PeteSeddon

Or if you have server 2008 or newer, set up a group policy object to do it for you. No scripting needed. It's also a lot cleaner rather than nasty outdated batch files. The GPP you are looking for is in Computer Configuration\Preferences\Files. Create a new update rule and point the source file to your access DB and the destination to the location you want it to go on your machine. Bear in mind you will need client side extensions installing on your station if it's running XP. Link found here.

Hi Kris, As a veteran of the RM scene, I can tell you that it is a little different on RM networks but once you get used to it you will find it a doddle. If you really must install Firefox, I would recommend FireFoxADM which is a version of firefox which runs from a folder, but is locked down. This is because the GPO's are extremely fiddly on an RM network to install the full blown version. I would download and configure the security, stick it in the P:\ drive and create a shortcut and put it in the shortcut bank. It will then run from the hidden P:\ network share. You will need to add the exe file or the folder to the Software restriction policies in the RMMC as well as the shortcut to the program set you would like. We have created one called "Web Browsers". Alternatively I can highly recommend the Chrome package which I think is available on RM's knowledgebase as a Blueprint. If you would like to speak to me about advice, just PM me and I will reply with my number and I can talk you through it.

Hi, I'd like to point you to this thread if I may: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows/67401-voices-quiet-when-playing-dvds.html Have you tried the steps listed here? Worked a charm for us. Pete

Not much info, but let's see where it goes. With there being nothing in eventvwr I can't see this being a problem specific to your workstation or server hardware otherwise something would show up in system or applogs. Have you changed any GPO settings recently that are not getting applied correctly to some laptops? This could be down to AD replication if you have done. Just type replmon in the run bar and add your servers and check that replication is occurring correctly. Next thing to check is network loops. Do you have any other problems on your network - voip phones working intermittently, printers acting in a bizarre manner. If you have HP switches, just connect your laptop up to one of the switches an affected device is on via a console cable and if it has loop protect enabled, type show loop-protect all on the command line. This will show you if you have any ports with a loop and how long it has been up. We have had issues where a student (or staff member) has looped 2 sockets next to each other and we have had an older switch without loop protect at the top of a stack which has brought entire areas down. Next thing - you say you had a recent network upgrade. Who did this? Did they configure anything they didn't really know what it did such as spanning tree? This can really mess a network up if you don't get your costings right. In an education environment, I can't see why you would really want it anyway. Any other information would be helpful - did it start only after the network upgrade, did you make any other hardware/software changes recently.

Hi Guys, With some laptops we ordered, they came pre-installed with a lot of the usual bloatware which we remove habitually. One piece of software I saw that was actually a really great idea was a connection window that displayed at the logon screen with a list of wireless SSID's ands whether they were connected, along with signal strength. This was called Toshiba wireless LAN indicator. I have tried downloading this from the Toshiba website, however it will only run on approved Toshiba hardware. Has anyone got anything that will perform the same/similar job as it's handy for the teachers to see when they wander out of wireless range as more often than not they log on with cached profiles and get no mapped drives and end up calling for a technician. Cheers, Pete

Back in my CC3 days, I could remember a few things that could affect this. First was make sure your DHCP scope hasn't run out of IP addresses and is functioning correctly. The next is some newer workstations with particular network cards act in a peculiar way with certain switches. If these network cards don't detect a link within a predetermined set time, they drop the link to the switch. We had this with a new suite of computers and the advice was to update the NIC dos driver (which is different to the Windows one you would get when you smartclient the machine). Next is to make sure spanning tree is not enabled in any way shape or form on the switch you are connected to. And if it is, make sure your costings are set up correctly. If after all this, it still doesn't work, try finding another workstation with the same NIC and try building it up in 1. The original location, 2. The location you were trying to build your clean station

Hi Tom, Reader X has been out for quite some time, we started having this problem around 18 months ago. The securus client is very specific in the way it works - if tampered with, it will just reinstall itself. You will need the removal tool provided by securus - I spoke to Henry I believe who sorted it. You will first need to upgrade your server version to the latest version, this will vary depending if you are on standard or securus ng. Next deploy the removal tool. Finally deploy the custom msi to your clients. We are using foxit on our admin network as our local authority refuse to update the server/client that is centrally managed by them. Hope this helps, Pete

Yeah, firmware is running the latest version as a chap from OKI came out and flashed them all 2 weeks ago, and the website is reporting the same version. Tried a direct print, bypassing the print server and I get the same result. Wireshark isn't really coming up with anything conclusive but I am going to reboot the core switch at 3PM to see if there's some sort of faulty device causing an issue. All the pointless junk like Appletalk and IPX is disabled. Going to try a Xover cable in 10 minutes to see if I can rule that out.

Check event viewer, if you are seeing any big long lists of red crosses after a particular slow log on, plug the errors you get into eventid.net and see what comments people are putting. I had a very similar problem with a machine that was trying to update group policy from a particular DC in our domain, but it could not resolve it after a number of retries. Sometimes, it would pick another DC that it could resolve and it logged on lightning fast. To resolve it, i just removed it from the domain and re-added it and did an ipconfig /flushdns. I am making the assumption that this machine you are having trouble with is on the network, however.

Hi all, I have got on our network a virtual server (ESXI 4.1) running server 2003 with just our printers on it. It has been running like a charm up until last week. On Thursday, the head of ICT complained that his colour laser printer in his classroom was taking a ridiculous amount of time to print. Sure enough, a 5MB file was appearing in the queue, then spooling at around 100k/second meaning publisher files were taking minutes to print. I sent the same documents to a mono printer in his room, and they printed out immediately. The resources on the server were not looking troubling, not getting over 10% in memory and CPU. No memory ballooning or VMK swap file usage. I have rebooted the VM, changed the drive the spooler is running on, as well as updating the drivers to the latest version of this particular printer, and also changing between the PCL6, Universal PCL5 and PS. The same printers located all around school, are experiencing similar delays, whereas before Thursday they were working just fine. We had a problem on our network a number of months ago (network loop) which affected all of these same printers at the same time. The issue actually brought an error up on the printer itself and the printer had to be rebooted. This issue is not the same, but I just thought I would mention that these printers have had problems manifest just on their own model and no others on site. Any ideas?

Hi Ramsay, Could I just ask why you are giving users local admin access instead of just power users? Have you tried assigning the GP to an OU containing users? Also I take it your FRDC is 2008 R2? Pete

A little bit of a scenario for you: We have gone over to a managed printer service with the majority of printers replaced with the more environmentally friendly OKI Executive 7120 printers. These printers have 2 input trays so you can have 2 different media types. In finance, I installed the printer with 2 print queues. One print queue set up to print to tray 2 (larger capacity) for day-to day printing in word, etc. The second print queue was set up to only print from tray one for purchase orders in SIMS. It was done this way so the user doesn't need to manually go and change the tray when they are printing from Word. When printing from Word/Excel the printer behaves exactly as it should and prints to tray 2. When printing from FMS for a purchase order, it picks a tray at random and prints to it (usually tray 2) causing problems when printing on controlled stationary. If I print a test page/word document out on this specific queue then it prints from tray 1 (as it should) which to me says it's a problem within FMS. I have checked the print setup in Focus and the print settings are set correctly. I have tried both the PS and PCL6 driver - the only difference being that the PS driver stops purchase orders from being spooled at all. After doing some digging, If the purchase order printer is set to the Windows default, it prints correctly to tray 1, and regular application printing works OK to tray 2 using it's specific tray, however this means the user needs to change the printer every time they print a word document. Besides putting their manual single feed HP 1100's back in, has anyone got any suggestions? Pete