ChrisERoots

There's a couple Network Manager positions which are available within the Altius Trust group of schools. One based at Manchester Enterprise Academy in Wythenshawe and the other at MEA Central based in Levenshulme. Please follow the link for further details: https://www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy/network-manager-mea-simonsway-wythenshawe-m22-9rh-and-mea-central-lytham-road-manchester-m14-6pl-1132897?preview=1

Used this Website as a reference. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26212091/script-to-install-msi-silently

Okay folks, not sure if anybody else has done this but I think I have partially cracked it and I haven't seen this solution mention here so I'm sharing. Scenario - Silently install SOLUS 3 Searched for solutions high and low. I just wanted to be able to Install it via running the MSI and thats been well documented and never solved. Tried GPO and that hasn't worked. I've been running a Script on the Computers after i've logged in to install it but obviously you always get an Interactive window. Thought i'd try a different approach and see where the MSIEXEC command lived which is in the JS file. Searched for how to modify this for a silent install and bingo! Just add /qb to the MSIEXEC line in the Java Script and it will install without any prompts and with the correct Key file. I've tested on 4 machines its worked. The only thing it does do is close the Command Prompt dialogue box so if you're using this in a task Sequence do a test before Roll Out as you don't want it breaking the sequence. I don't see any reason (if permissions are right) why this couldn't be run from the Login Script now Either way, i hope this helps someone out there with getting this installed. var wshShell, wshSysEnv; var fso, f1, typeLib; fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); typeLib = new ActiveXObject("Scriptlet.TypeLib"); wshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell"); var logFileName = WScript.Arguments(0); var agentAddress = WScript.Arguments(1); var dsAddress = WScript.Arguments(2); var keyFileName = WScript.Arguments(3); var msi32 = WScript.Arguments(4); var msi64 = WScript.Arguments(5); var msi = ""; if (is64()) msi = msi64; else msi = msi32; wshShell.Run("msiexec.exe [color="#FF0000"]/qb[/color] /lv* \"" + fso.BuildPath(wshShell.Environment("SYSTEM")("TEMP"), logFileName) + "\" /i \"" + wshShell.CurrentDirectory + "\\" + msi + "\" AGENTSERVICEADDRESS=\"" + agentAddress + "\" AGENTID=\"" + typeLib.Guid.toString().substring(0, 38) + "\" DEPLOYMENTSERVERADDRESS=\"" + dsAddress + "\" RSAKEYPATH=\"" + wshShell.CurrentDirectory + "\"", 0, true); function is64() { var shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell"); return (wshShell.Environment("SYSTEM")("PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE").indexOf("64") + 1);

I know this question has been asked loads and i'm trying to find some definitive answers. I'm trying to setup Sharepoint at the moment and just when I thought I had it licked there are things to iron out. I'm very tempted to setup a user and just share that Calendar. Just after the simplest to manage solution. How do you do yours?

Simple question really. Just wondering if someone found it was worth the investment of time and energy when new kit wasn't an option?

Congrats on the Ofsted result. I've asked myself this question quite a lot too. The thing with Ofsted and Safeguarding and IT is that they almost never ask a Network Manager what products they're using. If a product ends up catching someone out and helps with the dossier of evidence for a student then Ofsted may see some report from the software which is being used. As to whether or not we actually need it. I'll leave this one story here. Very recently an ICT teacher walked in to an ICT suite and noticed a student searching for info on committing suicide. The student quickly hid/closed the page but if it were not for that member of staff noticing what was on the screen, that student would have missed getting the help they needed. Outstanding or not, these incidents do fly under the radar everyday. I certainly don't want to nanny our students however we have some duty of care to ensure that there is some vigilance of these actions. I just wish that there was a program that could do it all neatly & cost effectively.

Thanks for that. Yeah, i'm not too put off by that. Its how it all comes through in terms of monitoring. All educational software seems to have pluses and minuses on that score. Going to give some others a test and see where this goes. Doesn't feel like theres a clear market leader at the moment.

Okay troops, before I bite the bullet. I'd like some feedback on what software you use to monitor students when it comes to safeguarding. Impero So far i've had a trial of Impero and have loved the Key Logging aspect of it. After getting over the excitement of it returning results, it is extremely chatty and returns a huge amount of false positives and the system itself on a full time basis is not as usable as you'd like it to be. Incidents need to be looked through individually and there's no way that we could see of getting reports to be returned in bulk each day rather than each time an infraction occurs. Classic educational software issue really. Netsupport Just seen a video for Netsuport DNA and straightway that looks like something much more effective in terms of searching through reported incidents. We already use a Netsupport & Notify so maybe this would be worth a look. Am I missing something else keener that can do the job of reporting what the students are typing in to our computers?

I'm currently a Salamander Subscriber and its been a god send these last 12 months. I've recently seen a Demo of RULER Connect which looks cool and very similar to Salamander's product (or vice versa) except that you can change some of the settings yourself. Simple question for those who have used either. Which is best or am I right in thinking that its all much of a muchness?

Currently using Inventry for Staff to sign in and out. THere's some things I wish the back end did more elegantly given the information it holds but seemingly it has been left out. What i'd like to know is if there is some kind of Register that can get marked in SIMS for Staff when they sign in using the system? Obviously, students marks will work but i'd like to see something similar for staff management. The reporting on the system of these events is shocking really. I know the Time Card function can be activated for each user in Inventry and because I have to do this manually for all staff its a little frustrating.

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. I've just been through the process of opening a new School with 365 as the primary and only means of storage. No network shares and although people can save files locally they have OneDrive synced via the client. On the other hand the legacy school in the trust uses conventional shares and 365 for mail. Our new school is doing well with it as they've come in and had to get used to it. There's a long way to go still but people are coming round to it. The challenge i've always seen is changing the habits of those who are used to file shares. Ambassadors are definitely a way forward to change other peoples opinions but i'm tempted to turn things off so that people have no other way. There's a really painful period of transition but people should get used to it. Good luck with everything Jonathon & Jasmine. Really hope you keep the faith and keep driving things forward. Anything that works please share.

Just out of interest. Does anybody have the OneDrive client working on their computers or are you directing people to the cloud or mapping the drives? I don't want to make the C drive visible to staff but with the restriction in place its leaving me with more or a decision than I wanted to make.

IPEvo Ziggi HD's have served me well the last year or so. I haven't had one break yet and overall have been solid. Works via USB and the program it comes with is simple to use which is my basic requirement for everything.

Thanks for the info there, I appreciate your honesty and from my early tests with OneDrive at my current site the questions thing is so true. Starting from a blank slate is definitely the ideal scenario but after talking about authentication this afternoon and feeling like i've made a decision the task still feels daunting. Will be better in the future but for the moment I see the top of the hill is far away.

Okay...sorry if this has been answered before. But I wanted some frank responses from the good people on here before I push the button on our brand new network. ONEDRIVE - Does it actually work day to day in your school for staff & students? Do they like it and embrace it?