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GeekyPete

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  1. Get a new head of IT, he has no clue how things work. The only way it can possibly work without installing Additional drivers and or software is to mimic a native device (In reality that uses a driver too but it's already installed?. So the question is what kind of device is there that offers all the functionality of graphics tablet that would be seen as a native device and be installed out of the box? The answer is there isn't one. Some of the features may be covered by a touch screen or a mouse. But the users would expect that all the stylus types, pressure sensitivity etc are all be available, so that's no good. I think there's more to it than we know. What's his problem with installing drivers on the fly? It might take 5 minutes, but only the first time it's used on that computer. Options I'd consider are pushing out the driver to all stations using the .msi, but test properly as it might show the computer down as it searches for the device when it's not plugged in. Including the driver in your next OS build .wim file. If they are not going to be used on too many computers, go round them all with a tablet, plug it in an let it install the drivers before the users get near them. All these options mean that the drivers (and software) won't be installed on the fly and it won't disrupt or delay learning.
  2. I quite liked Ascension, but it did have Tricia Helfer in too.
  3. Or it could be tied to RM Unify... Just Guessing.
  4. Never will his like be seen again. Something markedly English has passed and left us all the poorer for it. (yes, I know he's had Dual citizenship with the US for a very long time)
  5. Don't even care if it doesn't work yet andit costs a gazillion to keep the superconductors cool. Rideable Lexus hoverboard prototype developed - BBC News
  6. Check that touch recognition is on Enabling Touch Recognition Here's a description of what it does. Failing that run the diagnostic tool http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/trainingcenter/smart_diagnostics_tool.pdf
  7. Task Manager and ctrl-alt-delete should be disable out of the box on an RM network. What station type are the computers? If they are laptops he might be selecting a different room in location chooser. Failing that, I see they have released version 6.1.
  8. Well that's something... I hope they get it working before NPAPI gets permanently disabled in Chrome in September. Chromium Blog: The Final Countdown for NPAPI
  9. Had it for all staff and students for over a year at two schools I look after.
  10. Why oh why do they expect me to pay for music over and over and over again because I want to listen to it using different devices? That ruling harms the music industry more. I for one won't be buying any more music. If I can't stream it legally (youtube, listening to the radio etc) I just won't buy it. Thankfully I'm at an age where I really don't want to hear 98% of the stuff in the charts.
  11. I've swapped over 10 or more over the years. It just keeps running. It's nothing to be concerned about. If you can, get someone to help. The batteries are about 18Kg which is OK to lift but it can get a little tricky to move with control by yourself.
  12. Yep you can do all that with sharepoint. Also Take look at OneNote: http://blogs.office.com/2014/10/07/introducing-onenote-class-notebooks-flexible-digital-framework-teaching-learning/ Interactive Demonstration video Collaborating in the classroom with the OneNote Class Notebook Creator Training Site OneNote for Teachers - Interactive Guides It will meet most of your needs and get some brownie point too.
  13. If it had a GPS it would be perfect for me. I'm thinking the HTC DESIRE 510 might be a better bet, a downgrade on the camera but still fairly decent. Plus it's got GPS too.
  14. +1 for Dosbox, it's great to run DuneII and all the Decent games on too!
  15. Until your internet goes down... I've heard it can be done via a google server on site though. Never seen it set up in real life.
  16. 50Gb a month and I think that's high!
  17. OK they way I did it in Exchange 2010 was to add a disclaimer to all email (via a hub transport rule) and then add the text and tags for the fields. It makes a Dynamic Signiture. Something like: %%Firstname%% %%Lastname%% %%department%% Telephone: %%Phone%% You can obviously mix that with body text too.
  18. Are you wanting to set them up for all users? Are you using a local Exchange server or O365?
  19. Why can't personal gmail accounts use Outlook as their client! Paid Gmail services can just not the free ones, If not we need a free local google app that does everything outlook does, for all my mail accounts, including export/import.
  20. That's fine for the 64bit drivers, if you are still having trouble with the 32 bit drivers try this: On the Windows 7 client, log on as your System Admin. Administrative Tools, Print Management. Expand the Print Servers node in the tree control. Expand the server node under the Print Servers node and select the Printers node. Right-click on the printer in the main list and select Manage Sharing. The Printer Sharing Properties page is displayed. Click the Additional Drivers button. Select the x86 option in the list (the x64 should already be ticked) and click OK. The drivers will be copied up to the server. When the window is displayed again click Close.
  21. This is what I would do on my HP Switches; using the command line tool of your choice (Telnet or Putty usally) go in to config mode (conf t) and then type Show Vlans. There will be a column named Jumbo, it will show YES if enabled. If not type VLAN jumbo then show vlans again to check it. Write memory to say it to the start up config and exit out. You are all done. Should work on any HP switch but I don't know your model.
  22. I worked out my spacing over 15 years ago and still use it today. Computer based work (everything on the computer) 800mm Computer aided work (using other resoures eg textbooks or Rasp Pi) 1200mm.
  23. To echo what others have said those are made by TechConnect. You have a modular Face place with a wall mounted back box. You can get them mounted in your trunking if it's deep enough. I can't tell from the photo. If you are running mains in the trunking already it will need to be segregated. It will have to be 2 or 3 compartment trunking to meet regs with the mains in it's own compartment. You can populate the face plate with whatever modules you like. HDMI is becoming popular and I like to include an amp in there (about £60) and then we just have to mount the speakers. I've started to use ceiling mounted speakers to reduce vandalism. All in all a really tidy solution.
  24. I have a chromecast. It does what it says on the tin. Works really well. However you need to have Chomecast compatible apps, Chrome is obviously one of them. However if i'm casting a browsing session session I lose the mouse on the TV which is annoying. I also assumed I could access the net as a whole from it, but it's turns out you can do that only from the few apps available, you should be OK if you only want Netflix, youtube, amazon etc. I'm going to buy an android player for my next one so I can load up Kodi (XBMC) and stream from that too. It's just so much more versatile.
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