M.Slaughter

If only I could consider this a holiday... Unfortunately, myself along with the rest of the team will be working through the summer 'holiday', as we now have three schools that need a lot of work done to them. This is going to be, by far, one of the busiest 'holidays' I've ever had...

I have often used a piece of software called 'Chicken of the VNC' to remote to mac's, I would certainly recommend as an alternative. SourceForge.net: Chicken of the VNC Could I also direct you to this website - Bombich.com: Mac OS X Deployment and Management Solutions Here you should be able to find some extremely handy tips on Mac OSX Deployment and Management. Hope you find these helpful. Marc

Found this on the Apple website, I hope it helps in some way. http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/NetBoot_TB_v10.4.pdf I know that as you turn a mac on, prior to hearing the boot up sound, hold down the 'n' key. You will then enter into the network options of the mac. From memory I can't remember what options you are then given, however it is possible you may be able to solve your problem from within there... I hope this has been of some help

I don't know if you have already come across this company, however we are using them, and the system works rather well. They are called EasyTrace (EasyTrace) The ID cards are used in the following ways... - Standard ID with photograph and name, - Access control to permit/deny access depending upon level of security, - Cashless catering, - and Library resource loaning (bar-code along the front). We use a program call Card5 to design the templates of the cards, take the photographs and print the cards. EasyTrace Cashless BackOffice is another program used to do the general administrative work, e.g. adding customers. This system has been successfully implemented in both of the schools I work for, and would at least recommend them for you to have a look at... Hope this information is somewhat helpful...