nickalmond

Hello. Quick update which is worth a try; The Scheduled Task has been created correctly via GPO. Under the task history, I had an error stating it couldn't run. It was down as runnning under the administrator account. Simply changing this to 'BUILTIN\Users' resolved the issue. Give it a try and let me know how you get on. Nick

No problem at all. I have made the font and window size on the larger size but if you still think this is too small, it can be easily increased by simply changing the following variables; $GUIWIDTH = 370 $GUIHEIGHT = 84 and GUICtrlSetFont($MESSAGELBL, 11, 600) 11 = font size, 600 = font weight Obviously this wouldn't prevent someone opening a window on top and missing it this way but its not bad. My main concern is that someone isn't in the room at the time the script is launched and the system is forcibly shut down resulting in said member loosing work. This is obviously your call but i would personally be a little cautious. We currently shut our machines down at 6:15pm (just after the school shuts) using the Impero management software - this way we know everyone has finished work. Good luck with it! Ooo - also, 13:00 came and went and no signs of the scheduled task. Will take another look on Monday.

Hello. I have set a GPO schedule to open an .exe for 13:00 today so will see if that works and get back to you. With regards to your shutdown - I have just put together the following AutoIT script which will hopefully do what you want - be aware that if you run this within AutoIT - it WILL shut down your computer after 30 seconds unless you cancel / close it down - you have been warned . #Include #include #include ;~ VARIABLES $COUNTDOWN = 30000 ;MS $GUIWIDTH = 370 $GUIHEIGHT = 84 ;~ CREATE GUI $GUI = GUICreate("Shutdown", $GUIWIDTH, $GUIHEIGHT) ;~ GUI MESSAGE $MESSAGE = "Your computer will shut down in " & ROUND($COUNTDOWN/1000,0) & " seconds" ;~ GUI LABEL $MESSAGELBL = GUICtrlCreateLabel($MESSAGE, 0, 10, $GUIWIDTH, 30, $SS_CENTER) GUICtrlSetFont($MESSAGELBL, 11, 600) ;~ GUI Button $CANCELBTN = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel Shutdown", 120, 44, 130, 30) ;~ GUI SET VISIBLE GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $GUI) ;~ WHILE LOOP While 1 $COUNTDOWN = $COUNTDOWN-100 Sleep (100) ;~ UPDATE GUI MESSAGE $MESSAGE = "Your computer will shut down in " & ROUND($COUNTDOWN/1000,0) & " seconds" GUICtrlSetData($MESSAGELBL, $MESSAGE) ;~ IF COUNTDOWN EQUALS 0 THEN SHUTDOWN If $COUNTDOWN = 0 Then Sleep(1000) Shutdown (1) Exit EndIf ;~ LISTEN FOR MESSAGE $msg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $msg Case $CANCELBTN Exit Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit EndSwitch WEnd

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Hello. We have recently invested in a class set of iMacs and are looking for a similar solution; we are currently looking into finding a way of hiding the local user area from finder and replacing it with the SMB network share rather than disabling the library all together. It should be a simply case of amending the finder.plist/sidebar.plist files but so far we haven't been very successful. I don't have an answer for you unfortunately but we are in talks with a 3rd party with the aim of getting this working. The work is being planned in approximately 2 weeks (just after Christmas) so if you don't receive a solution by then, let me know and hopefully I will be able to provide some information. Nick

Hello. To try and break this down; Do you know if the issue is with the scheduled tasks not running or if the issue is with the dialogue box not running? Do you have any policies in place that may prevent VBS or CMD scripts from running on non-admin accounts? I have used a package called AutoIT to create an EXE file in the past for other purposes. If you do have restrictions on the account, this may be a suitable way around this without changing any of your existing setup; Basic instructions if you haven't used AutoIT before; Download and install AutoIT from https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/ Insert the following code with your message; MsgBox (0, "Notification", "This is a test") Select Tools > Compile And select your output location. Change your schedule to point to the exe on the network share and you should be good to go. Hopefully this helps! Nick

Thank you very much to everyone who has replied. I am not entirely sure yet how we are going to proceed with this but I will be giving Schools Broadband a call next week to further discuss both LightSpeed and broadband. Thank you again - hope everyone has a great weekend! Nick

Hello. I am hoping someone may be able to offer a bit of advice. We are currently in a position where we are purchasing 8 laptops for some of our pupil premium students for use at home; however, the majority of these students also do not have an internet connection. We are currently purchasing mobile broadband adapters for these situations but I have two problems with this; 1) I am anticipating the internet usage each month will be approximately 5-6GB (if used solely for work purposes). We are currently purchasing 12GB Three Mobile broadband adapters at approximately £70 a piece. This is going to get very costly over the course of the year to cover all 8 students. 2) We cannot offer any form of filtering for these students other than the standard 'under 18' filtering of the adapter. We have discussed the option of simply paying for a home connection through the likes of BT but again, have run into a possible issue; the school doesn't have a debit card and therefore cannot set up a direct debit to pay for these connections. The alternative would be to ask the parents to pay for the connect and they will be reimbursed but I don't see this as a great option given the situation and would potentially cause issues with money exchanging hands. I have contacted our ISP (ExaNetwork) to see if they offer residential installs but unfortunately they don't - this would have been ideal as they also offer basic filtering. Ideally, what we are looking is a home internet connection either with filtering through the ISP or some software / setup which will allow us to remotely manage filtering policies which allows us to pay using BACS or make annual payments for the service (I believe it may be possible to set up direct debits using BACS but most companies appear to require card details which I don't believe this has). I have come across Web Filtering & Parental Controls for Schools & Families - Securly which may help with the filtering side - I still need to read a little more about how this works but a a semi locked down laptop with this service may do the trick. If anyone has been in a similar situation and can offer any advice, it would be greatly appreciate. Thank you! Nick

Absolutely amazing! Thank you Ben - really appreciate your help with this. We had the PCClient.app added to the application whitelist as well as /Applications/PCClient.app/ in the folder whitelist - as per your suggestion, we removed the PCClient.app from the application whitelist and all works great. Will definitely remember this one. Thank you again! Nick

Hello. We have just started the setup of a class set of iMacs and have run into the same issue - just wondering if you managed to resolve this problem? I have just emailed PaperCut support to see if they have any suggestions. Our setup; OSX El Capitan on server & client PaperCut Client 15.2 Profile Manager running with 'Restrict which apps are allowed to launch' option enabled but PCClient white-listed Works perfectly under the administrator or accounts not restricted by the above setting but fails to open with message 'You don't have permission to use the application "PCClient"' for those with the setting enabled As per other suggestions, I have also checked the permissions and also added it to the 'Allow Folders' menu. Thank you, Nick

Hello. We have previously battled with this issue (SMART Ink vs IE 10). SMART have released an update which isn't yet live on their website but can be requested via the support - request SMART Ink 2.0 software and they should send you a link to the latest September 2013 package named 'smartesi2013septadmin.zip'. We are now currently running the following with no further issues with having to scroll pages; Notebook : 11.3.857.0 Product Drivers : 11.3.533.0 Common Files : 11.4.188.0 SMART Ink : 2.0.719.0 To add further information - we had particular issues with SIMS Reports, YouTube and Google. Hope this helps! Nick