does not load properly for clients and shows the following "An error occurred in Home Access Plus+ Page: HAP.AD Invalid Administrator Credentials, you may need to get your administrator to reset the HAP+ Settings for Active Directory System". I have tried resetting the AD password on the setup.aspx but it makes no difference. I need to deny remote access to a group of controlled assessment user accounts so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Ian Mason-Laurence Network Manager Plymstock School

The Governing Body seek to appoint an enthusiastic ICT Technician to work with the Network Manager. This is an important and busy role within the school. The successful candidate will ensure that the ICT resources in the school are safe and effective for use by students and staff; provide support and training for all users (curriculum and administrative); and develop the ICT support service in the school. If you have the skills and personal qualities that this role demands, we would like to hear from you. Closing Date: 12 noon, Friday 16 October 2015 Interview Date: to be confirmed Vacancies | Plymstock School

Myself as the NM and 1 IT Technician supporting 1900 users in total and approx 700 desktops and 200 ipads. We used to be a team of 3 but when my assistant NM moved on she was not replaced. Jolly days!

Sonofsanta has produced this excellent 2 part guide which I followed. Installing a PHP/MySQL Development Server for students on Windows Server 2012 - Part1 - Blogs - EduGeek.net and Installing a PHP/MySQL Development Server for students on Windows Server 2012 - Part2 - Blogs - EduGeek.net I know nothing about php but was able to get this up and running.

If you do a search on here for migrating from RM to Vanilla, you will find a lot of information. I did it back in 2011 and managed to do the whole job mostly on my own, with advice from other Network Managers, both on here and visiting other schools. SCCM was the biggest pain but there are great online guides and once its up and running is very reliable. I decided on Salamander for user management, but there are various tools. Hyper-v is a doddle. I took the easy route of keeping the RM AD structure and just adding our own managed section to it with new group policies and security groups etc. I had no formal IT training and had to learn AD etc from the ground up. If it is not until next summer you have plenty of time to plan and test. you wont regret it.

Some packages will only install when run directly from the DP. Worth a try?

Hi Stephen On the package properties, distribution settings tab, is it set to "Automatically download content when packages are assigned to distribution points"? I am no sccm expert but have had similar problems to yours when setting up. Cheers, Ian - - - Updated - - - Just missed your reply!!

Hi Stephen Have you distributed the package to your distribution point and configured the package to either download from the DP or run directly from it? Cheers, Ian

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I have been using SCCM for a few months and have no problems with standard pc and notebook builds but cannot say the same for netbooks. I am currently trying to install Windows 7 on a Toshiba NB500 using SCCM and have the following issue. The first stage runs smoothly, the netbook will pxe boot, run the task sequence, install the os, but when it reboots after the os install it sits at the command prompt with the following message: PXE Boot aborted. Booting to next device. I have tried changing the sata settings, tried a few different task sequences with variations on the build but everytime have the same result. Looking on other forums this error usually occurs if the device cannot pxe boot but that is not my problem. Any help or advice will be much appreciated. Ian

Hi Dan We solved the PRF problem by using a reg frag import in GPP. The information is in the Office Resource Kit (whitepaper) document. Automatic exchange profile configuration for Office 2010 on Windows 7 now works. Hope that helps. Ian

Did you manage to solve this as I have just come across exactly the same problem? Ian

We have Sims remotely hosted by our LA and connect using a Terminal Server shorcut. We have hit a brick wall right at the beginning of installing the new version of Sims Mobile as it needs to be installed locally yet talk to the remote sims database. Has anyone managed to install sims mobile to work over a remote connection or know of another solution. I did log a call but 1st line support could not offer any helpful advice other than to email the 2004 Capita Remote Working Guidelines pdf.