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hi, try adding the name of your sims server to the proxy bypass list. This will now allow you to access the DMS

cover.net isn't avaliable until capita have finished writing the training material, this is shedule for release in the middle of july as we have out staff booked on courses then. Once the training is complete capita will release a patch that wil unlock cover.net. The previous carousel function was remove as it didn't write back to nova.

I think you would get a lot of support for an OSS version. Is there a demo avaliable?

Hi, Our LEA offers support to a few private schools in and outside our lea. If you PM i will pass on some details.

I wouldn't recommend it just yet, you might need access to old fms for auditing purposes. Personally i would only think about it after april 2009.

CyberNerd, you missed a slash in the example, it should be $blockwww='https://yourvle.com/blocks/smb_web_client';

Wait till the **** hits the fan on the next update and capita will then come out and say they don't support it because they can't be bother to fix the issues cause by SP3.

I would say it was using that was defined in the Document Server Setup, which is more than likely the host name.

Hi No worries, my fault as i couldn't be bothered to write a million lines of vb script to get the netbios name. Will do next time.

Hi whats your netbios name? then i willl edit the script for you. you need to be logged out of sims when you make the change.

Hi, I'm currently in the process of creating a mirror version of our network in vm workstation for testing purposes. The current setup is. 1 Windows 2003 Domain Controller running DNS and DHCP Server using Vnet 8 (NAT) for internet and VMet 2 for private lan 1 Windows 2003 Sever Running SQL Server 2005 using VMet 2 1 Windows 2003 Sever Running RIS and WSUS using VMet 2 1 Windows XP Client using VMet 2 The issue i'm having is all the non domain controller images are not picking up DHCP leases, I have set reservations for the servers and the xp client should pick an ip from the scope but isn't. I have disabled the DHCP server in VM Workstation as i need the ability to network boot from the ris server. All the images were able to pick up an ip if i used the vm worksation dhcp server. Has anyone been able to get a guest image to dish out ip address? TIA

Hi the easiest why i found to get my ris answer file working was to use the stepmgr.exe in deploy.cab file Have a look at this Customizing Unattended Setup this will create the option you want for you ris answer file.

Capita are re-releasing the May upgrade to with fixes for all major issues. We received an email to this effect. Dear School, Please read the notes on the May Re-release from Capita below, if you have already applied the May release and are experiencing any of the problems below please re-run SOLUS after Close of Business on Wednesday the 21st May: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIMS 2008 May Re-Release. 21/05/08 Dear Colleagues, Due to the issues that some customers have reported with the May Release, we are planning on re-releasing it. This will be made available by Close of Business on Wednesday the 21st May and will consist of a re-built application and a consolidated Patch containing all of the issues already patched below. Local Authorities will be licensed for the new consolidated patch alongside the release so that they can authorise it to their schools at the same time as the May re-release. This is so that the patch will automatically be run as part of the upgrade process so only one process will need to be run. Below is an up to date list of issues that will be resolved with this re-release. 1) Unable to print timetables in SIMS .net after applying the May release. The error "C:\Documents not found" occurs when trying to print the timetable. This occurs if the local environment variable setting for the Temp path is set to include a space - for instance 'My Documents'. In order to resolve this please change the environment variable for the TMP path to a directory that does not include a space - for instance C:\Windows\Temp. Please refer to KB79768 for further details. 2) The Document Management Server does not work for some users after applying the May Release. When using SIMS .net with a non-Microsoft authenticating proxy server or a Microsoft proxy server with a user account in a different domain you may encounter problems accessing your document management server. To correct this problem open Internet Explorer and go to the Connections tab. Click the LAN Settings button and in the Window that appears ensure the the “Bypass proxy server for local addresses” button is checked. Now click the Advanced button and in the Exceptions area of the new Window enter the name of your proxy server. Entries should be separated with a semi-colon. On restarting SIMS .net you should now be able to access your document management server. Please refer to KB79774 for further details. 3) All documents that were uploaded before May and were set as Read Only are now marked as Private. This will prevent all users from seeing them unless they are the original uploader of the document. Please refer to KB79861 for further details. 4) In Exams Organiser an "Invalid Variant" error appears when making submissions. In order to resolve this, the school details need to be changed, saved, changed back and re-saved. In order to resolve this please go to SIMS .net | Focus | School Details and amend something temporarily such as adding an extra character to the end of the school name, save, delete the extra character and save again. A combined patch (11889) has been produced to resolve this and is available via SOLUS if you need a resolution in advance. Please refer to KB79740 for further details. 5) We have found that the May release causes split classes to no longer show for both teachers in Profiles list entry view. One teacher can therefore no longer see their previously written comments or write new comments. No data is being lost. A combined patch (11889) has been produced to resolve this and is available via SOLUS if you need a resolution in advance. Please refer to KB79842 for further details. This News item will be updated when more information becomes available. Please note the FMS release is unaffected and has no reported issues. Jonathan Wood Product Manager (Technical and Releases)

have a look at my post http://www.edugeek.net/forums/educational-software/11435-uniservity-2.html#post185184 this will give you some idea the problems.

Hi Phil, Thanks for you reply to my questions about open office. I can see the requirements of MS Office are needed at certain times ie creating and running reports. The main point of was trying to get across is in regards to viewing files generated in SIMS.net for example Individual Reports. Once Individual Reports have been generated and then uploaded to the document server, the requirement for office is gone, the only hindrance is the actual .xml file extension. Could the file extension be changed to .doc or .xls without changing the file format? This simple change would add more support for open office without Capita having to spend long trying to implementing it

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We had this issue and had being pushing capita for two days before option three worked. I doubt there will be a proper fix, i think we will get stuck with option three.

Hi What error are you getting? Have you inserted your domain name? Its the NETBIOS domain not the DNS domain. The script need to be run as the user on there work station.

Hi, If you remove the TMP from the user variable section this will force SIMS.net to use the default TMP variable which is C:\windows\TEMP here is a vbscript to automate this. strComputer = "." Set WSHNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Environment Where Name = 'TMP'") For Each objItem in colItems If objItem.UserName = "[iNSERT DOMAIN HERE]\" & WSHNetwork.UserName then objItem.Delete_ End if Next Msgbox "Timetable Printing Now Avaliable.",vbokonly,"IT Services" just insert the netbios domain name and the script is ready to go. The user need to be logged out of sims when run.

Yes we have and the another issue we have come across is only domain admins can run reports.

I live in hastings and the beer festival was rubbish, it should have been renamed "Hasting Lager and rubbish music festival ps we have one barrel of real ale". The round table (the organisers) have missed the point of what a beer and music festival is, they wouldn't have a problem filling the park if it was a proper beer festival and/or music festival. The black horse festival is a good example. They could have built on the success of keane and status quo, (i was at both gigs. status quo we're excellent, keane were poor due to the sound system set up) and started getting better names instead of the usual druss that they book. Hastings has a rich history of music, the likes of elton john, the who, pink floyd, many other have all played the ballroom on hastings pier. The organisers need to get rid of the rubbish lager supplier and get a proper beer supplier, move the festival to the west hill where it can hold 10,000 and not the poultry 6000 in the park, book better bands and a wider range of music and make it open form 3pm enabling time for more music. The main reason it was cancelled due to money, as there was a very poor turn out last year. I wasn't surprise due to the weather. But people will stand in the rain and drink over priced beer if there was good music but as there wasn't nobody could be bothered to go. Rant over, as it's cancelled this year any good beer festivals near hastings?

Hi its resource 427 on the private file share on the capita support website if the link didn't work. your be able to delete the upn and re input it.

Als you need to run from your your c driver as it wont run from a network share.

Hi Have you tried http://support.capitaes.co.uk/user/downloader.asp?params=%98%D5%9D%D5%B9%A2%A0%B2%B2%AB%9D%B0%9A%A5%A4%A3%A2%93%A9%A7%B6%F3%9E%D7%C7%A0%CB%9F%A8%A8%A4%AE%A5%AF%B8%B7%CB%B8%D2%CE%D5%DC%86%A0%9B%EE%A1%9D%C8%D1%E1%D8%DC%9B%A5%A8%B1%AA%AB%AE%C3%A2%AC%A5%9C%A5%AC Your need to login to capita support. any problems pm me.

Hi originofsymmetry, Yes i know of a script it will be available shortly as open source it is based on the script to found. The script i have developed links SIMS.net,AD and Moodle. It also handles profiles, terminal services profiles and settings to name a few things.