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mrs_sparkeh will be ecstatic!
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[Instagram Pic] Just another day in (School) IT... [emoji1]
sparkeh replied to elsiegee40's topic in Jokes/Interweb Things
Clearly a setup, that cab is way too tidy to be real -
More like its to 'sort his life out' after a series of benders: Danny Dyer 'forced to take a break from EastEnders to sort his life out after booze benders' - Mirror Online
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Nokia 3310, 'the most reliable phone ever made', to be re-launched
sparkeh replied to elsiegee40's topic in IT News
If it was a 6310 I'd be interested. Legendary phone. -
Hey I got a mention
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Searching active directory (no results)
sparkeh replied to NickiJames's topic in How do you do....it?
Or you could use Powershell! (I am a newly converted PS obsessive). -
Pretty sure that's a bannable offence
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As some point he will be (ie as The Curator)
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Haha watched this too recently. mrs_sparkeh and I enjoy a ruddy good-terrible movie and this fitted the bill. One of my favourite quotes was from the news report where the newsread says the attack: So...one in ten of the known landmarks have been destroyed. What about all those unknown landmarks?! Nonsense!
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Early reports say no danger of contamination but worrying :S https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/09/explosion-at-flamanville-nuclear-plant-in-western-france
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Looks like it's a worth a try (none of them appear to be intensely irritating for a start!).
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Veeam Installation Specialists in the South West or Midlands
sparkeh replied to kennysarmy's topic in Enterprise Software
We use Enterprise, but I think that there was a special offer on at the time. There are some handy features in Enterprise: https://www.veeam.com/backup-version-standard-enterprise-editions-comparison.html Of course once you have purchased there won't be such a difference in annual maintenance cost between the versions. -
Veeam Installation Specialists in the South West or Midlands
sparkeh replied to kennysarmy's topic in Enterprise Software
I have to agree with previous comments, veeam is so easy to setup, the documentation and support so good that I wouldn't really pay anyone to do it. -
The first thing I would do is backup, backup, backup. Then you could follow @3s-gtech plan or I would probably do this: Use Disk2Vhd to virtualise your current setup Wipe current servers and setup as Hyper-V hosts (I always make them non-domain machines but preference varies) Import current server images and spin them up - at least you now have your old network up and running, if you do no more than that (eg because you run out of time) you have still taken a step forward but not in a mess Create your new DCs and transfer over roles Demote old DCs and turn them off
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[sccm 2012] SCCM has the driver but it not using it
sparkeh replied to nicholab's topic in O/S Deployment
Anything you want to distribute (drivers, images, applications etc) need to reside on a distribution point, in a deployment package. So, when you import the driver sccm 'knows' about the driver and the location of the driver files. Then you add it to a package and send it to a distribution point (ie it takes all the driver files, bundles them all up and puts them on a share). During the OSD tasks the device contacts the site server to see if it has the drivers it needs, once located it downloads the relevant packages and applies the drivers. Some people like to create a package per model of PC, some like to package up all similar drivers together. -
[sims] find out who entered a piece of information in sims?
sparkeh replied to mrbios's topic in MIS Systems
No, see: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/mis-systems/178242-who-changed-my-behaviour-log.html -
SCCM 1610 - Software Updates - Office 2016 Questions
sparkeh replied to CHiLL's topic in Enterprise Software
Well I kinda think that is down to personal preference. One of the things about sccm is that there are usually multiple ways to skin a cat. Targeting your updates at one big collection won't cause any problems, however, when I had 3 OS's I had a collection for each version to make it neater. Now I have just Win 10 I do still have a separate collection just for targeting software updates. Hope that helps? -
SCCM 1610 - Software Updates - Office 2016 Questions
sparkeh replied to CHiLL's topic in Enterprise Software
Yeah that's how I do it. Not tested your query but it looks like the right kind of thing -
The Rezort. Jurassic Park, but with Zombies! So the setup is kinda shaky but its a pretty good zombie film, and on Netflix now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOavBgHGfhw
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Not internally no. Though we are thinking of rigging something up.
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What solution are you guys using for OS deployment these days?
sparkeh replied to localzuk's topic in O/S Deployment
Whilst I have have the odd issue with drivers the problem usually lies with the driver rather that sccm. Other solutions I have used in the past have had the same issues with difficult drivers. For problematic machines you could capture a reference machine with the drivers installed? -
What solution are you guys using for OS deployment these days?
sparkeh replied to localzuk's topic in O/S Deployment
SCCM, still love it and it's so much more simple than when I started with 2007. Never really had any issues with images, what are you having issues with? -
Over the Xmas holidays the PO had to respond to a burglar alarm being triggered. He performed all the usual checks and everything seemed fine until he got to the office and saw all the box files had been thrown off the shelf and onto the floor... No sign of anyone being in the school and the distance they went was too far for them just falling off for some reason. Really spooky.
