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Issue has now seen resolved. It was a few keys in the registry in our ntuser.man profile that needed deleting. \software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Sessioninfo windows 22h2 or earlier ignored this key but later windows 23h2 onwards didn’t and honoured it.

Quick update, fresh install 25H2, second login attempt still happens but OpenShell loads this time. No other system tray apps like SophosUI, windows Security, Securus, Smartboard load…. Is it the profile stopping it? It weird how it’s only every the second login attempt on a PC (post turn on/reboot) where there is this issue.

Just out of interest, has anyone managed or bothered with customising the quick settings panel? Removing cast button, nearby sharing etc… for all users.

Tried that and the full ISO but failed, so clean install it is..

That’s what I’m thinking 😂 tried to upgrade to 25h2 failed, so fresh install it is, reinstalled base apps and see what happens from there.

We have held off 24h2 and 25h2 becuase we had initial issues with UNC hardened paths where people had no access to the netlogon folder etc.. these were DFS shares. Have people had to address issues that appeared in 24h2 and above?

It’s all our new PCs that have the same image on. We use a single mandatory profile (located on c:\ in a read-only state) for all users and is ok on 22h2 PCs. Something is not quite right on our 23h2 PCs. we don’t customise our images, this was a fresh install, installed some programs, added to domain, then cloned to all new PCs as normal. it just seems strange that it only happens on second login attempt, no other login, doesn’t matter who it is either….

Hi all, looking for some help with a weird issue. windows 22h2 - no issues windows 23h2 - after turning on the PC, first user logs in, all programs run at login as normal (Sophos, Openshell, windows security etc…), the second login attempt these programs fail to run. Third attempt and later logins are ok and run all the apps that would normally appear in system tray… it’s nothing to do with fast user switching or PC hibernation as we have these disabled. any help is greatly appreciated, thanks..

Turning on the debug log file will give you an insight into why the save path changes. https://support.texthelp.com/help/how-do-i-generate-a-debug-log-file

Fixed in the September version as a re-release.

Not at the moment no sorry. But we will endeavour to investigate and implement for future versions

Yes indeed, hence my confusion to their findings. For me if the ICO say jump, I’m asking how far :-)

They have more knowledge than most of us do but why say the child can give consent without parents when under the rule I quoted suggests they can’t and can only refuse, not give. I wish they would clarify more what they meant by this.. at least this school being made an example of will help other schools not to fall in the same trap. I still think GDPR is a massive mine field and long gone are those days we just did it without red tape. Whether it be for the better or not that’s another debate.

the ICO article suggested: "Our reprimand also notes most students were old enough to provide their own consent. Therefore, parental opt-out deprived students of the ability to exercise their rights and freedoms." Is it not the current law that parental consent must be given by a parent for any child under the age of 18, therefore most students would not be old enough to give consent themselves. A child can only refuse if consent is given by a parent. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/part/1/chapter/2 Notification and Parental Consent What the law says: 1) Schools and colleges must notify each parent of a pupil under the age of 18 if they wish to take and subsequently use the child’s biometric data as part of an automated biometric recognition system. Seems like the ICO got this bit wrong? Thoughts?

New version released folks, head over to the website to find out the release notes and downloads links for those with an active licence.

Im pretty sure this issue is down to the end-user trying to create the ExamWritePad folder within the ProgramData folder, which they might not have permission to do so. ON newer version of EWP the installer now generates the folders within the above hidden folder, so shouldnt happen moving forward. If you want belt and braces, just make sure the following path has read/write access to all your students. C:\ProgramData\ExamWritePad\ExamWritePad\

[TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD][TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD=class: m_-898653436155760835mceTextBlockContainer][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD=class: m_-898653436155760835mceTextBlockContainer]We have been working hard behind the scenes to bring you the latest update and its a big one indeed! Plenty of new stuff and plenty of fixes. Please take some time to read through them. NEW: PDF Page rotate of the current page in view. You can also disable the button in the config using 'PDFReader_DisableButtonRotate'. NEW: PDF text Highlighting - A new checkbox to enable/disable highlighting of text has been added. The default colour is yellow and opacity of 100% but both can be changed when right-clicking on the highlighted text and selecting 'Properties'. You can also disable the checkbox in the config using 'PDFReader_DisableHighlighting'. NEW: Display a temporary password-protected lock screen at any point using the key combination CTRL+F10. This will run only once and is activated to lock the screen to stop unwanted activity until unlocked. To enable it, you should use the following config options 'LockScreen_Active' set to 1 and 'LockScreen_Password' type in any password, but both must be set to work. There is a further option 'LockScreen_PasswordOverride' which is a secondary password to unlock should you forget the other password. NEW: You can now obtain a list of candidate names from Entra ID (Azure AD). All the config options related to this within the ConfigEditorGUI app, start with 'EntraID'. NEW: File size debugging has been added to the auto save/auto backup files so we know that the files contain data. NEW: Logo can now be passed as a command line parameter as part of the MSI installation using the LOGOFILE NEW: The ExamWritePadSettings.json file can only be edited using the ConfigEditorGUI app due to the file now being encrypted. This is down to the fact that some of the settings are passwords and secret keys. The file has to be exposed to the user in read-only form, therefore we don’t want any of the details being exposed to them in plain text. Sensitive data that would be written to the debug log file will be obfuscated with * characters. NEW: Make the flashing text caret larger or smaller for those that need it because of visual impairments. Use the config option 'CaretSize' NEW: Any sensitive data like passwords or encryption keys stored in ExamWritePad or in the ExamWritePadSettings.json file, will be masked by **** when written out to a debug log. NEW: Spelling - Added new config options to: Ignore Words With Digits, Ignore URLs And Email Addresses, Ignore Capitalised Words and Ignore Duplicates. You will find them all when searching for 'SpellCheck' in the ConfigEditorGUI. NEW: Newer Quick formatting panel, which in turn has reduced the number of mouse events. NEW: A new Config option 'ClosePrintWindowAfterPrinting' to close the print window upon successful print has been added. The default action is to close so it can replicate most word processors, you can keep it open by setting the option to 0. NEW: Use the current logged in username to prepend the filename of the saved document. NEW: You can now populate the Candidate Name box with the username of the current logged in user. To turn on and use it you need to set the config option 'CandidateName_DisplayCurrentUsername' to 1. NEW: Start ExamWritePad with the MP3 Player loaded full screen only, no document window, just like you can with the PDF Reader. Use the config option called 'MP3Player_StartFullScreenPlayerOnly' and set it to 1. NEW: You can now allow the opening of other file formats, so if you wish to open a DOC, DOCX or RTF file, you can and work on it saving it back to the original file in exactly the same file format. The config option to allow other file formats to be loaded is called 'FileOpen_AllowOtherFileFormats'. FIXED: After opening an existing ExamText file would cause the status bar to become inactive until a timed background event happened or the application lost focus and was returned. A long standing issue finally resolved, phew! FIXED: Dragging/dropping multiple files into the application window would cause EWP not to open any, added error checking so that only one file can be dropped. FIXED: Opening a file that didn't have some of the header information set would throw an exception. FIXED: The ScreenFilter button was still visible when disabled in the ExamWritePadSettings.json file. FIXED: If 'CandidateInfo_SyllabusEntry_Hidden' and 'CandidateInfo_ComponentUnit_Hidden' are set to 1, The "Where do I find the codes" message is now hidden FIXED: When clicking 'New' then clicking 'use' to the message "Do you wish to use all existing Candidate Details?" then clicking on Continue to the next message "Do you wish to modify any Candidate Details now?", the header information would not appear. FIXED: PDF Reader voice volume was reverting back to 50% when swapping voices - Selecting a voice now retains the slider volume current position. FIXED: Network Status monitoring icons have been made more colourful and bigger so that it is easier to see from a distance. FIXED: Function to check candidate details always ran twice on start-up of a new document. FIXED: Space between words are missing while extracting text from certain PDF documents where spaces were embedded. FIXED: Loading a password protected PDF created in an older PDF standard was very slow/delayed. FIXED: On some rare occasions when browsing for The first PDF then browsing for the second PDF would result in a fatal exception and a blank second PDF would be displayed. FIXED: ConfigEditorGUI - The enabled/disabled description for 'SpellCheck_IgnoreImproperCase' was the wrong way around. FIXED: Having 'SpellCheck_IgnoreImproperCase' set to 1 would incorrectly highlight all mixed case words. 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And as always update via the bulti-in updater or the MSI’s available on the download page of our website/below: MSI – Installer (with desktop Icons) https://examwritepad.com/files/2970/?tmstv=1709426347 MSI – Installer (with no Icons) https://examwritepad.com/files/2973/?tmstv=1709426347 Baring any major issues, this will be the final build going into the new school year… [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][TABLE=width: 100%] [TR] [TD=class: m_-898653436155760835mceTextBlockContainer] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Hi folks, I can confirm the ConfigEditorGUI app doesnt perform such a function as as you have suggested moving ExamText files needs to be done by have the users save directly to the network so that they are shadow copied/previous versioned or scripted as you suggest.

You can run it twice, in the ExamWritePadSettings.json file there is an option called “AllowMultipleInstances” set it to 1 and away you go… For us though… We have told our pupils to, at the end of the first paper to click on ‘New’, then use existing details and then select to modify them, and then you only need to change the paper reference from B3 to P4 or vice versa for todays History exam. Then at the end you will have two saved files for printing.

ExamWritePad is your all-in-one solution. Please download a free 30-day trial of it to see what you think. Happy to discuss in more detail. Full pricing and downloads are available via http:// https://examwritepad.com If you go to the educational forum of EduGeek and you will see that ExamWritePad is a pinned discussion and one of the biggest (posts and views) on the platform.

"This will allow you to load the application settings (ExamWritePadSettings.json file) as normal but then override them using settings (ExamWritePad.UserSettings) stored in a specific folder so that they apply only to the logged in user. 0 = Off 1 = On Each ExamWritePad.UserSettings file should reside in one of the following paths: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\ExamWritePad C:\Users\\AppData\Local\ExamWritePad Below is the contents of the file and all the available options to the user (the file is JSON format). { ""userSettings"":[ {""Setting_Name"":""CandidateInfo_CandNum"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""CandidateInfo_Exam"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""CandidateInfo_Name"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""Disable_Narrator"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""Disable_Ribbon_Btn_CDPlayer"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""Disable_Ribbon_Btn_MP3Player"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""Disable_Ribbon_Btn_PDFReader"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""Disable_Ribbon_Btn_Spelling"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""MP3Player_AdditionalAudioFormats"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""MP3Player_PreloadPath"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""MP3Player_ShowOnStartup"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""PDFReader_AutoPlayTextSelection"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""PDFReader_PreloadFile"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""PDFReader_PreloadFile2"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""PDFReader_StartFullScreenReadersOnly"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""ScreenFilter_AutoStart"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""ScreenFilter_Colour"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""ScreenFilter_MonitorCheckState"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""ScreenFilter_Opacity"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""ScreenFontColour"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""ScreenFontFamilyName"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""ScreenFontSize"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""SpellCheck_CheckAsYouType"",""Setting_Value"":""""}, {""Setting_Name"":""SpellCheck_SpellingSuggestionsOnContextMenu"",""Setting_Value"":""""} ] }" "Or you can set them in the windows registry if you do not wish to user a UserSettings file: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ExamWritePad] ""CandidateInfo_CandNum""="""" ""CandidateInfo_Exam""="""" ""CandidateInfo_Name""="""" ""Disable_Narrator""="""" ""Disable_Ribbon_Btn_CDPlayer""="""" ""Disable_Ribbon_Btn_MP3Player""="""" ""Disable_Ribbon_Btn_PDFReader""="""" ""Disable_Ribbon_Btn_Spelling""="""" ""MP3Player_AdditionalAudioFormats""="""" ""MP3Player_PreloadPath""="""" ""MP3Player_ShowOnStartup""="""" ""PDFReader_AutoPlayTextSelection""="""" ""PDFReader_PreloadFile""="""" ""PDFReader_PreloadFile2""="""" ""PDFReader_StartFullScreenReadersOnly""="""" ""ScreenFilter_AutoStart""="""" ""ScreenFilter_Colour""="""" ""ScreenFilter_MonitorCheckState""="""" ""ScreenFilter_Opacity""="""" ""ScreenFontColour""="""" ""ScreenFontFamilyName""="""" ""ScreenFontSize""="""" ""SpellCheck_CheckAsYouType""="""" ""SpellCheck_SpellingSuggestionsOnContextMenu""=""""" Obviously use/populate the correct values that you would use in the ExamWritePadSettings.json file.

You can do that, but there is another way in the config option ‘EnableUserSettings’ allows you set some of the options in the main config at the user level instead of global level. You can set them as a json file in the user’s roaming profile or as a series of current user registry keys. If you load up the ConfigEditorGUI app and click on UserSettings options the description box describes how it all works, there are also templates to work with that get installed with ExamWritePad in the UserSettings folder.

Yes, in the ConfigEditorGUI look for the option ScreenFilter_AutoStart and set it to 1, you can also set the colour and opacity too.

Appreciate it

I can certainly look into the issue if it is PDF related, if you can PM me the PDF or email it to [email protected]