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I can't remember if it was Hardware Unboxed, Linus Tech Tips or Gamers Nexus, but I remember one of the saying that this isn't the first time this sort of shift has occurred and even the current rendering techniques, some were seen as cheating (I can't remember how they phrased it in the video). I already use DLSS in supported games on my 3080 and will probably continue to use the technology. I generally don't see much difference in the end product between DLSS and non-DLSS settings, aside from the odd artifact, shimmering, blurring - but it's never really enough to be a jarring experience that would pull me out of a game.

The performance increase is more in line with a Ti upgrade than a generational upgrade. While they are 30% faster, they are using the same process node as the 40xx series but with bigger dies and more cores, as well as being 20% more expensive and therefore the cost per frame is about the same as the last generation. Hardware Unboxed video made some jokes about it during their review and they are also very much separating DLSS and frame generation from their overall review. They are viewing DLSS and frame generation as motion smoothing technologies rather than actual performance gains. I have a 3080 at the moment and have just upgraded my other components from an Intel 9700K / 16GB DDR4 to AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D / 32GB DDR5. The upgrade was spurred from being CPU limited in modern games, even at 1440p. Horizon Forbidden West was using 85-100% CPU and Dragon Age: The Veilguard was pinned at 100%, limiting the game so hard that I could only manage 1440p medium settings with DLSS set to performance and capping the FPS at 30 (this is mainly due to a poorly optimised game). With the 9800X3D installed, I had everything set to Ultra (including ray tracing) at 1440p and I was setting 90-120FPS in DA:TV. Since I'm only playing at 1440p at the moment, I think I will hold off getting a 50-series, especially since I've just spent the best part of £1000 on a new core system. Maybe I'll wait until later in the year or for next year's 50-series refresh and get a 4K OLED monitor too.

I still haven't received any socks

Does anyone know if it's possible to restore specific records if one has been deleted? Specifically, Groups > Group type: Club & Trips > Group Name > Student Membership. If a student has been deleted from this list (record includes whether they have paid or not), can it be recovered?

Could you clarify where you entered your exceptions? I presume you mean in your AV settings?

Without knowing a budget, it's hard to recommend what components to advise. I've just purchased an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, MSI AM5 motherboard, 32GB DDR5 RAM and 2TB NVMe storage for about £900. Since I'm reusing my graphics card, case, power supply, cooler, monitor and peripherals. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ is a good place to start in terms of determining components, compatibility and pricing.

I can't find an option for that in the settings of Edge itself, let alone a GPO. I'd consider asking them to provide instructions or the exact setting to change in Edge.

Scan and PC Specialist are usually the go-tos for system builders if you don't want to do it yourself. Other reputable resellers that also do prebuilt machines are Overclockers, eBuyer, AWD-IT, CCL Online, Chillblast. It also appears that NZXT and Cyberpower also have a UK branch too. I think all of those suppliers will use standard components...it's only really the major system builders that use non-standard componen likes of Dell (including Alienware), HP, Lenovo, etc. For the CPU, AMD have generally been the recommended option in recent years, especially at the high end with the X3D line of processors.

If you are willing to share this, would I be able to get a DM too? We're running a version from 2022 and it's been good so far, but would like the latest free available if possible.

GPOs work on last policy wins, where GPOs at the OU level the computer/user is in takes precedent over GPOs specified higher up in the structure, such as at the root of the domain. If you have a GPO setting set as "Enabled" at the root of your domain and the same setting specified as "Disabled" in the sub-OU containing your user/computer object, the sub-OU GPO will win and the setting will be "Disabled". As @jthompson said, if you have two GPOs at the same level, both configuring the same option but one is set as "Enabled" and the other set as "Disabled", then which one wins is determined by the order of precedence specified on those GPOs (I also can't remember whether a higher or lower number determines priority).

We are. I also saw it was posted on the Bromcom Community, so it's not just an isolated incident.

We had a report from a user of this once last week but it never while we had the laptop and we've not heard anything since and haven't added any exclusions or made any changes for this

Many years ago, a colleague created a basic GUI using Visual Basic to reset student passwords, show their username, email address and a button to open their Home folder. At some point, the programme stopped working (which later turned out to be permissions, specifically staff for some reason no longer had the permission to reset passwords on the OU) and I don't know Visual Basic. Instead, with the (considerable) aid from ChatGPT, I created a PowerShell script that I then used PS2EXE to have it as an executable. [ATTACH]72922[/ATTACH] I don't know if it would be useful to anyone, so I've attached it to this post as a TXT file and removed some of our domain information. I believe the only steps someone would need to do in order to get this to work is change the extension back to .ps1, amend the script to match your domain/OU structure, change the password to whatever you want it to be and then use PS2EXE to convert it to an executable. Note I: This only works for on-premise AD servers. Note II: I don't actually use this version at the moment, since I managed to get the original Visual Basic version working via permissions and that's the application staff are used to. However, it did work when I last tried it some months ago. Note III: PowerShell isn't a strong suit of mine, so please don't chastise me where there could have been some improvements or there's a better way to achieve it!

We use Bromcom, which has an AI feature that can be enabled, though I believe it is an extra license that we haven't purchased. Our management have been heavily pushing staff to utilise AI, specifically the browser-based version of Copilot or ChatGPT to help incorporate new ideas, reduce workload or provide inspiration to lessons/job roles where possible, with this use of AI being tied into our CPD for this year (acknowledgements made for some staff who may struggle to incorporate it into their job roles). Our staff have had a fair amount of training sessions that outline what AI can and can't do and also how they should and shouldn't use it, especially when it comes to personally identifiable information, anonymising data, etc and an AI policy was created.

We used to do this and then stopped for a couple of reasons, though the exact details as a little hazy as this was some years ago. Firstly, we specified the WiFi via a configuration profile and that worked. If you have other SSIDs, the iPads cannot join them unless the users know the password. However, if you have an open BYOD network, you cannot stop them from joining that WiFi unless you block all the MAC addresses in your WiFi management. However, this is an issue because MAC randomisation is on by default, which negates the effect of blocking MAC addresses. You can turn off MAC randomisation via Intune, however you cannot prevent the user from turning it back on in the iPad settings. However, the biggest issue we faced was even before MAC randomisation was implemented - If the iPad drops off that WiFi network for whatever reason, forgets the password, configuration issue or some other issue - you cannot then rejoin the network and have to reset the iPad via DFU mode.

I've worked in a school that has cameras in the toilets and we eventually plan to do this in my current school. We have open-plan toilets with the cubicles all in a line and the idea is to have the camera mounted at the entrance of the toilets, looking down the corridor of cubicles. This would mean that the camera cannot see inside the cubicles, but can see who enters and leaves. The idea is that if vandalism or vaping occurs and we have a rough time period, the footage can be checked to see who was in the area during those times.

I've never been able to get the G7s to work, so we have them all set as user enrollment and then remove the primary user within Intune to set them as shared devices.

We are still a hybrid environment and use MECM for on-site devices. We do issue laptops to students who do not have a laptop at home (the old COVID-19 provision) and they are all Intune enrolled. For these, we either utilise the image already on the device (which I believe you can pay the likes of HP, Dell and Lenovo extra to have a non-bloated image installed, without all the junk) and then let Intune handle any updates. If the laptop has suffered a catastrophic issue such as drive failure or something, we typically use a Windows installer from a bootable drive. However, shortly before the Christmas break, I was able to create a Task Sequence to reimage the laptop from MECM and apply Autopilot. I did work during my initial testing, though I haven't gone back to it since to do more thorough testing. However, this does require the device to be enrolled within Autopilot first. I suspect that once we fully migrate to Intune and decommission the MECM server, we will either be relying on resetting the device and restoring from the recovery partition or reimaging via bootable USB drives.

Am I too late too?

I stand corrected, I hadn't even heard of academies until after Cameron starting pushing it. The more you know.

I don't think so, academies were introduced by Cameron and this is the first non-conservative government since then.

This is how we have ours configured. Despite encoring MFA as a requirement for non-school IP addresses, we don't force users to enroll MFA straight away. Instead, whenever a user attempts to access Microsoft services from another location, they must complete the MFA sign-up process before they can proceed and once complete, they can access it. That way we aren't bothering people to do it who have no intention of accessing the resources outside of school. If someone has issues, we can troubleshoot it by hotspotting or using a WiFi that we have that bypasses the filtering and firewall.

That cat has the look of "I'll do it again". Also that baby is more scouse than me and I was born and raised in Merseyside!

We had an issue with our GCSEPod sync and their support said it's an issue with Groupcall. They advised that it would be quicker to migrate to Wonde instead, rather than them raising it as a support call with Groupcall. I think that says a lot about Groupcall's support.

GCSEPod no longer offer email support and require you to create an account via their AccessGroup portal. Sure, that's fine, I did that and I can log in. Can I create a support ticket? No. You need to be able to select your product in order to log a case against it. That would be fine if I was shown more than "Access Education Budgets" and "Education Demand", both of which are greyed out as "CONTENT ONLY" and not selectable. I've had to resort to digging around my portal to find our account manager's email address and contact them. They are now passing me onto their "support specialist". Why is this so difficult?