Steve21

When you say the same tablet, do you mean two tablets the same model, or two students using one tablet at different times? If it's two students different times, I'd suggest focusing on the teachers powerpoints and what fonts etc they're using within them. If it's two tablets of the same model, check things like update/version of Android and Teams apps Steve

Yeah... just in the queue to get through to talk to them to see what's happening Pretty sure we did use CC but this was so long ago now, back before covid! Would have to double check Steve

Yep, ironically that's the issue we had originally, this was about 2 months ago now. We refused delivery originally, as without them assembling it (rather than us), the recliner wouldn't be covered under their warranty... So said we'd wait, and were supposed to have it delivered next week again lol Steve

Great... still waiting on our new sofa from harveys!!! Hopefully as it says on their orders will still be delivered! Steve

Those errors are only IONOS based ones though as it's internal messages. Out of curiosity I take it you aren't doing anything like sending emails with prefixes? Like [email protected] or something that you don't have a MX listed for? Steve

With IONOS that's normally a sender error rather than receiver (in their eyes at least - The sender domain of the email server you are using is not configured in the domain name service (DNS) in accordance with RFC.) - Unless both users at on IONOS? Which domain is it? If you don't mind saying? Steve

How long ago did you do it? Those settings are very slow to replicate normally. You can disable it per user using powershell etc too Steve

Aye, it's going to be a lot of hassle all over I think, especially considering things like Insurances won't cover anything CV related. Thinking more down the UK day/overnight trips more, at least that way if somewhere it stupidly busy can just avoid it Steve

It may sound stupid, but there's a large part of me that thinks if we are going for a foreign holiday this year, it's going to be safer to pick a country with a "high" rate of infection, as you won't have millions of people visiting and ignoring every single social distancing rules going And probably in term will actually have less chance! (Normal spain/france/Italy etc is gonna get so bombarded I bet!) Steve

If you mean firewall (rather than filtering), we still have on one site our Grid firewall on-top of our internal firewall/filtering (Same ISP etc). The normal downsides apply to slower fixes/ports opening etc if it's out of your hands. In reality though, how often do you need to change your firewall/ports and does a day or so make a difference? If you're talking filtering, then wouldn't go down that route (especially if another company is managing it), way too many issues with bounce-betweens of who's at fault, when it's fixed etc etc, promises to fix the world, and yet yeah often a terrible output (You can find those stories on edugeek very easily if you know what I mean). Not least that you often want quick fixes, and more options in terms of being able to bypass the filters etc for certain servers/services etc. But obviously this depends heavily on the type of network/usage you're expecting, not used securly, but it definitely seems like a good route for those with Chromebooks etc, but less so for a pc/desktop estate. So again, dependant on situation Steve

Was it actually created from that server? (As in does it show in your list of backups? As a baremetal etc), or are you trying to do a new VM with a different backup image? Haven't used a direct backup in ages, but if it's a different machine you used to have to restore the catalogs before it'll show up wbadmin restore catalog -backupTarget:e etc Then it should show as a backup you can do it directly from (but again, not used direct WSB in a long time so they might have made it easier) Steve

It's already been announced, and in play here. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preparing-for-the-wider-opening-of-schools-from-1-june/planning-guide-for-secondary-schools Steve

Are you sync'ing it locally rather than FoD? If so can you access C drives or is that blocked? Steve

I'm guessing that was meant for the other thread But again, that link says exactly what I mentioned previously. First they need access to a host either with malware etc that needs higher permissions, or via RDP configured incorrectly etc It then relies on you using an admin account (via AD dump) to install/run Veeam rather than separate logins etc Steve

It does seem like you're getting some things mixed up with this issue about backups/ransomware and cloud vs cloud etc. If you're using a proper cloud backup service (rather than a mapped external drive hosted online/azure/blahblah etc) there isn't a way for ransomware to directly attack it, as your pc/server doesn't have direct access to said storage. The worst that could happen is you run a backup after it's already encrypted, and thus you effectively backup the encrypted files, but in this case you should be able to restore from an older point (unless you only have 1 that is...) In terms of encryption keys etc, then yes obviously if you only have 1 place they are (on ransom'd server) you're gonna have a problem, but again put it in multiple secure areas and shouldn't be any problem Any examples/posts you can link that suggest I'm misunderstanding I'd be interested to see Steve

I mean I'd argue very much that if the cloud backup is infected, there was something that went wrong miles before that. How did the virus (insert other) even get access to the server locally in the first place? Normally one of 4 routes: a) Permissions being too lacking b) Someone with permissions who did a booboo c) lacking of said av etc d) Zero-day Steve

I mean to me yes it's possible (ignoring 0 days). 99% of the common issues come from either bad planning/legacy work not fixed or people (IT) being too "yes sir" imho. (I know some will think that's harsh). But for example, no-one needs local admin rights (ignore the odd one/weird software/setup). If they want software installed/tested, you can do it. No-one shouldn't have AppLocker setup, you adjust a rule as you install a program if needed. Auto run etc isn't an issue if admin rights aren't there etc. Port 3389? Nope nope. Firewalls disabled just to make software installs easier etc etc, all commonly seen It just seems that the majority of issues are things that shouldn't be there in the first place. Even if 1 user gets infected it should only be able to affect what they have access to directly. If you have a shared area, and permissions for departments and a maths teacher gets infected, all they should be able to break is maths etc (Out comes backups etc) None of what you mentioned there (apart from 2FA) is stuff that even a single tech shouldn't be able to configure/sort out with time spent on it even if they've never touched it before Steve

Basically in a real quick bodged way I'd just do it like this: $file = Import-CSV "test.csv" -header Demo $userName = "" $outputFile = "" $counter = 1 foreach($line in $file) { $checkCounter = $counter % 2 if ($checkCounter -eq 0) { New-Item "C:\test\$username\$outputFile" Set-Content "C:\test\$username\$outputFile" $line.Demo } if ($checkCounter -eq 1) { $userName = $line.Demo $outputFile = $line.Demo + ".csv" Write-Host $outputFile } $counter++ } basically, loops through it, looks if it's odd if so creates file, if it's even writes to last file it made etc Obviously a lot "neater" routes but it works just need to modify your paths Steve

Is it always going to be a single number after a user? Or could it be 2+? Steve

Cut a lot of this already out as it's waffly, but already a local schools been infected by these "very very very low chance primary kids" (Quote from Gov) TLDR version, pupil infected teacher causing entire Year 6 to be closed. It's interesting to see it being picked up quickly, but I can't help but feel if a school is going to close every time one case is found it's going to be "too soon" to open again Steve

When you say groups do you mean security groups or 365 groups? If you're meaning 365 groups you can use them across platforms, for things like Teams/OneNote etc etc so might be worth doing that route if you're going lots of cloudiness I'm still a fan of doing the older method though, a normal group with a DL assigned into the group, gives the option of adding in people just to emails if you don't want them to have access to areas etc (For example, a TA/SEND might be in an email group, but you don't want them to modify files) Steve

It's right and it's not. The cache auto cleans itself out, however it only does so after X days (depending on your settings) AND when you need more space If you tell it to keep it during deploy, it ignores the package for cleaning purposes Steve

Aye that's the normal way, but I'm guessing it still depends if he has space for both. If not you could always deploy it as a command line (whether via powershell built in, or as bat files etc), and then just point that at the network share. It'll only download the bat/powershell then, and stream the rest, but obviously will take a lot longer to install Steve

Does the “starting from” aspect assume those are bulk prices and buying less at a time are higher prices not shown ? Or is it based on spec if upgrading bits? Steve

Also could be vbulletins default rep spread if it's turned on still. There's a limit normally to how often you can rep someone before going around another amount of users (As the thank is repping, maybe it's not adding it due to this limit?) Do you have another Rad thank in recent times? Just another thought! Edit - Thought i'd test your thread idea and thank's show in rep for me on that thread Steve