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A couple of things to mention: a) I've never had a tyre change set at the correct Psi/bar, it's like they have their compressor set at an 'average' and just use that no matter what the make/size of tyre is or the what the manufacturer recommend... even when it comes back from a service at the garage where I bought it from (part of an actual dealership for the make of car), they should be 2.2 bar/32 psi all round for normal driving (unladen) found in the manual and the drivers door. I should imagine a 'new' car could possibly have their tyres pumped a little higher than 'normal' due to the possibility of them sitting around for months...? I doubt they would employ anyone to go around all the cars in the dealership everyday checking tyre pressures (should be done on pre-sale/handover check though)... b) funny thing happened with my 'cheap' compressor... it stopped working the other day, just dead... the OH had been on a very long motorway journey and tripped the TPMS (possibly lost a bit of pressure on warm tyres and so tripped when cooled). I checked the tyres with it and found one that was 0.5 under, so pumped it up and then moved it to another power outlet and... nothing. I checked the remaining tyres with my good old always reliable foot pump and they were OK. I checked the inline fuse and it had blown (F10AL 250V - fast blow 10a), so went through the hassle of ordering more, waiting, finding there was more than one 'size', ordering new ones etc.) only for it to blow again and again (luckily they came in a pack of 10)... I did some research online and in one video it mentioned a spare fuse in the little bag of attachments... Luckily we had kept the box and found it in the garage with instructions and the little bag... now when I checked this 'spare' fuse, I found it was 15A... so maybe it should never have had a 10A in the first place...? Anyway, I have tried to plug it back in and it blows the car fuses for the power outlets instantly.... Which is strange as they're 20A and the fuse in the compressor is 15A (or 10A originally) and fast blow at that....

Can you find a setting within Windows or mouse driver/software to disable trackpad when external is connected?

Almost as annoying are those that indicate when they are turning the wheel as they are actually making the turn... pointless! I was going to say that one thing hidden on modern cars is the engine! I'm sure there are at least one or two Edugeeks that remember being able to DIY change spark plugs, air & oil filters, distributor caps etc. Now I open the bonnet and find a metal plate covering everything that requires a specialist tool to remove! Also I sincerely hope that wasn't to turn the 'annoying' engine noise off...? Automation... Yes, yes, yes, but are you really driving...? Next you'll be telling me that they have cars that have 'automatic' gear boxes or even more ridiculous... drive themselves... I guess you could argue that once you forget about doing all those things you can concentrate on the road and you might get less people forgetting to turn on headlights etc. But I feel many people will find other things to do that may distract them if they don't have to worry about the 'technicalities' of actually driving a car and become a little less 'switched on'.

Well, I'm sure many of you won't believe such a ridiculous thing could happen... but I have just spoken to my BM who was asking for an FMS admin user/password to upload/download budget information between FMS and HCSS... Is there an 'admin permission' I can assign for a user in FMS? I can't see anywhere I can change that sort of permission info like SIMS... I hope it's not asking for SYSMAN...? Anyway, I've asked him why is he still doing budget stuff and to remember that I have said many times in the last couple of months that I have been working towards moving SIMS & FMS onto a new server over half-term... which they agreed to... Then he drops the bombshell that he forgot and that he's arranged the LEA finance person to come in next week as there is an issue with our budget....

What devices? I seem to remember there's an Airserver Connect app which does this and iirc we used to use it a few years ago on our iPads to get from the pupil iPads to the teacher laptops (separate SSID/VLAN).

Yes, old legacy physical server.... Hmmmmm.... that would be difficult as it hosts a lot of other roles which I'm slowly trying to split onto separate VMs (hence the reason of trying to move SIMS off).

I think I'm ready to move this over the holiday... I've set up a new VM and got everything installed, I'm regularly restoring database backups from the old server and restoring it to the new one and it seems to go OK. I have SOLUS set up on the new server with a couple of test clients and they can log in to SIMS fine, so I think the way to go is to remove all clients from the old and add them to the new one. Hopefully I can set the old SOLUS client to be removed and then add them to the new one and it will install with the new connect.ini etc... Any tips on this would be great! It might mean teacher laptops won't be able to connect on the first morning back, but I can't see any other way around this... There's bound to be a few other issues as I'm sure I haven't fully covered everything, but some bits that plug-in to FMS are a bit niche and I'll have to be careful about recreating things like 'Wonde'... I figure as long as I have the server set up and running with good DB and everyone can at least log-in then I can sort problems as and when they arise (expect a lot of SIMS related posts from next Monday)... The other (actually main) thing is how to stop the OLD SIMS server working (but still working if the move goes wrong)...? I mean obviously nobody should be able to access SIMS on the old server, but I don't want to cripple it so badly it would need major surgery to resurrect if I need to...

If you use WSUS would it work if you just 'Approve' for removal?* ** Also would a quick check on WSUS before you deploy 2021 show you that these machines haven't installed all their updates for 2016? *Obviously depending on how granular your OUs are in WSUS as it would remove from all machines in the OU, maybe create a test OU and move the machine to it and 'Approve' for removal from that OU... ** Depending on how you have WSUS set up to discover machines and put them in their respective OUs...

From that link: "We won’t take any active measures to block older Office versions from connecting to Microsoft 365 services if they're in extended support and are kept up to date. This includes Office 2019 and Office 2016 after October 10, 2023. Both of these versions are in extended support until October 14, 2025." For the OP, iirc the only time I had that error (and this was on Windows 10 obviously) was when the language file of the OS was different to the version stated in the XML (read on from this post): http://www.edugeek.net/forums/office-software/227339-deploying-office-2019-a-2.html#post1949726 Things may obviously be a little different with Windows 11 and it may not be the same issue (even if it throws the same error), I'm interested why you haven't gone Office 2021 LTSC, if local install is your thing and not O365?

No worries... Just as a test what do your default policies get created as? I just created a basic 'no setting' TEST GPO:

Thing is, I'm not sure what angle to go with, don't get too hung up on it as it probably might not be the 'Authenticated User' or 'Domain Computer' part... say if you get 2 computers (in their respective OUs) and apply the same computer GPO, if one gets it and the other doesn't that points to the object being the 'issue' not the policy, no? Other questions: When was the last time you knew it worked? Have you done anything since then? Is there anyone else on site that could have? All my policies are very simple and just do the thing... I've never looked into messing about with delegation, filtering, loopback, WMI, etc. They mostly just contain the defaults for all those things. Link opens for me no problem, is it blocked by your filtering as a blog? What about the cached version?: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OGXWJqAaUeoJ:https://azurecloudai.blog/2018/12/31/most-common-mistakes-in-active-directory-and-domain-services-part-1/&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

I think they'd only really be relevant if you didn't have 'Authenticated Users' or 'Domain Computer' in the GPO, as you do, then possibly there is something else going on as you say...

What does 'gpresult /r' show for 'Computer Settings' on an affected machine? Especially 'Applied Group Policy Objects', 'The following GPOs were not applied...' and 'The computer is part of the following......'

"Does GPO require authenticated users? To receive the settings from a GPO a computer or user must have Read and Apply rights on the GPO. If they don't have both Read and Apply rights the GPO will not be applied. This might not be something you notice initially as Authenticated Users are assigned Read and Apply by default." More information here: https://www.easy365manager.com/gpo-security-filtering-and-delegation/#:~:text=To%20receive%20the%20settings%20from,Read%20and%20Apply%20by%20default. Plus this: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2327373-does-group-policy-always-need-authenticated-users ...and this... Mistake #2: Removing “Authenticated Users” from the Group Policy Object Security Filtering EDIT: I didn't fact check these links for accuracy or whether the advice contained within is current (they're just the first few hits in Google for the question).

No... and I was just going to say I'm not sure if I would notice... However, I have just removed the 'Disable USB' GPO to install an OS upgrade from USB and that was working (as in it stopped me) and also allowed USB to work when removed, so it seems to be all OK. Do you have 'Authenticated Users' in your GPO? I think it definitely needs to have one or the other depending on if it's computer GPO or user, but 'Authenticated Users' covers both if you know what I mean...?

iirc... wasn't it something to do with 'Authenticated Users' ...? I don't have 'Domain Computers' in any of my GPOs, but do have 'Authenticated Users' in the 'Security Filtering' and 'Delegation' (Read from Security Filtering) tab... But, yeah that was also a long time ago... hence the hazy memory! Edit: The question is, have you found out why the GPOs stopped working, did you remove something or did MS...?

Seen this posted a few times...

Yeah, I'd prefer something with big chunky buttons on the top and to visually display (once appropriately labelled) and isolate each source... a bit like a VGA splitter I once found in the back of a cupboard in the school. I also thought of something like in your second picture, but it needs 2 x inputs channels (laptop and PC): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Channel-Splitter-Isolation-Amplifier-Multimedia/dp/B0B81PXQQH But with no reviews and £30 from China, I decided not to take the punt.

I've left it 'as is' for now (the first picture) and had no complaints so far (although luckily we aren't dealing with audiophiles). But thanks for the suggestions, if I do get any issues in the future, I will definitely look into those.

Something I did actually manage to do once in my old Fiesta.... It wasn't keyless obviously, but it had the new fangled 'feature' of being able to unlock the boot separately (it's a one time thing that then re-locks the boot when you close it). Picture me at the local recycling centre, getting out of the car locking it (for security) and using this cool feature to unlock my boot and empty the rubbish... putting my keys down as I had no pockets and needed both hands for the job. Anyway, as I pulled out the last load I absent-mindedly closed the boot, the indicators flashed letting me know that the car was now re-locked again and then realising my keys were actually still in the boot.

This is the kind of thinking that made buy an £1,500 Apple Macbook for the HT, because that's 'what they're used to'... and I don't know of any other large institution that has that view (and in fact the vast majority of our teachers don't have a home laptop, so they aren't used to anything). Most people can 'cope' with a lot of things if they 'have' to... nobody is saying they can't cope, but that there is no actual 'need' to make them do so... Yes, they all have SSDs and I'll be honest and say I have no idea how long a SAC version update or 10 > 11 upgrade takes, so I can't offer an opinion but I somehow doubt it's as instant as you make it seem. We do very little co-editing, but we do have Google if anyone needs it (they haven't as yet). V3 drivers have been secured by 'Point and Print' restrictions here for years. At our KS level, we aren't teaching CS, graphing for Maths. "no need to get their computer in to install the new OS, it's automatic", I'll hold my hands up to this one, but once every 5 or 6 years is acceptable (if the laptop, or the teacher even lasts that long). Anyway, I do agree those are all nice reasons to upgrade the OS to a different version, but to me they don't actually provide a reason to 'need' to. Since LTSC release I've had at least nearly 5 years (and possibly nearly another 6... ) of not needing to reinstall an OS so...?

I had a much older Škoda and it had one feature I really liked, on the windscreen wipers you could set the intermittent wipe to an interval of your choice (iir it was up once, down... wait the required interval, then back up), never found another car that does this as they all seem to be auto-sensing now (and never do it right)! Not a fan... Don't think I've ever shared this here... but the OH's old car had a keyless entry type arrangement. Late one night, one of our dogs had developed an upset stomach and was whining to be let out, the OH went to let him out and followed him to the end of the garden. Now here's where a bizarre set of circumstances unfold... 3 things all coincided here: 1. The end of the garden being next to the drive (although on the other side of a fence) and the dog could have gone nearer the house. 2. The OH had the key for the car in her dressing gown pocket, because she knows not to leave the keys hanging around downstairs. 3. A local 'ne'er-do-well' had wandered down the street trying door handles and had arrived at our car.... at this precise moment! As the car was opened, the OH heard the noise and looked through the fence, seeing the car open and someone sitting in it she let out a 'mighty roar' (her words) and banged as hard as she could on the fence... the offender obviously did a runner (all caught on CCTV - now sadly deleted or I would have sent it to a T.V. camera show) but she was more careful in future!

From my standpoint I'd ask myself 'why use SAC'? and then once those reasons are listed (as in the OPs specific example, the App Store) then it would be a simple task to tick those off and say 'well, we don't use/need that, why have it in the OS?'.... So, I would look at what you need it to do as an OS especially in terms of the 'extras' the 'new' versions bring and if you believe that is required/necessary in your environment (which to be fair should work for us and do what we want it to do, not what Microsoft wants us to do with it - as I've said in a similar thread, for all of you saying 'Ooooh, MS says you are naughty', well who here hasn't done something Microsoft (or any other software company) doesn't 'recommend' (like moving to an unsupported Server OS for SIMS)... or Windows being installed on old 'unsupported' hardware (why not just just do an 'Apple' and prevent it, or have to prove you're a Nuclear Powerstation to buy the LTSC licenses)... As with anything in life, 'should not' and 'must not' have very different meanings. I used it (LTSB) for the initial move to Windows 10, mainly due to the horror stories on here (fairly late adopter so there were quite a few posts on here by then) about Candy Crush/XBox etc. As it went so well and made the transition from 7 so easy and stress-free, LTSC was a no-brainer. The thing is I think that it really depends on what viewpoint you are looking at it from. If you are looking at it as a member of a professional I.T support team, fully trained with regular CPD, experienced line managers, good budget, resources, well supported by SLT etc. I fully expect any issues to be absorbed and resolved quickly and efficiently.** If you are looking at it from an overstretched, underfunded, one man band** who is only just keeping it together, causing any extra stress is just unnecessary (as it appeared to be in the beginning and for those of you who maintain that none of the new features implemented since 1507 have never caused any major headaches, many post on here beg to differ). I have a hard time here getting the teachers to install updates/reboot in a timely fashion, let alone deal with them complaining about new versions of Windows being installed (I'm amazed everyone manages to get this done as our teachers are using their laptops all day and at the end of the day they just close the lid and go home)... Maybe the process is different these days and although I hear some of you say that 'teachers' are used to an ever changing UI, in my experience they are not. Given the fact that the last two teachers that have asked for a 'personal' service have required an SSD fitted (due to massive slow down) to accommodate the Windows 11 they have unwittingly let their personal laptop install (which they hate obviously because it's new), they still they won't be getting 11 on their work laptops any time soon. I think it also has a lot to do with confidence and experience, let alone having the time to prepare (you did read all the release notes, right?) and then deal with any fallout. If you can put the time and effort that you spend doing those things into more important issues, why wouldn't you? I'm not against 'change'... well, possibly a little bit, but especially if I cannot see the 'need' for it. Having said all that, I do understand that in some establishments the "could you just install this app it would really help with my T&L" request may be greeted with less resistance/scepticism than in others, so good on the OP, but it's not a given everywhere (the last few apps I installed on the iPads for example are never used so I take all such requests with a big pinch o' salt these days). However, there are security advancements that may not be fully implemented in LTSC versions so that is actually a concern (I also notice that new ISO media for 2019 LTSC has not been released yet on MVLSC to address the boot virus May update). Shame as I didn't have any plans for LTSC 2021 due to shorter support... I would echo what others have said, for a consistent (more or less stress free), deployment & installation (direct from ISO media - no scripts), update, consistent user/management experience, I'm happy with my choice. Also with most T&L tools being web based and storage being cloud based, the basic OS is less of a concern to the end user, so it should be as familiar and simple to manage for everyone as possible. **I'm aware than neither of these setups guarantee or preclude any given level of service/support... Next question... Why are you still on Office 2016...? Well.... EDIT: Also, a lot of these arguments against are very generalised, I do get the point about not being officially supported for a lot of software (and I also understand that is an important consideration for some I.T. departments when making an OS choice so I guess that could 'prevent' it's use), but I wonder if anyone has a real world example of being refused support? I'm OK using an 'unsupported' Adobe Creative Cloud and no, we don't currently have any need for Edge, or updated versions of Photos, Paint, Calculator, Camera, V4 printer driver helper apps, screenshot or screen recording tools... but honestly I really don't feel I am letting the teachers 'miss out' on anything...

Not really sure where to post this... My HT has just forwarded an email from 'someone @ renlearn.co.uk' asking if it is a phishing attempt... Fair enough and all for asking, but as far as I know we only use this service as an app on the iPads for 'Accelerated Reader' so I'm not sure how much of the email is relevant to us, like 'RM Unify to provide an SSO (Single Sign On) to Renaissance products' will no longer work and especially all the links for 'view the upgrade webpage', 'view our FAQs' and 'download our upgrade checklist'... It does list a couple of technical changes (password changes, URL whitelist', 'enable pop-ups' and 'update shortcut URLs'), but nothing really 'major' that we need to do. Anyway, as this is the first I've heard about it I thought I'd check on here before I reply saying it's OK (all links appear to be genuine etc.)?

My old Ford Fiesta Ghia had a heated front screen, unfortunately (showing it's age) the driver's side stopped working (a known problem to do with the wiper motor arm on that side - but isn't that always the way... just like it always seems to be the driver's side wiper blade that starts to perish first). A lot of the Ghia 'extras' are bog standard now, but were cool to have at the time... It also had wing mirrors that retracted when locked - with a manual 'override' and a directional button (these also stopped sensing they had retracted and always clicked for a few seconds after locking), rain sensing wipers (which I never liked the sensitivity on - or lack of), all electric windows one of which the motor burned out (yes, driver's side)... It was time for the car to go, but I do miss that heated front screen... iirc isn't there some sort of license that means it can't be used by every manufacturer? Oh, also these are also the reasons why I said I wanted as basic a car as possible this time round, however I failed obviously and on the new one we had to have a screen replacement last year and needed to travel miles to a 'specialist' garage due to all the 'electronics/gadgets/sensors' in the screen!