mwbutler

Hi all We have a Mac Server (v 10.6.6?) which was integrated into our Windows Network by an outside company. They also setup 16 imacs and after a bit of hassle everything was working fine. Recently the Workgroup preferences has not been been applying to the imacs. EG nothing in the dock. I changed the home page and proxy recently in WGM and these settings have also not filtered down to the imacs. I have double checked all proxy settings, dock settings, home page settings I could find in WGM and I cannot find any conflicting old settings. I have tried using the "mcxrefresh" command and this doesn't help at all. I don't know much about Macs (am still very much learning!) so I am not sure what to do from here. I've tried searching google and here but haven't had much luck with finding a solution. If anyone could offer me any advise that would be great. Cheers Matt *Edit* In Library/managed preferences/ the complete.plist file has the old home page and proxy settings in it. I've tried deleting everything in thant folder then running mcxrefresh but the old incorrect settings keep getting pulled down. Now I am completely stuck!

Marc on the RM Community Forum said this is the cause: "I have just seen some students using a technique to get around RM Tutor. Basically, when a teacher clicks block Internet, it does just that and works fine. Students have now found that if they open Excel (Office 2003, SP2), click Data > Import External Data > New Web Query, they can get around this and use the Internet just fine. " And this is the fix: "Managed to get this issue sorted using GPOs if anyone is interested. We downloaded the Office 2003 Service Pack 3 Administrative Template (ADM) installed on the server and then added to the Group Policy Editor. Then used the disable menu item using ID 30101 (this disables the Import External Data toolbar). Works a treat now!" That's for RM Tutor 3 but maybe worth a try. (Note I haven't tried this so if it doesn't work I cannot offer any further help.) Good luck!