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You may want to ensure that you have the GPO setting for "Wait for network" enabled which forces all Computer GPOs to process during startup before the logon prompt is presented to the user. http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows/60257-gpo-processing-allways-wait-network-computer-startup-what-do-you-choose.html Regards, David

@jlucas from the sounds of that error message the server which the client machine is trying to connect to is ignoring the connection request to the LDAP database. In my experience this kind of thing happens when - the server the client is trying to connect to is not longer a domain controller - the server the client is trying to connect to is busy and cannot deal with the number of requests it is receiving - there is a network error preventing the client connection from reaching the server I hope these suggestions help. Regards, David

The only other suggestion I have would be to look and see if there is a reason why the script is not running on the PC in your office - is it possible the script is not being triggered to run correctly? Event Logs may help - also what happens if you run the script manually? Dave

Without knowing the applications you are trying to pin, or the differences in the machines in question, but the thing to check would be: Are the paths to the applications the same on both machines? If the library machine is installed using x86/32bit version of windows then office will be installed in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14" wheras on a x64/64bit version of windows "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14"

The verdict is in. I can run without them falling out I have to admit I was quite suprised as they are glossy plastic, but no problems at all. I also confirm @Norphy's comment about comfort - they are better than almost any earphones I have used before. I listened to a mix of "beat" music (for running), rock, pop, classical and spoken voice and have not yet found anything they are not good at - although if I was being REALLY picky I would say they are slightly quiet in the mid range (or does that mean slightly too powerfull in the lower ranges?). All in all a good choice, even with on iPhone 5 Dave

Received my iPhone 5 (for all those who wish to mock I believe the current term is iLong) last night and I find these much more comfortable than previous apple headphones. They are comforatble, have good sound reproduction (I am not an audiophile, but like my music) with rich bass as well as crisp spoken voice. I will be testing them at the Gym tonight for the all important "do they fall out of my ears" test Dave

Kai, I'm sorry but I don't fully understand your question, but I think you mean - if you put "email.school.county.sch.uk" as a proxy exception will www.school.county.sch.uk still go through the proxy as normal? The answer to this is yes. Only if you put *.school.county.sch.uk as the proxy exception would you have a problem with other domain names. The problem I can see here is one we have seen before. When you created the DNS zone for school.county.sch.uk and then created the A record for "email" with the internal IP address this results in other records for the domain not working. The solution here would be to duplicate other DNS records for your external domain in your internal DNS ie. create A records for "www" and other addresses that you use with the correct IP addresses (these would be external ones). If that does not make sense please let me know and I will try to help further. Regards Dave

Hopefully this is a really simple issue but maybe not. reading through all of the above you have done the correct things for setting up and testing the DNS, but I wonder if you have a proxy server set for users to access the internet? If so you may need to add both the IP address and the domain name (email.schooname.county.sch.uk) to the proxy exceptions list so web browsers connect to it directly rather than the school proxy server? Regards Dave

To find out, in a command prompt run "netstat -a -b" and look for the application listening on port 1100 -it will only show the .exe name which is not so user friendly but will hopefully be clear enough. Regards Dave

I always say - there is no such thing as a stupid question, it's just that questions help point out the daft things we are trying to do! Regards, David Irwin

The other thing you may want to check is whethter the machine UUID is unique. We have come across many examples of machines where MAC addresses are unique (could cause some really serious network problems if they are not) but the UUID (which is also stored in the BIOS). This is something which SCCM stored and used to identify machines in older versions (I am not yet familiar with SCCM 2012) and only if the UUID was all zeros did it use the MAC address. Many vendors are able to provided tools to update, change or randomise the UUID. Regards David Irwin

@teklogic if you want to include the update in the folder as you described above I think you have to extract the SP2.exe out to a temp folder and then put the .MSP files into the Update folder. HTH. Regards, David Irwin

Glad you got it sorted David Irwin

@basicchannel If you are trying to add a REG_DWORD then you have to specitfy a number in /d More likely that you want to add a REG_SZ value (String) if the data is a path to a server? To check that out use Regedit to manually add the value you want in the registry and then use "REG QUERY HKEY_Local_User\Software\Location /ve" to show current values in that area of the registry and their name, type and data. Regards David Irwin

Hi there, Demoting the server from being a domain controller should not affect the print services but as with any significant change to a server I would recommend ensuring you have a good backup just in case! The most common problem I have seen when demoting domain controllers is you need to check the DNS server addresses on the local network cards are set to request from the remaining DNS/DCs on your network rather than 127.0.0.1 which is the case on many DCs. Regards, David Irwin

Andrew, A few suggestions which may or may not be related to the problem. With Windows 2008 servers and Win7 clients I always recommend file servers have the following installed and enabled: Remote Differential Compression Search Service Ensure with the Search Service you have been through and enabled indexing of the data drives. Both of these can improve performance of Win7 clients. To address your specific issue I try to identify a specific event when the problem occurs and investigate thoroughly - I have seen issues where the local profile for a particular user was well within normal size limits generally, but on one particular machine they had saved a large file in their downloads folder which caused a similar problem. Other issues which can cause this type of problem are: Incorrect IP address (A Record) entries in DNS for File Servers Incorrect IP address (A Record) entries in DNS for Domain Controllers (particularly old or orphaned servers!) Network problems between client and file server (such as high CRC error rates on particular links, or link saturation on a shared up-link) Incorrect DNS server addresses allocated to client machine (most likely when client has fixed IP address or reservation in DHCP) If you are using DFS for profiles ensure the DFS root does not reference old (or inaccessible) replica servers I hope some of the above is helpful for you in identifying the problems - slow logons and logoffs are one of the things users notice most, and even if all other aspects of their experience are good will result in complaints about "slow" computers! Regards David Irwin

Andrew, Have you been through the event logs on these machines to see if it shows anything (permission denied/no response from.../etc) during the time the machine is showing that status on screen? Is this happening for all users, or just some particular users? I am assuming that you are using roaming profiles and this could be waiting to upload large files on the users' desktop. Is your network single site? I ask because I have seen issues in multi-site resulting in workstations trying to upload profiles to a remote file server rather than the local. There are a fairly large number of possible causes to this so more information on your network would be useful such as OS version for client/server, what you have tried to identify/rule out causes, etc. Regards, David Irwin

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Could it be simply that you have drive letters hidden for students which includes the drive letters which would be used by the removable devices? Off the top of my head I could not direct you to the policies, but something like: User -> Policies -> Windows -> Explorer -> Hide all drive letters except... David Irwin

Good point. A fridge is required for "cold boot" testing laptops after repair

I give platelets every 4 weeks and if I am honest prefer it to giving whole blood. The process is the same with some minor differences: You are sat up while donating The blood is removed, goes through the machine and you get most back (except the platelets) Because you loose very little whole blood (about 100ml I believe) you are less likely to feel light headed/faint after donating You can feel the machine return blood to you, but it is not painful/unpleasant or anything like that You get drinks & snacks brought to you while donating It can take a while (30-90 minutes per donation depending on individual) Take something to entertain you which you can do with one hand (reading a book can be difficult!)

Any project which involves major change can have unexpected consequences and should be planned, tested, planned some more, tested some more, trialed and tested some more before a full implementation. Real users are the final test of anything, and what they do will regularly surprise you I could not have said that better myself.

To test the machine/user in question I would recommend some or all of the following: Test for that user on another PC (is it something in their roaming profile) Test for another user on the same PC (is it something in the PC) Test for that user with another browser on the same PC (is it something in the PC or web filtering) Test for another user with another browser on the same PC (is it some odd combination of factors) David Irwin

@Netman not sure what you are saying about O Neg and Platelets is correct - I've been a platelet donor (and am O Neg) for about 5 years now and not heard that, but will certainly ask next time I'm there! Give Blood - Blood Group Basics is a good source of information on blood Dave

I suspect RoboCopy is the answer but I am not expert enough to advise how to set it up for the copy Any experts out there who can help? Dave