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I've just done it - we now have a virtualised Server 2012 r2 network, with SCCM for building and package deployment, Impero primarily to replace RMTutor, though it's power management features are great too, and it does AUP delivery, and limits logons, and Salamander to auto import users from SIMS and set up e-mail accounts. I started work on setting up the new domain round about last Easter, recreating all packages and building images for deployment. The advantage of SCCM is that we can create "fat" images, with most software already installed, and just a few small bits of software added during the Task Sequences. I copied over Documents once the users had been created, and recreated the T and W drives, using security groups to set permissions. I've not moved over profiles - they contain too much of RM, and they will recreate easily (I've only included roaming profiles for staff, students have a redirected AppData, but only use local profiles). We have about 1300 workstations, of which about 500 are laptops, and nearly 2000 users. We started moving the workstations across this Summer, and have successfully rebuilt the whole domain this Summer. Admin staff started using the system week 3 of the holidays, and teachers have been back for 2 days. The main helpdesk calls we've had have been printer mapping and drive permissions I'd missed - networks grow organically, and it's easy to miss the odd bit you set up for someone five years ago. It's been a steep learning curve, and exhausting at times. Fortunately the SLT know there will be teething problems, and not everything will work perfectly day 1. Give yourself as much time as possible in the R&D stage, that's where the real work is done, long before you build a single workstation.

Didn't try that, just found an alternative way to build them, as we were against the clock. I might re-visit it when the madness of the next two weeks are over.

The signature itself moves from machine to machine - it's the settings to use the signature on new mails or replies that resets every log-on.

I stay on the same machine, it's not working for me. We link to the exchange mailbox, we don't link to pst files. Office is installed on the local machine. I'm not sure what you are saying the problem is?

I suggested OWA, but was over ruled. As we have it, we need to make to make it work.

Does anyone know where Outlook stores it's user settings, or how I can retain them for users? Every time a user logs off and back on, Outlook loses information such as signature settings and additional mailboxes. We're using Exchange 2013 and Office 2013, workstations are Win7 Enterprise. The domain is server 2012, if that makes a difference to available GPO settings. Staff have roaming profiles, students have no profiles, but redirected AppData. We see the same issue whether users use the same computer or move to another.

Yes, it does. I can't understand what is happening with them They are built now, using the off line media option, but it's a strange one.

Fixed it - it appears a colleague loaded different drivers for this particular printer than all other identical model printers. Not sure why, but changing to the same drivers allowed the printer to map.

It took ages - there's a lot of printers, and only one not mapping. I've created a GPO with just that printer, and removed the other one, and it didn't work, so I'm not sure recreating it completely will work.

Done - I can install it manually, by searching in the directory. I've compared it's settings to a working (ie deployable) printer in the GPO, the printer web interface and on the print server, and everything is identical except the IP address and name. It's the same GPO - how can bits of it be working?

I've removed and re-added that particular printer, I might create a GPP just for that one and test that.

I'm deploying the printers on my new domain using GPP on the computer object. I've created 2 GPOs, one for each site, and added all printers to the relevant site, using item level targeting to deploy to the correct machines. I also have an entry to delete the "send to OneNote" printer, as this confuses too many people. All is working well, except for one printer. It is the same make and model as most of the others, is on the same print server, but fails to deploy. However, the delete printer part of the same GPO works. I've run gpupdate, no change. I can connect to the printer via a web page, and ping it, so the IP address is correct. The printer will install manually with no error. What have I missed?

So am I - I've found 32bit drivers, but ideally need 64bit.

They were dropping the network for us without a reboot. I'd F8 and start a ping going to our SCCM server as soon as it PXE booted, and it was fine - I could ping the server by name or IP address, and the laptop had picked up an IP address correctly. I would then work though the build process - select a TS, input the OSDComputerName variable. Regardless of the TS chosen, or whether or not a name was put into the variable, the ping stopped sometime before the first reboot. In the end I created offline build media, and they are building fine that way - at the end of the build they have successfully added themselves to the domain, with the correct name and in the correct OU.

It gave me elsiegee40

I'm arguing that point with him now - thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

My infrastructure guy says there are certificate problems in doing that. It was my first thought.

We have just moved to a new domain, with a new e-mail address and associated new exchange server. We now want to receive any mail sent to the old e-mail addresses on the new system. I have already added the old e-mail addresses for everyone as aliases. In my head what I now need to do is: 1. Drop the old exchange box (exchange 2007) off the old domain and add it to the new one (Exchange 2013). 2. Turn off the edgesync Send connectors 3. Set up the connectors so that the old box acts as an internal e-mail relay Am I right? Any pointers?

Sorry fixed - enabled Outlook anywhere, and configured Outlook to connect by http.

We've built a new Exchange 2013 Server. All users are on, OWA and Activsync both work without any Certificate errors. However, I am unable to connect an Outlook 2013 client to Exchange. I get the message OK-ing that then gives the error: which strikes me as strange, as the name is auto populated, I assume by autodiscover. I'm running out of things to try - HELP!!

Yes, I've done all the obvious things - and as I said - it connects initially, then drops the link - I can press F8, and have a ping going and see it stop when I select the TS - whichever TS I select.

Because the problem is with the network - although I have the correct drivers in, the link drops half way through the build, whether I PXE or CD boot. All other machines build with no problems, it's only the Toshiba Tecra A9 I have problems with.

I can't get Toshiba A9 laptops to build via PXE, so I thought I would build a media set and build them from DVD, until I get a chance to troubleshoot the PXE issue. So I've built a Task Sequence Media set, which runs over 3 DVDs. The system boots successfully from disk 1, formats the drive, then fails. Looking at the logs it's looking for the default wim image. The problem is, that image is on DVD 2, and it hasn't asked me to change disks. Have I missed something?

I'm wrong. It just crashes out later. The logs show it loading the correct network card, then later, without a reboot, it looses network connection. It only happens with the Toshiba Tecra A9 machines.

Strange. I've set the OSDComputername variable on the Unknown Computer Collection, so we are prompted for a computer name at the very start of the deployment. If I OK that box without inputting a name, the build continues. On all other models, the variable works as intended.