TheMan100

Okay, thanks for the information, I'll look in to it further when I have some extra free time.

Yeah, that would be a better way of doing it, but I wouldn't have a clue where to start. I'm guessing I'd need some sort of API to the application running the proxy, in order to process it on the proxy. Thanks for the suggestion though

Yes, iexplore.exe along with various other well-known browser processor names will be killed at the time the block is 'processed' by the service.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention I'm still not sure as to if it's even worth blocking the ports, as I would've thought that redirecting the user to a non-existent proxy would be enough. But when I've been testing it, when port 80 and 443 were blocked, it didn't try to access the site on another port, and consequently didn't load. I'm not quite sure what you mean by a live user, I'm guessing you're on about when a user is actually using the computer? Well, when the service detects that the user/group has been flagged as 'blocked', a copy of that user's proxy settings will be stored locally (this is so if the user/group is unblocked during the same session, the settings will be restored without having to have the user log back in and out). The user's proxy settings (stored in the registry), will then be overwritten with a non existent proxy server. The user's browsing session will then be killed.

Good question . To put it simply, there'll be a 'client' service running on the computer in question, that will find what group the computer is in, and will then check the status of that group at a set interval. If the group (or user) is flagged as being blocked, the client service will block ports 80 and 443, and will force the user to use a non-existent proxy.

Hi Guys, I've been working on this project for approximately 2 months now; NetBlocker. It's basically a network/classroom management tool which allows administrators/staff to block internet access to groups of computers (such as rooms) and to individual accounts, it also makes use of Active Directory to easily allow you to import the computer groups based on your already existing OUs. You also have the option to modify groups, create your own groups, create exempt lists etc. When blocking users/groups, you can either permanently block them, or set a time at which they'll automatically be unblocked. The software will be free of charge, and is aimed as schools/organisations who can't afford to buy the well-known network/classroom management tools, it's not aimed at replacing what already exists. I've also tried to make sure that it's as easy as possible to setup, deploy and remove from computers. This is only a brief post describing the software, I will provide more information nearer to the release (hopefully within a month). Screenshot of the administration tool (there's also a separate tool which can be deployed to staff, which is a basic version of the administration tool): http://i56.tinypic.com/2556zwm.png If you have any suggestions/queries post them here, or send me a pm Thanks, TheMan100

Does gpresult /r show the computer policies actually being applied?

There's been a lot of these recently. It's usually the elderly that fall for them.

Have a read of this guide, I found it very helpful: Migration | Exchange 2010 & PowerShell

Does deleting the profiles locally, and then logging back in fix the issue?

IT Manager, Redborne Upper School & Community College

What does it say in the event viewer?

Can you get to /RDWeb/Pages/en-US/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=default.aspx or just /RDWeb/Pages/en-US/login.aspx ?

I can't comment on that router specifically. But my WRT54GS with DD-WRT firmware required me to manually reset it. Although I'm not sure whether that was down to having to use a replacement power adapter for it, as I'd lost mine.

Strange... You could apply the proxy settings by using GPP to create registry values, and just set the proxy settings by using the registry.

You could also set the 'Slow Link Detection' (something along the lines of that) GPO to 0, so it won't recognise a slow connection at all.

If you use the clock gadget, you can right click it and make it so it's 'always on top'.

Yes, you could do it like that, and then select the users you want to grant access to. Or, you could just delete all of the permissions on the folder at the moment, and then only select the users you want to grant access to it.

You could set NTFS permissions on the folder of the website's physical path, so that only those 5 users can access that folder (website).

Have you tried upgrading the firmware on them?

Perhaps the 'detect slow connection' (something along the lines of that) feature is stopping it from working. Try disabling it using GPO then try again.

It's annoying to see the Corsair 4GB XMS3 RAM I purchased for around £70 is now worth £24.

Yep, thinks seems alright for me (on Virgin).

I've been having issues and I'm on Virgin.

This link has some relevance to that problem: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/your-computers-performance-is-running-slow-and/bf24daa4-d7d4-48fb-b454-3b6b8059d84a Occasionally if I'm gaming on my PC, and find myself having to minimise, it will tell me my computer's running slowly and would you like to switch to basic theme, keep it as it is, don't ask me again etc.