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Just set it to run when the teacher or students logon on in GPO. This will delete all network printers on the pc, but not local ones Hope this helps

Here is the vb script I used when I need to remove old printers from the clients when I had this problem, You have to add the current printers afterwards in the same script On Error resume next ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' DELETE ALL Network Printers ON PC ' ' ' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colInstalledPrinters = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * From Win32_Printer Where Network = True") For Each objPrinter in colInstalledPrinters objPrinter.Delete_ Next ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Create Network Printers ' ' ' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Dim oNetwork, WshNetwork Set oNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network") oNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\server\SUITE-MONO" oNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\server\SUITE-COLOUR" oNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\server\SUITE-COLOUR" Set oNetwork = nothing

use a lighter to warm the key up and then try to lock. This is normally the best way to deal with a frozen lock

I have imaged about 90 of the Samsung NC10's in group of 30 without a problem. It sound to me as if its a driver problem. I use the TFTP Image maker that came with ghost 11, univ network driver and 99% of the time no problem, PXE Boot from server. What method are you using to boot the NC10 into ghost and what drivers are you using? Ste

It look to have fixed itself!!! Just got the email which was in the queue. Set up send connector with DNS MX. The firewall is the LEA and they said they had allowed 80,443 & 25 to the ip address which I give them and give me a extrenal ip address. Ip address worked in school yesterday, but not at home, email them about it last night. Just checked and I can now access the web interface on the ip address they gave me, so guess exchange must have to have an open 25 in from the internet. The linux email server never need it could send mail no problem Thanks for your help Ste

I have set up a send connect as show in Configure Internet Mail Flow Directly Through a Hub Transport Server: Exchange 2010 Help, but can't get any external email to be send. @James Have you setup a Exchange 2010 server to send external mail if so, could you give a brief howto just so I can check I haven't missed a step out. Thanks Ste

Thats all I have done to install exchange so, it not that I have missed a step out. Does anyone know if exchange 2010 by default only works with internal mail until you set up the send connect etc. Thats the bit which I think is having problems. Yep the install log show no problem only that I can't now add a exchange 2007 to the domain Ste

I have run all the tools under the tools section each one reports no problem. Only error message is the one i give, one time for each external email. It look like accessright as you can see the message trying to connect but failing in the queue, but same email to internal account no problem. I have send the last 8 hours looking for a problem and just can't see one. Anyone got a howto guide for Exchange 2010 so I can see if I have missed a step out in the set? Thanks Ste

Just setup Exchange 2010 on its own Windows 2008 Server, Installed no problem, setup Mailbox, Client Access & Hub Transport. Fine so far. Config Hub Transport to send & receive external mail as shown in Configure Internet Mail Flow Directly Through a Hub Transport Server: Exchange 2010 Help I can send and receive internal mail fine, but mail to any external email account just sits in the queue with the error message "451 4.4.0 Primary target ip address responded with: 421 4.2.1 Unable to connect. Attempted failover to alternate host., but that did not suceed. Either there are no alternate hosts, or delivery failed to all alternate hosts." I have checked the DNS and i can ping from the server to external addresses and the server itself fine. Any Ideas? This is my first Exchange box and any help when be gratefully recieved :-) Thanks Ste

The mini Mac is a really good idea I hadn't thought about!!! My desktop monitor does have a DVI input. I know this might be a really stupid question, but what's the difference between the mini mac’s and Macbook besides the size? @j17sparky I was looking at ebuyer and the does seem to be quite a few models of Macbooks & Macbook pro for under £1000 ex vat Cheap Apple Laptop |Apple Laptop Deals | Buy Apple Laptop - Ebuyer.com Ste

I would like some help as I'm going to buy a Mac to learn more about them and for a bit of iphone programming . Which model whould be best. Not looking to spend more then £1000 ex vat. I'm thinking of a Mac book as don't have the space for another monitor on my desk :-) Anyone got any ideas? Ste

@grumbledook In a high school that will be possible, but in a primary it's not practical, as there are no spare machines, and like most primary schools they run the machines to they physically collapse. The other problem is I am not in the school all the time I'm only in half a day every week therefore all that happens is that the engineers walking rather than tested at the switch they walk to the nearest machine you can find and instantly blame it on that rather than checking to see if it works on the local authority side and as I'm not there to get him a laptop out plug into the LA switch and prove to him beyond a doubt that it is local authority problem. But again this does come back to the point that the local authority engineer should be checking it at the end of his responsibility himself before blaming the school setup. I only ever report stuff to an LA when I'm 100% sure it is not a problem within the school network, what frustrates me about Sefton however is the fact that they don't even give the indication of attempting check if it is a local authority problem they will blame it instantly on the school setup.

P858snake I agree with you, their responsibility ends at the switch which coincidently is setup exactly as you said in your diagram 1 port attached to the proxy/gateway the other three parts unused for them to connect to test. I personally feel that this is more to do with the company wanting to provide a managed desktop support to the schools themselves as a lot of local authorities are going down this route hence would make it much more sensible to be all on one big network for ease of central management, but since they do not want to at the moment to manage individual schools the security risk and the management problems for the people who are currently managing the schools increased tenfold. I could even understand it if you're offering services that required the machines to have the local authority IP range, but they not the only services that are offering our basic websites inside the local authorities’ network. I am more than willing to admit that I don't know everything about networking, but they will not giving any real justification as to what the issues are all they say is it is a completely wrong setup. The interesting fact in this is that when the local authority supplied the NGFL kit to the schools in the late 90s ICT Education setup every school network in exactly this way using a NT4 box with two network cards to segment the local authority and local school networks. The local authority network has got faster but the IP address structure has not changed.

At GrumbleDook I agree with you, this is why I would expect most LA engineers to go to the point at which their responsibility ends and test it at that point if it works at that point it's the school's problem if it doesn't it's the local authorities problem and in every of the local authority I never worked in this is what happens. Sorry you are right the DNS does get forward to Sefton on the gateway, but this in itself confuses the engineer's as it doesn't appear in IP config. I honestly don't know what they think the problem is with double NATing, as everything is working fine the majority. This time the reason is because the local authorities put a CCTV server on the admin network which the head wishes to access on the curriculum network. We asked them to allow access from this machine’s IP address to the curriculum network. They come in and instantly blame it on NAT saying that you will never get to see the admin network when the curriculum network is NATed, little bit surprising since every machine curriculum network can see the admin server if needed already. Anyway to cut a long story short I was ill on that day full of a cold and did not feel like getting into a massive argument with someone who was been arrogant. So the next time I was within the school I tested accessing the CCTV server from a laptop on the other side of the gateway (on local authority IP range) guess what it doesn't work. This is the reason I want to find out if there is any technical issues in using NAT and a proxy server to segment responsibility. As it seems to be a major issue with Sefton as it hasn't been with any other local authority therefore before I speak to them again I just wanted to put out to the general community see if anyone could come up with any reasonable explanation to what they issues were.

Each school in the local authority does have its own IP range, the main protocols which are being used are http and https and basic file sharing to the admin network which had to be specifically allowed through the local authorities cisco route as by default the local authority admin network are separate to the curriculum networks. You can access any other school’s curriculum network range from the school's address, and it's the same on the admin network. As has been said on here by a few people it is normal to put some type the gateway/firewall at the point where your responsibility ends in your network and with proper modification to the firewall tables you can allow any traffic through.

I explain what the setup is in more detail all the school’s PCs are on 192.168.1.0 IP range pointing to the Linux box which is acting as a gateway and proxy. This box is then set to be on the local authorities IP range of 10.151.158.0 and is set to use the local authority's proxy server as a forward. Normally there is no problem with this type of setup, and it can access everything which is allowed on the local authorities curriculum network range as in effect all the PCs in the school seen externally on the same IP address due to the gateway. The gateway can be configured to allow access through as was done when Sefton allowed access from the curriculum network to the admin Network for Sims in the classrooms. I have tried to have sensible conversations with the Arvato’s technicians but they won't sit down and explain any problems, the last conversation I had with them in front of the head was that anybody with any networking experience understand that double Natting should never be used. They don't try to diagnose the problem from the cisco switch to determine if it's a local authority problem of school problem. Their initial responses to logon to a machine do IP config and instantly blame it on the fact that the IP address is a 192.168.1.0 I have seen a few problems accessing sites within Sefton which were working the day before, you report the fault the engineers will come out instantly blame it on the school set up and walk away, couple of days later the site will be accessible again without changing anything at the school. One of these type of problems I noticed at three different Sefton schools and only after reporting its three separate times and been told each time it was down to the school’s setup I finally was able to spoke to someone higher up the technical chain who after five minutes agreed with me rebooted one of LA’s DNS server which fixed the problem. Unfortunately it seems that the people going out to the schools have little or no understanding of networking and cannot cope with anything that looks slightly different than what they're expected, and instantly will blame it on that rather than trying to diagnose the problem.

Can anyone explain if there is a problem with double nating if set up correctly, I support a large primary school’s network in Sefton, and it has 3 Server and 150 PCs & Laptops. It is setup behind a Linux gateway\proxy box which acts as a gateway for the network, this box has two network cards and the second network card is attached directly to the local authority’s switch, where their responsibility ends. From my experience this is a normal setup for most school networks and I do support schools in other local authorities and there have been no issues with this type of setup. The local authority has put out it ICT support to a company called Arvato, whose technicians seem to go around the schools telling them that they should not have a proxy server on-site as it slows down the Internet and that they should be on the local authorities IP range, as double nating causes problems. The problem I have with this is that Sefton's network is like one large network, you can see any other machine on Sefton network and when it first launched there were lots of viruses spreading between sites if they were not protected by some firewall. I could understand it if they wanted to provide a managed service to the desktops, but they repeatedly insist that their responsibility ends at the switch. I understand the NAT adds legacy to a network, and a proxy server will slow down the first client to access a web page, but will speed up the subsequent request to the same page. But can anyone else see any good reasons not to have a proxy\gateway server at the point where your responsibility ends for your network, as from my perspective the benefits seem to outweigh the disadvantages. Thanks

I’m setup a new Windows 2008 Server R2 at a Primary school this half-term, So I’m re-imaging all the PC’s & Laptops in the School. I’m looking for free Primary software to put on, the list I’ve made so far is below, just want to know if I’m missing anything good off:) Sun Java .Net 1, 2, 3.5 sp1 Sysinternals Tools Shockwave Player Flash Player Adobe Reader FireFox DelProf ISO Recorder K-Lite Codec Pack QuickTime RealPlayer USBDLM Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows XP Kompozer Italc (Suite Only) Acid Xpress Audacity FreeMind Paint.Net Google Earth Music Maker Basic 9 TuxPaint TuxType2 HotPotatoes OpenOffice Scibus Smartboard 10 Plus the normal bought software MS Office, 2Simple, dazzle etc

I’m setup a new Windows 2008 Server R2 at a Primary school this half-term, They have a Windows 2003 at the min but the server is total out of disk space. Since the server is the only 1 in the school it will have DHCP, DNS, AD, WDS running on it. The question I want to ask is what extra software – tools would you put on the server. My list is below, just want to know if I’m missing anything good off, as 2 minds are always better then 1 PaterCut Logger Sophos EM Specops Gpupdate 2.0 Logmein (Remote Access) HP Data Protector Express (Free Version) Sun Java .Net 1, 2, 3.5 sp1 Sysinternals Tools Shockwave Player Flash Player Adobe Reader FireFox I’m planning to use the WiseSoft Speadsheet for managing the user accounts, Always just a custom script before anyone got any other free choices that are better?

I have had this problem before, created a master Image on a Desktop PC, sysprep & ghost, Desktops boot ok, but some Laptops just reboot, found its normally on newer laptops to do with SATA mode in the BIOS, If you set it to be Compatible mode, the laptop with boot fine into sysprep. On older laptops it seems to do with the AHCI mode, if you change the options in the BIOS they will boot in sysprep as well Hope this helps:)

Any update when EduMove with be released? I'm upgrading a windows 2003 server this Oct halfterm and this looks like it could be useful:)

Server sounds fine, but I would watch the CPU & Memory usage when someone is printing to the CLP-600, as it does sound like a memory problem to me. Have you got a test server or virtual server you could install windows 2003 server on again & just install one samsung to see if it happens on that setup that way you can rule out the server if it happens on the test box. I just can't get it to do the same here:confused:

Have try both ways of setting up the printer on a clean install of window 2003 server SP2 Standard, and both ways work fine. Driver version is 1.62.00 The printers are CLP-600N Main Firmware Version : 2.21 10-16-2006 NIC Firmware Version : V2.01.43(NPC3H) Engine Firmware Version : 2.17.00 How much memory have you got on the print server as 35 printers is quite a lot. Does the print spooler always crash when you try & print large documents or only sometimes? Ste

Your right, school do not want to pay for training or certs, or software tools & in some cases screwdrivers etc!! Most primary schools don't understand how much they use the IT, I've been in school support for nearly 15 years now, and most primary IT bugets are £800 a year for inks!!! Software lots!! Last primary school I installed 250 pieces of software on the images for 86 PC 14 laptops. Some of the software was wrote for dos & win 3.11 and they still want it to work!!! Also most Primary schools do not pay for holidays so the 17K will be less!!

Sorry I thought you want people who used open office at home etc to be about to print edit documents etc.. You are correct if you want to just double click on a open office file the easiest way is to install it on the pcs, Personally I don’t see it as a problem, But I know a few place where having ms office & open office on the same pcs does confuses the teachers & some pupils as you have said not all staff are technical!! The way you are talking it sounds like you want to force your department’s staff to use open office, which from a whole school point of view, starts becomes difficult as when you share documents between other departments or even others school, I know off two schools around here that uninstall open office because of this reason. I guess you want open office install all over the school so you can edit\print documents on any pc in the school to make your life easier? I would install open office across the school along side MS Office as there are no technical reasons why not too, but I would not force anyone to use it. Also any open office product will open any open office document so you only need one shortcut on your desktops so your staff don't have to know which program open which file type!!! Try it