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Just in case anyone has this error in future: It is normally caused by a machine pointing to an incorrect connect.ini, CAPITA normally set machines to point to S:\sims\connect.ini so if this file is correct a workstation could be looking to the local sims folder instead. Correct this error and it will log on fine.

We tried PING for a while, it is good in that it will take BIOS settings in the image but it is not the easiest thing to use, unless you use linux on a regular basis. We don't use linux regularly cos it is a chore, so after a couple of weeks without doing an image you forget what to do!! Its just much easier using our ancient version of Ghost!

CLEO are clearly trying to make us more and mre reliant on them. We spoke to them and the response was that it was their responsibility to prevent any malicious actions on our network!! Is it F*@#. What they are trying to do is edge in to make us reliant on them so they will be at the front of the queue when Schools for the Future comes to our area, so they can take our jobs. At the end of the day it doesn't matter if a anybody logs on to our network remotely or locally, the security is down to us. My school is locked down. We can track any users movements, stuff printed, deleted, applications used EVERYTHING!! It doesn't matter to us if they use remote logon, they cannot do anymore than if they were in the building. They blag your head with all this 'we log it all' bollox but that is all it is bollox to try to take your job off ya so they can take over in the future. 99% of our sites that are blocked are done so prior to CLEO kicking in, of the remaining 1% we need 99% to be allowed!!! OK they are not desireable, ifilms.com and the like BUT they are recomended sites by exam boards so what can you do?? Stuff like this is not what you want but media studies courses need them. If you force the kids to find other sites then you end up with them finding sites with proper bad content that cannot be contained!! Same thing with Yahoo answers and the like. If you block recommended sites then you pick up dodgy sites!!

We had a batch of 72 of those Toshibas which had Realtek cards in them. Toshiba took one away and found the cards to be faulty so they are replacing them all with Atheros cards (under warranty). With the replacement cards in they work an absolute treat!!

Not read all the posts so if I'm repeating one sorry. Why not just save your stuff as the office equivalent? eg an impress as a .ppt, writer as a .doc etc We have both M$ office and OOo and have never had a prob unfortunately we had to installed M$ 2007 in the summer as kids were coming in with stuff in 2007 format and the SLT insisted on it but we are slowly getting them to change the way things are by advertising the OOo disks are available for the use of all pupils in the library if they want to borrow them for home. This kinda works well as many pupils just have M$ works at home and it makes their life easier.

Have you thought of using something like Impero? It cost us about £3000 in total but the benefits have far outweighed the cost. It will log any application used (and can prevent their use) any webpage visited (and obv block them or the full site) and also takes a screenshot of any violation for proof later. This includes a keylogger that takes a snapshot of any words that you have in your banned list if they are typed of listed on a website. This has reduced Ebullying, inapproriate content, proxies,games etc by 99.5%. There is always the few thickies that re-offend when the are allowed back on internet but you can monitor and record their screens so you have the evidence to have them removed once more. There is a 30 day demo, give it a go then push it to your SLT, they paid for ours!!

We use CLEO and if you want anyone to be able to log on to your network try logmein.com. This will let a user logon to a machine at school as long as it is turned on, would suggest a PC in an office somewhere in a secure location. We have trialled this and it is being rolled out to users with secure offices. The pay version has extended functions but the free version gives an online version of remote desktop with a feature to sync clipboards, which is more than required by users. I actually use it from school at times to connect to home when CLEO blocks sites as it is more reliable than using proxies!!

Is that one of the ones with the yellow bit in the centre of the jack? If it is then there are a bunch of Dells that use the same one, but to be honest in this case I would just get a compatible or one that just covers a range of models. Prob the third of the price and just as unreliable as the original lol. No really, mix n match the psu, shouldnt be a problem. It is only when buying batteries that ya need to tread careful. ALWAYS go for the best.

Dont get acers in future if they gonna get the slightest abuse on the keyboard, they are a real weakpoint

Just for future reference. The drive is a bog standard 2.5" but screwed into a case with an adaptor. remove the case and you got a standard drive. Put any drive in that case and you will be sorted.

Screens generally aren't easily interchangeable but many models are the same but badged differently. eg you could have an asus but that could be a sony, hp, acer etc. That is just an example, not sure which machines are rebadged as which, but it is very common to get an identical machine form various 'makers' who basically distribute the machine with their own badge on. There are some with different makers/ cases etc that use a common screen but these are harder to trace. As a rule, only go for a screen that you know for sure is the same model, anything over a couple of years old is not worth wasting time on.

Assuming that pressing fn+f5 doesn't work, Simply right click on the desktop, you get a 'Graphics Options' in the list, goto 'Output to' then 'dual display' That WILL sort your problem, nothing to do with wrong res or drivers.

Stone do them with the glass front for <450. They are badged Stone but they are actually.... bugger can't remember....... but are a major brand. At the end of the day, unless this teacher is gonna poke their finger through the screen there is no need for a glass front, thats just being petty or picky, ok tis a teacher, enough said. BUT if you could persuade them to drop that request, then go for a Toshiba without doubt!! The warranties on these are just crazy!! 3yr Accidental damage and they replace it, 3yr normal warranty and they replace it PLUS GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY BACK!!!! We have a suite of these and they are spot on, very quick compared to the equivalent Dells that we have, but that warranty is surely the craziest you will ever get. Get it while you can. Look them up, they probably have a glass front option!

Are you using original or replacement toner? If it is original you should get at the least a free replacement, bollox to what you have used, should be a free replacement. If you are pushy then claim for waste paper, fuser use and any other consumable you can think of. If it is a compatible cartridge, my advice would be dont ever get one again. It is total false economy in the long run. Before being in a school, I worked for a company that was printing 500,000 pages a month over a huge bank of printers so we did proper trials on all sorts of printers/toners. Everytime the originals worked out more economic despite being sometimes twice the price!! We also have quite a few HP inkjets, some departments have bought in compatibles for these but the fail rate/life is horrendous. Even buying a batch in at £2 a cart compared to almost £20 for an original still is false economy per page. Don't fall in the trap!!

I keep encountering this problem and it is down to codecs and encryption and copyright etc. Apparently there is an encryption standard that is sometimes used on DVD's that you cannot get from the free packs like K-lite, cole2 etc (though I did find one pack that worked but can't bloody remember what the hell it was ) The quick fix for this is to install a 'proper' DVD player such as Power DVD that you get bundled with a DVD drive. This installs the proper decryption software that comes with your normal home DVD player. If you install a 30 day demo of something like power DVD it should install the appropriate codecs but they still work with media player etc after the program times out Tis a bit of a git but everybody expects to play DVDs on their computer as it has a DVD drive, but windows don't bloody do it by default.

We used to use Netlimiter to solve your problem, it gives you control over upload/download bandwidth between different programs as well as each machine. You can then split the total bandwidth 4 ways, then if you're using a torrent client you can give it x amount ul/dl , so it doesn't hog all of your chunk, leaving yourself plenty of bandwidth for browsing. You can get a demo at http://www.netlimiter.com/

Is there any system available that will allow wireless clients to connect to it and allow the full bandwith for each client, rather than sharing the bandwidth between them all. We have quite a lot of overhead at logon and the school are wanting to connect around 120 clients wirelessly, so if they all have to share 54mbits between them it's gonna be a nightmare!! Any solutions?