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Just found this which might be of use: how to find out what services are using domain admin account Your other option is to simply change it and then wait and see what fails - not ideal but at least you'll find out.

Definately go for a site licence, with Microsoft it's based on the number of staff (FTE) and not the number of computers, that way you can always have up-to-date software on your computers.

We have a Captive Portal Page where if you are not logged on to a computer that has been authenticated by Active Directory (such as a tablet or mobile phone) then you are prompted to enter your credentials before the system will then let you on.

I protect our cables with a 30cm wooden ruler. Each time they ruin a lead by running over it with their chair or letting it get twisted, I promise that if they do it again I will smack their hands with a ruler!...

Are you using any kind of backup software to backup the drive as it may be leaving it's temporary files or snapshots behind and not removing them?

Yes, after updating the schema to 2012 R2 (from an 2012 R2 disk or mounted ISO image) you then install the .admx files (AKA Group Policy Files) and you can then set Group Policies for 8.1. You configure Group Policies for 8.1 in this scenario by installing the RSAT tools on an 8.1 installation, you cant configure them on anything less than 2012 R2 or 8.1. Hope that makes sense.

Sorry, can't help with exporting as it's not something I've had to do yet. The teachers that have used it watch it back after the lesson - it's mainly used so they can evaluate their own lessons.

Did you upgrade the Schema first?

We've had one for several years and I can count on one hand the amount of times it has been used. It's very good at what it does but I guess the Teachers are put off by the fact it's the portable one whereas if we'd had one fitted permanently in to a room it may be a different story.

No we haven't got a 2012 R2 DC, I do have a couple of 2012 R2 member servers though. I've updated the Schema but not added any ADMX files yet. I've got Windows 8.1 installed on one of our Student PCs and I plan to tinker with it in the new year, I thought I pop on to Edugeek to find out what others have done and have found useful so I'm up-to-speed ready for January.

No problems with synching what-so-ever, it just works now we plug things in to the same USB sockets as before.

Finally got time to tinker with 8.1 on a 'Student' desktop PC. What Group Policy settings have you configured to get it running smoothly on your school network? Any GPO tips/advice are greatly appreciated - especially ones that can help speed up log on times etc!

CEX prices vary depending on demand and the quantity they have of an item, they don't order stock from a wholesaler they have to wait for random people off the street to bring in random items! The other thing to remember is that with most shops you have to pay with money, in CEX you can 'pay' with an old mobile phone and a DVD for example and if you get a voucher for your stuff instead of cash they give you more to spend in store which is another reason prices may be higher.

Not sure where to post this as it's really an OS query but I can only see Windows Software forums and Windows wont fit on these any more... I've got a dozen or so of the Asus EEE PC Netbooks that currently have Windows XP on them, but with it finally becoming end of life in the next few months I need to find something I can put on these netbooks. The issue is storage. They have a 4GB fast SSD and an 8GB (very) slow SSD so I need to find an OS that I can put on the 4GB partition so that they can just power on the netbook and get on the internet and not be able to change any settings so they dont get buggered up. Any suggestions/ideas please?

You dont need SCCM to install SCDPM - they're two different systems. We dont have SCCM but we do have 2 DPM servers, one backs up the servers and the other backs up the first DPM. I've tried bare metal recovery of both a Virtual Hyper-V server and a physical server and both worked.

There's no easy answer to sharing devices that are basically not designed to be shared. I use Apple Configurator to configure the iPads that we have. On connecting them back up via USB, Apple Configurator automatically wipes the iPads and re-images them from a backup I created. That way when the next group of Students use them they wont have access to the previous users work so plagiarism etc. is ruled out. Some teachers love them, others not so much as the websites they wanted to access on them doesn't work properly on them either due to them not supporting Flash or a mouse is really needed to interact with the website and a touch screen doesn't really work on them such as dragging and dropping things. When you use the Apple Configurator you cant then plug the iPads in to a computer and get the images and videos off of them as it's locked to the Mac you have used Configurator on. You could always leave them 'as is' but then they'll be full of each users files and they can then install/delete apps as and when they like so they'll all soon be full of nonsense from silly fart apps to selfshot photos of themselves. At least with Windows RT (which is the Microsoft equivalent of the iPad) you could connect up a USB flash drive and copy and files across to that. Let is know how you get on.

That's what I was lead to believe too. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Roll on the disappointment as the end users realise that have the Start button back doesn't mean that the old Start menu will appear!

What we have done is install Windows Backup (in Windows 8 its called something like System Image Backup in Programs/features) and backup to a USB disk. Then all you need to do is boot from a Windows 8 disk, click on Repair during setup and in the Advanced section you can restore from an image from a USB drive. If Windows has detected your NIC then you can even put your image on your network and restore it from there.

I use SCDPM 2012 SP1 and it works very well. I've performed test restores of random VMs as well as bare metal restores of physical servers - all restored perfectly.

It seems to be an ID ten T error (change the ten to 10) or a PICNIC error on this occasion. I was running it in a standard PowerShell window and not the DPM Management Shell like I should have been! Oh well, leaving this here might help someone else having a 'senile moment'!!

Currently using SCDPM 2012 SP1 on a Server 2012 server. I've just added a Quantum Tapeload to the server which will be using tapes that already have data on them. To mark them as free you're supposed to use the script found here: MS Technet When running the script it prompts for the server name, library name and tape location. After entering this in we get the following error: Connect-DPMServer : The term 'Connect-DPMServer' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At C:\ForceFree.ps1:43 char:7 + if (!(Connect-DPMServer $DPMServerName)) + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Connect-DPMServer:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException Get-DPMLibrary : The term 'Get-DPMLibrary' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At C:\ForceFree.ps1:49 char:12 + $library = Get-DPMLibrary $DPMServerName | where {$_.UserFriendlyName -eq $Libra ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-DPMLibrary:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException C:\ForceFree.ps1 : Failed to find library with user friendly name kripke At line:1 char:1 + ./forcefree + ~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ( [Write-Error], WriteErrorException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,ForceFree.ps1 I'm not a PowerShell expert (yet) so need some help with this error please?! Thanks.

Now it tells me that it is Unable to create the virtual desktop collection. I've also tried it on our test domain which has a single 2012 DC and after a fresh install of 2012 on another server, when I try and install the Quick setup it fails with the same message saying it cant create the virtual desktop collection.

*Problem Solved* It turns out that for some reason, the Windows Firewall service was disabled and that was causing the "One or more errors has occurred" message to appear! I now get further through the installation and now have a new error message to deal with! lol

No it's not a DC. It's a fresh install of Server 2012. I've tried it with and without all Windows Updates installed and still get the same errors.

I've checked the services and they're all started.