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Can I ask what you use to create the msi's ? On a slightly different note the most annoying thing I've found is that there is no "Save As" in the online version Just "save to your computer" which plonks a "Scratch Project.sb3" in your downloads folder, subsequent saves result in Scratch Project (1).sb3 etc How are you all dealing with this ?

Think I figured out how to remove all office store apps: Tried # remove office apps from existing accounts (DID NOT FULLY WORK: SEE BELOW) Get-appxpackage -allusers *office* | Remove-AppxPackage # stop office apps being installed for any new accounts created later Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –like "*office*"} | remove-appxprovisionedpackage –online But found needed an extra kick as the first command didn't remove for all existing accounts # remove office apps from existing accounts Get-appxpackage -allusers *office* | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers

Thanks, Just a bit more info: a search for word in the start menu comes up as "Word Trusted Microsoft Store app" and under file account we have See also output from powershell Get-AppxPackage -name *office* https://hastebin.com/ufudowugiz.php From what you are saying though sounds like I'm best to uninstall this and put the msi version on. Is it really as simple as ? Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename XYZ Guess I will need to do this for all three e.g.Microsoft.Office.Desktop, Microsoft.Office.OneNote and Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub ? Not really been keeping up with windows 10 / office dev as had my head in chromebooks. Interesting, please say some more.

Hi, Just got a new windows 10 PC from Stone and (as I don't have an up to date windows 10 image) I decided to just let it boot up. It came up ok (Windows 10 Pro Education version 1803) I noticed it comes with "office already installed" Just wants you to login to office 365 which is ok I guess as teachers have office 365 accounts. I can see the winword.exe is running from C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Office.Desktop.Word_16040.11001.20108.0_x86__char-string\Office16 Is this some kind of "click to run" version ? It did start up pretty much instantly and performance seems fine. So, I'm tempted to just leave this PC as is! Does that sound ok? I used to have a very light image and would then manually install the standalone office 2016 professional plus with a volume license key. I'm thinking if I did need to install office 2016 professional plus I'd need to remove the current version on this stone PC but then I seem to remember windows 10 can be a pain when new users login and apps come back etc! Is there any easy way to remove this version of office e.g. a standard powershell script? Any advice much appreciated Thanks

Don't you need to be a bit careful e.g. with regards to processor compatibility and the virtual switch names need to match ? e.g. see Windows Hyper-V Server :: Connect using RDC

Another thing to watch for that bit me is when I switched from US to UK the local windows search stopped working. These links explain it: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/d30a4ce7-0f6b-4a9b-aaab-ce0b9c3a166a/issue-with-windows-10-search-indexing-and-display-languages-resulting-in-these-results-may-be?forum=win10itprogeneral https://superuser.com/questions/958279/windows-10-settings-not-indexed

Thanks, I've never bothered to do a full system image backup of my PC as most stuff is stored on the network and other stuff I copy to usb from time to time. Looking in windows 8.1 pro I eventually found a backup option here: Control Panel -> System and Security > File History System Image Backup Would that do the job, e.g. just backup to usb? Then burn win 10 education iso to usb e.g. using rufus and boot from that ? Or can I just mount win 10 ed iso within 8.1 and run setup from withing windows? Thanks

Thanks, I've never bothered to do a full system image backup of my PC as most stuff is stored on the network and other stuff I copy to usb from time to time. Looking in windows 8.1 pro I eventually found a backup option here: Control Panel -> System and Security > File History System Image Backup Would that do the job, e.g. just backup to usb? Then burn win 10 education iso to usb e.g. using rufus and boot from that ? Or can I just mount win 10 ed iso within 8.1 and run setup from withing windows? Thanks

Hi, my Dell OptiPlex 3020 is running windows 8.1 pro. Dell support say I can only do a clean install to get windows 10. We have an EES agreement with microsoft and I have access to the full windows 10 iso and the MAK product key. I would prefer not to have to do a clean install as my system has a lot of documents etc and hyper-v hosts so is an "upgrade" possible direct to windows 10 keeping all my installed software etc ?

Hi, Just updated to el capitan and moved to apple configurator 2 and found this thread but can't face wading through 24 pages! Can anyone summarize e.g. a best practice workflow or at least what works for them (maybe in a new thread/sticky) ?! e.g. something like (but with more details!): 1. migrate redemption codes to managed distribution 2. prepare a master ipad device 3. purchase via vpp and add apps and arrange (e.g in folders) on master ipad 3. make a backup of master ipad 4. make profiles as required 5. make a blueprint to restore backup and apply profiles

It just needs to run with administrator privileges. E.g. use a startup script in group policy. Actually I'm having some issues with GP and startup scripts so I just copied everything to a network share and ran it from there on the client PCs. e.g. \\network-share\path\scratch2.0\install.cmd I used Impero to run it on lots of PCs for me but you could quite easily run it manually if you only have a few PCs/laptops. Or use psexec / powershell etc. Like I said test it first on one PC to make sure its ok. It is a bit of a quick hack solution, but I needed to get it out asap and so far it seems to have worked out ok. Remember you will need to unzip the scratch installer (e.g. Scratch-433.exe) My "install directory" looks like this

Knocked up a quick script to install air and scratch. Tested and working ok here but please test in your own environment :-) @echo off rem Install Adobe Air and Scratch rem E.g. run from a startup script rem Won't handle upgrades of air / scratch rem Can remove old versions of AIR first with rem AdobeAIRInstaller.exe -uninstall rem Left in "echo" for testing: probably best to rem remove them or redirect to log file :CheckOS rem prefer reg query rem IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%" (GOTO 64BIT) ELSE (GOTO 32BIT) REG QUERY "HKLM\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0" | FIND /i "x86" > NUL && SET OS=32BIT || SET OS=64BIT IF %OS%==32BIT GOTO AIR32 IF %OS%==64BIT GOTO AIR64 :AIR32 echo 32 bit OS IF EXIST "%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0" GOTO SCRATCH echo installing air "%~dp0AdobeAIRInstaller.exe" -silent -eulaAccepted reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\AIR" /v UpdateDisabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f GOTO SCRATCH :AIR64 echo 64 bit OS IF EXIST "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0" GOTO SCRATCH echo installing air "%~dp0AdobeAIRInstaller.exe" -silent -eulaAccepted reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\AIR" /v UpdateDisabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f GOTO SCRATCH :SCRATCH rem make sure adobe air is installed echo Checking if adobe air and scratch installed IF EXIST "%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0" GOTO INST32 IF EXIST "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0" GOTO INST64 echo adobe air not installed GOTO END rem Install Scratch rem Note you could also install Scratch on the network rem then create a shortcut on your client PCs :INST32 echo air found IF EXIST "%ProgramFiles%\Scratch 2" GOTO END echo installing scratch "%~dp0Install Scratch 2.exe" -silent -eulaAccepted -desktopShortcut -programMenu GOTO END :INST64 echo air found in x86 IF EXIST "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Scratch 2" GOTO END echo installing scratch "%~dp0Install Scratch 2.exe" -silent -eulaAccepted -desktopShortcut -programMenu GOTO END :END echo Done rem pause

Thanks, I can go back to head now with some figures. Just out of interest if I did go fibre how difficult is it to "patch in" e.g. "watch a youtube video kind of job" or is it something best left to an experienced pro?

I've mainly bought stuff through the LEA i.e. computers/laptops and odd bits off ebuyer, amazon, misco Well it will something like (depending on price): 100m roll of external Cat 5 cheap network cabinet cheap switch cheap patch panel punch down / crimping tool Though just searched on misco for network cabinet Lindy 15U Easy Access Network Wall Box, 600mm Depth (27114) - www.misco.co.uk £228 Ex Vat ! Crikey I thought steel was supposed to be cheap!

Thanks all, time to do some shopping. Can anyone recommend a few websites I can use to buy all this kit in ?

Just had a look at the cab I was going to run the cables back to: it's chock full, no more rack space and only one spare port on a 24 port patch panel :-( There is a 48 port switch though with some spare ports I could use. The new build is basically one big room built onto the side of the school, partitioned into 3 smaller rooms for working with pupils in small groups. Maybe I need to put a new data cabinet in there with a switch ? I've never worked with fibre, presumably I'd need a fibre patch panel, new switch, fibre modules, this is starting to get expensive (for a primary) and head wants it sorted asap.

I've been asked to do it. I was going to run four cables, one for the POE Wireless AP and as there are three very very small rooms (its a "new build") I was going to have one data point in each room. The plan was to just have one Wireless AP initially and see how it goes but at least if I drop the cables in before they start plastering/decorating I've got the option of connecting up the data points in the future.

Hi, I've been asked to put network points in an outside class room. Probably about 25 meters to nearest patch panel. Cables will need to run outside over a roof. I'd also like to put in a wireless access point powered over ethernet. What cable would you recommend ? E.g. Cat 5 or Cat 6, do I need shielded or anything special as it is going to be outside? Any web links to suitable suppliers/products much appreciated, I'll probably need 100m in total. Never done much cabling so any advice appreciated :-) Thanks

Having had a quick look at a random selection of PCs we appear to have various versions of adobe air installed Decided to uninstall all and was pleased to find you can just download the latest AdobeAIRInstaller.exe to a network drive and then uninstall any (including older) version via e.g. X:\ict\apps\adobe\air\AdobeAIRInstaller.exe -uninstall You can verify all went ok via the log: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Adobe\AIR\logs\Install.log

Sounds interesting, have you got any more info / links? Can't see anything about "GP element" on technet

on another general scripting note the DMcCoy script won't handle updates I think, e.g. some of my pcs have a very old version of air which needs updating and IF EXIST "%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0" GOTO SCRATCH would just skip the air update. I was thinking of writing a value into the registry under say ""HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\AIR" e.g. reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\AIR" /v InstalledVersion /t REG_DWORD /d 16 /f then querying it in the script to see if it needs updating? Is that a reasonable approach to take in general? Could it mess things up ?

I had download the one under "Stand-alone Adobe AIR Runtime installer" but if you're saying use the one under "Adobe AIR Runtime Installer files:" and it works fine without an mst then perhaps the first 3 pages of this thread are "not really needed" ! Still I've started my script now which I need for the scratch so I might just soldier on for now

Mmm ? I did register for distribution but there's no msi just the AdobeAIRInstaller.exe ? You can unzip this to get an msi but then you need to create the MST ?

Just been asked to install scratch and found this interesting thread I don't fully understand the MST creation procedure and couldn't find anything on google that explains how to create transforms e.g. all the components/features/FeatureComponents/Registry/File stuff. I did download and unzip the current AdobeAIRInstaller.exe and apply the MST in this thread in orca and it still "looks ok" but I think I'm going to hack DMcCoy's script to use AdobeAIRInstaller.exe and then put scratch on using installer Abe mentions in last post. Also just looking at it I'm not sure this code is sound: e.g. on my PC it returns 64 bit even though I have 32 bit OS installed. Think that "x32" needs to be "x86"

bump :-( anyone got any further thoughts/ideas on this? I've so far done about 20 office installs "manually" I also need to deploy adobe air also probably via a startup script so I'd really like to get to the bottom of this.