MordyT

We have 1 PC running it. Its a admin (not student, not IT) PC and we have it booting straight to desktop with classic shell. So far I haven't heard any issues. What's more is its used by an older person who migrated straight from XP! We have 2 other potential PCs that we could run 8 on right now, but are running 7 instead. Must say, there are some stupid parts to it like it doing a force reboot for windows updates, but overall it is OK. Oh, and it doesn't play all 2 nice with impero sometime - it shows up 2x in the console (eating 2x licenses) and shows programs running when user is logged off - but doesn't matter so much.

You can check the event viewer logs and see what srp is blocking...

Because we want them to sleep for power saving? Our only real scheduled tasks have to do with logging off and booting pcs. If a student puts it to sleep, well he can't use it.... Thereby losing any advantage to blocking it. Trust me, there are far bigger issues with Impero that students have found. I'll pm you a nice one (that I reported already) if you want to try it.

Its a plot by Microsoft to get you to update

All PCs sleep using gp. We push windows updates in thick image, so can't speak for that. Impero works fine with sleep, but when the PC is sleeping impero stops processing scheduled tasks. We have students who have figured this out and will put a PC to sleep to prevent a scheduled force log out...

We put everything on the thick image unless it is machine specific or can't go in a thick image. Timed it both ways and it is faster to deploy a thicker image.

Right click on the tool, run as admin?

There is a GPP that can be used to add someone to a local group on a PC. Its how we add a support group to newly imaged PCs.

Well, there is one, but you have to be in the us for it. Avast

Ha. same here. Its also a file server and wds w/ mdt as well. Oh, and it holds impero server also.

All I know of is LoJack for laptops....

Nothing like bumping a thread that started in 07...

I would go with a hardware mod for tracking. ANY software is bound to be wiped by anyone competent.

Additional privacy programs... Xposed AppOPs brings back app ops on 4.4.2 LBE privacy guard.

We do batch mak activation through VAMT. No hardware to run KMS unfortunately, but with vamt, select all PC, do activate, done.

They beep with no power source? I think there still a power source there that you're going to need to find and possibly replace.

Official stock android has no reboot option in it. Never had. You must have modded yours in the past. Cyanogenmod built a reboot option in. Samsung built their own reboot option into the phone.

You sure you got that version number correct? 4.4.3? I mean, I know Google is making nightlys (its a joke) these days, but I thought the latest version was 4.4.2

Hi good people, Looking to disable vb for a in access 2010. Here is what I did so far: Grabbed the MS ADM files, imported into GPMC, set in the office one, under security, to disable vb for a in all applications, then tested, and when in word, launching vb for a gave an error message. Disabled the buttons and shortcuts via adm files for each application. And yet somehow last night I got a impero video of someone using vb for a in access. How on earth, post install, does one disable vb for applications?

A spammer hit up the topic about 8 hours ago. I reported it and the post was removed. But it must have kept it in the list.

Some thoughts. Moderate first post of new members, once approved you can set vb to auto promote to a group that doesn't have moderation enabled. I can walk you through steps if you want. This has stopped spam short on my forums. There are several registration mods I use to prevent spammers. 1 checks the amount if time a person takes to fill out the registration form. Another way is q/a during registration that is not something normal - instead a site specific questions. Hidden JavaScript field set to NO with hidden question that you would answer as yes on register form. Anyone answering yes is a spammer though, using a bot (which doesn't care about JavaScript and will see the question) Lastly, sounds like you need more mods if current mods are overloaded. I like the idea that senior members could flag a post as spam and then the person would be marked for moderation - kinda of after the fact, but effective at stopping the spam.

Network Detection System MordyT proudly presents…. NetworkDetectAndDeter What it is used for: This program was designed to discourage users from pulling out the network cable on their PC. What you need: You need a copy of the Network Detector and a copy of BIS. These are 2 separate files that work together. Depending on your setup, you need a UAC version or a Admin Version. (Admin not yet available) How it works: Network Detector There are 2 parts – A detection program and an action program. The detection program (called ND.exe) is very simple. Once a second, it checks the status of the network connection. If it is found to be down, it calls the action program. Then it checks again. If it is found to still be down, it checks if the action program is running and if not, calls it again. If it is running, it goes back to the beginning. When the network connection comes back up, it sends a terminate command to the action program, and then checks again. If it is up, it simple goes back to the beginning. Here is it's logic in flowchart format: This program (ND.exe) is very lightweight and uses less than 1% CPU. Action Program The action program can vary and does not need to the one I supply. You can use your own program, as long as it is named BIS.exe and is in the same directory as the detection program. I do however supply an action program. This program is very powerful. It will block all mouse and keyboard input to the PC for as long as it is running, as well as black out the screen and display a helpful message. There are a couple niggles with my supplied action program… It does not block Ctrl + Alt + Del. These buttons, plus Win+L still work. In the Ctrl + Alt + Del screen mouse and keyboard work as well. However, once you leave that screen, the blocking continues. Sometimes, you can get the taskbar to appear, however you cannot click on anything shown there. (FIXED in v1.1) I know you all are going to wonder… UAC? Elevated rights? There are a few options in this case. The action program I supplied works with UAC and limited rights. However, it must be running in the users context – which in theory means they can terminate it. I do have a version that can run in an admin context – but that version requires admin rights. It is also far more powerful as it will freeze the mouse movement as well. It also uses more resources unfortunately. And Ctrl + Alt + Del cannot be blocked just like this version. More info and release of this soon. How to set it up: So what’s the recommended setup? A scheduled task, running a local copy of the ND program, at user login is what I recommend. Using that + blocking access to taskmgr through Software Restriction Policies (to prevent someone from closing the ND program) seems to do the trick. Planned features: What’s planned next? Finish the Admin Level blocking program. Running the ND program as Admin while running the client as non-admin. Warnings: I highly recommend you test this before deploying it. Feedback: I hope you find this program useful – please let me know if you do, don’t, have questions, feature requests, etc. Donations are also accepted and help me build better programs. License: Last but not least... license / usage. You may use this program for personal or non-commercial use for free. You may not distribute this software without written permission from MordyT. You are allowed to distribute the client/admin to PC's under your control. Commercial users please contact me for more details. You may not attempt to reverse engineer, modify, or change the program. Any questions are welcome. Downloads: https://mordyt.com/?wpdmact=process&did=OS5ob3RsaW5r - network detect https://mordyt.com/?wpdmact=process&did=MTYuaG90bGluaw== - BIS v1.0 UAC https://mordyt.com/?wpdmact=process&did=MTUuaG90bGluaw== - BIS v1.1 UAC Changelog: v1.0 Network Detect: Initial Release v1.0 BIS: Initial Release v1.1 BIS: Added code to auto close Task Manager and to re-maximize the block screen as needed.

Negative. The os and the kernal simply does not care what recovery is installed. Ever. Once booted into android, it has no effect. And twrp is the way to go

Hi there, While I liked the general idea of this project, I didn't exactly like what was being offered... so I wrote my own version. I tried getting a hold of the admins to get a separate section, but that request seems to have stalled... So, without futher ado... I present my take on notifications system.... All the info including downloads located here: https://mordyt.com/2013/11/message-notification-system/ Love to hear feedback!

Have you done a gpresult or a rsop to see if the new policy is being applied to their PC?