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Checked that. it's correct.

Possibly an if statement, looking at if SIMS Sheet A3 is blank then " " else A3. Not got the exact syntax in my head at the moment, but that's the logic I'd use.

My test machine has contacted the server, according to the last contact datestamp, but still has not yet reported.

We have about 1500 machines, but my two are unique models. I'll give your suggestion a go now.

Checking that on the two machines I have in front of me, neither of which update, and they are different.

I'm using WSUS - SCCM didn't seem to update the clients. It seems easier and faster to revert to WSUS than try and continue troubleshooting SCCM. It isn't a new thing - how would we clean a GUID to test?

I'm very confused - not unusual, I know. Our WSUS server is showing that our computers (both Windows 7 and Windows 10) have, in the main, never reported back. Some have, and there is no consistency between those which have and those which have not. The last contact date however is today, and all machines are receiving updates. There are no errors in the WindowsUpdateLog, and all permissions on the server in IIS and file system are correct. Help!!

I think I've got BGinfo working - I've tried it on every iteration of Windows since 95, and finally got it working

Thank you - I'll start some experimenting

So, preventing the saving of transcodedwallpaper to the server breaks it completely, and students don't get a wallpaper at all. i think I need to look at a different way of doing this - anyone got a guide for BGinfo?

@Joanne - that's my question - what file should I overwrite? It appears that with Windows 10 transcodedwallpaper (no extension) is created at logon, which is the jpg of the wallpaper. Once it's there is doesn't overwrite with the new wallpaper. So it appears I need to get rid of transcodedwallpaper in some way.

@Joanne I do that too - it works perfectly. My problem is that I change the image the GPO is pointing at, by renaming the file, but the old image remains on Win10 machines. @Davit2005 I've looked at that, but we don't have roaming profiles, just redirected appdata. I could never get BGInfo working, and my current system works well for our Win7 machines, I just need to tweak it a little for Win10.

The .bat runs on the server - that bit works, because our Windows 7 machines get a different wallpaper every day.

nearly there - it's %appdata%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper - if I delete that file from my appdata and reboot I get the correct wallpaper. So, how do I prevent that file from sticking - would preventing them saving that file to the server break anything?

We set our wallpaper on Windows 7 by GPO, pointing to a network location. A batch file runs on the server hosting the wallpaper, renaming a series of wallpapers, so every day \\server\wallpaper\desktop.bmp is a different picture, and users get a different wallpaper. This means we can advertise coming events or special occasions, or just push the motivational message of the day. The same GPO on Windows 10 doesn't work. Users get the wallpaper that was active the day they first logged on to a machine, and carry it around with them, and it doesn't change - even though going to Personalize shows the correct wallpaper in the preview. We use local profiles, but redirect Appdata, though I can't find the wallpaper cached in there. Any ideas? if I can find out where it is stored I'm half way there!

You can use security groups to set permissions - you don't need to restructure AD. Just create two security groups, edit_prayers and noedit_prayers. Put each staff member into the appropriate group. On the folder go to Security, advanced. Disable inheritance, copying the existing structure, then allow noedit_prayers read access, and edit_prayers modify access. Remove the existing staff group. Users can be members of many groups at once.

Salamander is very flexible, and they have always done whatever we have asked of them - I think they start from a base set of powershell files, and customise them to fit with whatever you want.

I redirect the start menu to a folder on the hard drive of the machine. That way only valid shortcuts for that machine are displayed.

google.com has full access through the firewall, and, while we do use SSL Intercept, I don't want to add google.com to the exceptions - I do want to see what the students are searching for (in fact, I think we have to know - PREVENT and all that)

It's fine on other browsers. I can't reproduce it, which is why I haven't logged a call. I'll wait until I get it reported again, so the team have some information to track.

It's OK I fixed it. Got my google-foo back, and found that creating a shortcut to %windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A} allows access to Devices and Printers. I have Devices and Printers as an allowed Control Panel applet, so adding this shortcut to the start menu allows students to access Devices and Printers.

Yes, exactly as you describe. Occasionally I get it during initial install, at other times I can finish my install, create my fat image, sysprep and capture said image and I get the white screen when running the OOBE on the original VM after sysprep.

I get the same issue on a hyper-v VM. Your fix of disconnecting the network works. It obviously isn't the network card, as other VMs work fine.

I want to allow access to devices and printers, but deny access to all other control panel apps and the Settings screen. However, the only way I can deny access to Settings is by blocking Control Panel completely. I am happy just putting in a shortcut to the allowed devices and printers, but I can't find what to create the shortcut to. My google skills are failing me today - can anyone help?

Thanks - I was using a bat file, I'll try setting it up like yours tomorrow