kennysarmy

The students are taken to the printer where the job is released - not sure I understand your question 😕

Our exam team accompany the students, assist them in releasing the jobs (as the invigilators know their password, but they don't) then they sign and off they go.

NB: This problem is caused by Windows Update released in September 2026. It changes the settled default Windows power policy security settings which have been present since Windows Vista (19 years ago). The problem is likely to occur with all versions of PowerMAN since 2008 including the current beta. In 18 years of PowerMAN this is the first time this has happened. We take this very seriously and have a preliminary fix currently in testing.

Starting to see random shutdowns on our PC's so raised a ticket this morning. Hi Jeff, Thank you very much for your email. Please be assured that we will immediately start to investigate this problem. We haven’t got into this yet, but this problem would seem superficially similar to a problem reported by another customer on Friday. This was caused by a new Windows update which has subtly changed (e.g. broken!) the security model for Windows power policies. If this is the case, we have a fix already in the works.

Cheers. Though I don't see this as a false positive as intermittently the same users seem to be having this issue!

A couple of users (staff) in the tenacy have reported intermittent issues when using Outlook on the web.

Thanks!

Am I doing something obviously wrong

Does anyone know if Group Provisioning is ticked in "Bromcom Office 365 integration" and a student has left the school, should they be automatically removed from the "Student Licence Group"?

Any views on whether the SWGfL/Phoenix aggregated Sophos buying arrangement still represents good value for money for Antivirus Central Intercept X for PC's and Servers. There blurb states: The pricing represents exceptional value for money and has been provided in order to - ensure existing users of the software renew when their licences expire, and - to enable new users to benefit from the software. Eligible purchasers include: - existing and active users of the SWGfL/Phoenix aggregated Sophos buying arrangement, - schools or other public sector establishments with an education focus that are located in the south west of England who do not currently utilise Sophos or have an active opportunity with Sophos in place. Purchasers may be required to confirm their eligibility with Phoenix Software. SWGfL and Phoenix Software reserve the right to refuse sale of licences to any individual or organisation that does not qualify as a purchaser at their sole discretion, and/or if their suppliers decline to fulfil a sale of licences to any individual or organisation.

I don't think it takes too long to resign in and it protects us from staff using personal "shared" home computers if they don't sign out before someone else uses it. Perhaps 12 hours would at least allow someone to work all day and only sign in once... I'm just loathe to effectively make the system less secure.

Our MFA policy for staff includes a sign-in frequency (when off site) to M365 of every 6 hours. I've been challenged that this is too frequent and wondered what others might have set? Cheers

Try these guys; https://www.wetradetech.com/

I've just updated our Google Chrome ADMX templates to the latest 149.0.7827.156 version There are a LOT of settings you can push out using GPO with this template. If anyone would like to share their top settings it would ensure I'm not missing anything that should fundamenally be set or locked down. Cheers.

? The government is not banning staff use of YouTube!