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Only took 15 hours to download on a 1/2Mb connection ^^; Just installed on a rather underpowered RM laptop (Athlon XP-M 1800+ (1.39GHz), 480MB RAM, 32MB shared graphics), default drivers worked for most devices and XP drivers seem to be working for the rest, although the screen flickers like a b***h so it seems better drivers are needed >_< Will install on an XP 3000+, 1.5Gb, 128MB Radeon in the am for a fairer test ^^

I'm currently with DataComms (http://www.dcomms.net), ~£20 for a 512kbps with no download limit and a static IP. I've been with them 2 years and the only problems I've had are caused by my crappy router. [The website seems to be having some ASP problems right now ^^; ] I wouldn't touch AOL with a barge pole, it's a breach of the TOS to connect using a router other than the USB one they provide (A mate of mine fell foul of that)

All versions except the latest release can be downloaded from SourceForge http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oneorzero

I can't comment on the others, but the admin side of Self Service Password Reset can be restricted to a specific AD group (Ie, Students) for teachers while admins can reset anyone.

RFID tags embedded in their hands. If they want to steal each others accounts they'll have to nick a hand too :twisted:

That's perfectly normal. My webserver has been running like this for the last 9 months and she's perfectly happy http://www.kitching.info/images/lain.jpg

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TFT monitor + kids fingers = expensive paperweight, especialy when they realise they can make pretty patterns by pressing the screen :x We've only had one damaged so far, but it's one more than I wanted.

They're fully locked down in AD so they still can't do anything they're not supposed to. Personally I feel non-man is a more flexible and future-proof approach, but that's really just a matter of personal preference. @MrDylan: I'll have to give that a try at some point, I've been meaning to have a look through the office ADM templates, this is as good a reason as any ^^

You're not alone, we have that same problem here. Sometimes clipart works perfectly, sometimes it takes an age. It seems that since I rebuilt the user accounts and gave the kids non-mandatory profiles, we havn't seen the problem reoccur (or maybe people just stopped reporting it ^^; ), but I've not properly tested it yet, and probably won't until I've reimaged to a standard setup in the summer. For the time being we seem to have settled on "Don't use clipart", which I'll admit isn't an optimal solution, but it works for now and no-one seems to mind too much.

I've just installed this myself on an SuSE box. Couldn't have been easier, took less than 30 mins to fully setup including AD authentication. The included install guide is pretty thorough and the config file is fully commented so I can't see you'd have any trouble.

It seems your list is slightly different to mine, I get this (I'm also on Moodle 1.5.3): http://www.kitching.info/moodle.png So you're after Topic section, then go back to the front page, turn editing on and edit away

That's easy enough Admin => Site Settings => Front Page Format => Show Arbitrary HTML or activities You can then edit the content from the front page if logged in as an admin.

Right, Self Service Password Reset version 2 is done. New features include: [*]Easily reskinable front-end template [*]Client-side and server-side form validation [*]Lockout counter to prevent malicious use [*]Multiple methods for new password selection [*]Static password used for all users [*]CSV file containing user/password pairs [*]A random alphanumeric string of fixed or variable length [*]A password chosen at random from a TXT file of possibilities [*]A password chosen by the user [/list:o] [*]Admin section for looking up user details, resetting user passwords, resetting user lockout counter, removing users answers from database, and verifying user identity with their semi-secret question [*]Update section allowing users to remove themselves from database so they can reregister [*]Ability to automatically remove user from database when they reset their password to force reregistration [*]Two levels of admin access controlled by AD security group membership [*]Config file containing all implementation specific variables [/list:o] Full setup details are included in the zip. If there are any more features you'd still like to see in this, let me know and I'll look into doing a 2.1. sspr-2.0.zip

That problem is due to the site autolinker including a period (.) in the link in Russ' post, the menu link works fine: http://www.edugeek.net/index.php?name=Amazilla Nice idea Russ, anything that makes money for the BETT fund has to be a good thing. Do I assume correctly that this only applies to Amazon UK and not any of the other regional sites?

Glad you like the redesign Yes we could do it that way, infact I've just modified register.asp to check if the current username is in the database, and to skip the reg page and redirect to Google if it is I'd still like to find exactly what I was missing though, as I can see some situations where a logon script would be better

Plexer, Very nice idea, although I have a feeling that unless we force the kids to register their answers to the questions, some will never bother, defeating the object somewhat. To force this, I've got a login script that calls register.html (asp removed to prevent form spoofing as pointed out by Shiny_Guru, username now retrieved in register_user.asp) in IE's kiosk mode. register_user.asp removes the user login script once the details are stored. This works fine if the user is an admin who has permissions to modify AD, but if it's a normal user it fails due to insufficient privileges. I'm new to asp so I'm pretty much winging this, but I think I need to stop impersonating the current authenticted user while running the AD code, for which I've found this code: // Stop impersonation WindowsImpersonationContext ctx = WindowsIdentity.Impersonate(IntPtr.Zero); try { // Thread is now running under the process identity. // Any resource access here uses the process identity. // Remove logon script from user Dim oUser Set oUser = GetObject("WinNT://domain.sch.uk/" & strusername & "") oUser.LoginScript = "" oUser.SetInfo Set oUser = Nothing } finally { // Resume impersonation ctx.Undo(); } Trouble is, I keep getting an error: Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a0401' Expected end of statement /register/register_user.asp, line 85 WindowsImpersonationContext ctx = WindowsIdentity.Impersonate(IntPtr.Zero); --------------------------------------------------------------------------^ Googling the error code suggested looking for missing & or , but as I'm not familiar with asp's syntax, i'm a little stuck as to how to fix it. Can anyone point out what's missing, or if I'm even on the right track? I've attached my modified (non-working) version incase that's of help. sspr_broken_.zip

Thanks for the replies, I'm pretty sure of the spec I'm after now. Now to see just how much I can squeeze out of next years budget

Having just started at this school recently, I've been checking out the present systems and have discovered our admin/SIMS server is in dire need of replacement. We currently have SIMS, FMS, NovaT, etc on Server 2k3 running on a Compaq ProLiant ML330 that's also acting as a domain controller, DNS, file & print server. I'm currently considering a Dell Poweredge as our curriculum server is a Poweredge 2800 and it has yet to give any problems. I'm working on a budget of as little as possible as this isn't an item the school had budgeted for. That said, I suspect this server will be in use for at least as long as the current one (which seems to have been here longer than most of the staff) so I'm trying to plan for future expansion, ie: online registration, assesments, Governments next white elephant, etc.. If anyone can point me at the sort of spec I should be looking at I'd appreciate it.

Hi guys, I'm Alex and I'm the ICT Technician for a Suffolk middle school. I've been here 2 months having previously been ICT Tech in a small primary. We have ~500 pupils and 40 staff covering years 5-8. We currently have 30 workstations and 47 curriculum laptops (All XP Pro), 14 Macs (OS9, OSX) and 35 staff laptops (XP, OSX) with 2 2k3 servers (if you can call our admin machine a server), an OSX mailserver, and an office of assorted junk. But we all have one of those don't we ^^