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If it's on IIS, you could probably make an ASP page on that server containing something like: <%@Language="JScript"%> <% strIP = ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR"); if (strIP == 'IP.OF.YOUR.TSERVER') { Response.Redirect("tserveralternative.html"); } else { Response.Redirect("animatedslideshow.html"); } %> Then make your link on Sharepoint point at that asp page. (code not tested, may contain nuts)

Have you tried running ExchBPA? Might be worth a go... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb288481.aspx The other thing that springs to mind is that Echange is very fussy about DCs and GCs. If they disappear or get demoted to member servers it can take it a while or even a reboot to get itself back in order.

I'm not sure if you can do it client-side because javascript running in your browser doesn't have access to your IP address unless you set your security settings very low. I'd be a little wary of setting your browsers to trust the VLE because of all the user-uploaded content on there. You can do it from the server end if you have ASP/PHP etc. - what's the VLE and what kind of server is it running on?

Ours does all that and runs as plain old ASP on IIS, talking to an Access database. Staff can also search through jobs and add (timestamped) comments to existing jobs. It will also email us when a staff member submits a job. If you PM me your email address I'll send you the tutorial as a word doc. It's a bit out of date so some features aren't shown. The code may need a little tidying up to work in your environment, but it shouldn't take too long.

We have a few and they haven't broken down yet although they can be expensive to run. The drum does a maximum of 20000 pages, but they keep fairly quiet about the fact that a colour print does 4 runs on the drum, so they reckon you will realistically get around 8000 pages from a drum. If there's no mono printer in the room it might be worth setting up 2 printers in windows - one with B&W preferences set up; one with colour - then make the B&W printer default. We get our drums and toners from http://www.suppliesforschools.com

Just to clarify in case it's necessary, we have no outstanding faults with our iDesks which need the company's attention and in general I would say I have been happy with their products.

If you have any form of volume license at all (e.g. for office on your desktops) you should be able to download pretty much all current microsoft software via the volume licensing site. Obviously check the T&Cs to be sure that aren't any licensing issues with getting it that way, but if it's just a question of getting the installation files I don't see why you can't. If you have no volume licenses, i reckon you'd have to call microsoft and then maybe fax them the invoice you received.

As a starting point I would go into the monitoring section of ISA, tell it only to monitor stuff from the IP addy of the computer your test user is logged on to, then make some page requests and see which rule is being applied.

Nice post Chris. I'm not sure if it speeds the query up to do "SELECT TOP 1 * FROM [logons]" on line 2. Possibly not significantly. Another tweak would be to check if anyone else has logged on at that PC since FilterUser (meaning FilterUser can't still be logged on). You could just run a 2nd query to find the most recent logon at the PC and then compare names. It might also be nice to have a box pop up to say "user logged on at xx:xx today, connect?". If they logged on at 09:15 and it's lunchtime there's not much point connecting. I'm looking into making our login database track logoff events as well, if only to get an idea of how many PCs are being shut down gracefully. It might also come in handy for scripts like these.

For info, you can also disable this with software restriction policies as .lnk files are classed as executables. They'll be able to make the shortcuts, but not run them. This would also stop them from bringing shortcuts in on CDs/pen drives etc and running them from there.

The problem is that you think before printing and as such you are not our target audience

...to go with websites made in Publisher like so many secondaries. Ungh!

I haven't really delved into moodle very seriously yet, but from what I can see these issues are fairly universal with VLEs as they stand today. I'm glad to hear that people are having success with it in Moodle, despite the slightly crushing news today that after consultation with the NMs in the borough, our LA have decided to ignore our requests and base their VLE selection process on BECTArds "List Of Ten". The winner to be announced on Friday to all Heads :/

I've attached the GPO settings report for our SIMSperm policy if anybody wants it. One of the advantages of doing it this way is that it's easy to set a deny entry for your pupil accounts. After you do a new install of SIMS, you will need to reboot before using it as a normal staff member because the folders need to exist at the time when the policy applies (i.e. during bootup) simsperm_177.htm

Yes indeed, Publisher does suck. If you search the Microsoft newsgroups: http://tinyurl.com/3y5r4d you will see that dozens of people have complained about it and the only response is to open the .pub file, change the printer and resave it. Woo, thanks! Why the Microsoft Office team have to go against standard Microsoft practices when they make their software I will never know.

OK, so no extra fields required.. that query will run against any SIMS db and return the teacher initials for every class code and the pupil's UPN for every pupil in every class. It's very similar to the data I used when I tried to set up MS Classserver a few years back. The difficulty I had was a lack of link between the SIMS id (which can be the UPN or the admission number) and the AD id (which would probably be the username (samid) or the SID). I found that although the UPN would be better to use in theory, in practice we often didn't get UPNs for our sixth formers until several months after they started. I was also wary of temporary UPNs being issued and then changed later which apparently can happen. It's not a simple problem to solve! EDIT: Thanks for sharing by the way

I'm a bit wary of giving you instructions as I generally don't go near my own SIMS db without saying a few prayers. Basically you are looking to open the database in SQL Server management studio, expand the sims database, expand views, find the view you mentioned and then right click to edit it. That shows you how the view is built, but unpicking which fields are built in and which are added would be fiddly given that SIMS has well over 1000 tables in the database. I'm happy to remain curious considering the safety of your MIS is at stake...

I'm surprised you'd need to add fields to SIMS - surely the data is coming OUT of SIMS so you could create the fields in a table elsewhere? Is it possible those fields are just the fields exposed by the view they've created and so only a view has been added to the SIMS db? When I google I get this thread back and eventually disappear into my own belly button

I think it's in the master db. That is apparently the reason why a standard SQL database backup is now no good for restoring your sims installation onto a different server. I'm assuming they've done this to allow for the login-via-windows-credentials feature that came along not so many updates ago.

drop it 4 feet onto lino - if it breaks it's no good

Anything in event viewer?

Have you tried setting those as local group policies (i.e. start>run>gpedit.msc) rather than applying them to an OU. It's more of a pain, but might be necessary for local logons. With it being a computer policy I am a bit surprised. Still a bit unsure what the local logons achieve, but presumably you can't get out of it!

Either way, that won't make dsrm work.. you just need to add the -noprompt switch to get it to accept input from STDIN properly: dsquery computer -stalepwd 180 | dsrm -noprompt (also your pipe character wasn't the same as mine, but I'm not sure if that's the forum mangling it)

We had an issue with folder redirection where it would balk if the user only had modify. YMMV

You could set up local group policies to remove access to the features which allow unc connections to be made easily e.g. disable the run menu, disable typing paths directly into windows explorer address bar etc as you would with a domain group policy. For admins you could put a net use script in your start menu or something. It seems a long way round compared to just not giving them a local account though! Presumably there's a specific reason why they need a local login?