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n.B there is a version 1.34 firmware out now, who knows if it'll help...! https://h10145.www1.hpe.com/Downloads/SoftwareReleases.aspx?ProductNumber=J9660A&lang=en&cc=uk&prodSeriesId=3963985

I haven't had the issue in a while but we've largely phased out the 1810's now and have a standing maintenance job to reboot them all clinically over the summer holidays. I wouldn't be surprised if there is still an issue and it happened to us just like you described...

For info HP have released a new firmware update. I haven't installed yet and suspect it's mostly to give it the HPe branding as I've seen with other switches but it does include the following fix in the release notes: Version PK.1.32 Display Issue CR_0000162061 Symptom: The switch GUI is unreachable. Scenario: After 200 days of uptime on the switch, the GUI is no longer reachable. Workaround: Reboot the switch. Hurrah. I'll be testing out over May half-term https://h10145.www1.hpe.com/Downloads/ProductsList.aspx?lang=en&cc=uk&prodSeriesId=3963985

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another vote for LANsweeper here - amazing software

Just wanted to add my experience; Using the normal Edu licence and powershell to strip out all the unwanted App's The 'Show first sign-in animation' GPO is similar to enabling verbose login in the past, it won't speed anything up just show you 'preparing windows...' instead of the misc animations. I have it enabled though as it looks more professional. My initial login time is about 60 seconds to create initial profile. Subsequent logins 5-10 seconds I did investigate UE-V but I didn't find it helped logins at all and won't affect initial login which is my main problem. Since Windows 7 I've been using GPO to exclude certain folders from Roaming. Most of them in fact. All user documents/desktop/favourite folders etc are redirected with the exception of AppData which I don't intend to redirect The MS recommended creating a default profile at; https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn898521(v=vs.85).aspx is next on my to-do list when I can put aside a couple of hours to work through it We've deployed to 13 staff machines now and getting positive feedback. Staff don't mind the initial login. I am just concerned at how mad it will be at IT Induction in September with large classes all performing initial login. I wonder if you can somehow script 1k accounts to log on and log off in turn and generate all those default profiles...

Thanks Arthur

I can't remember where I got them from but here are the 3 WMI queries I use: Win 10 (any) select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where (Version like "10%") and ProductType = "1" Win7 32-bit select * from Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version like "6.1%" AND ProductType="1" AND NOT OSArchitecture = "64-bit" Win 7 64-bit select * from Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version like "6.1%" AND ProductType="1" AND OSArchitecture = "64-bit"

Personally I did a copy of our Windows 7 GPO and used WMI filters to seperate the Win7 and Win10 GPO's. I then stripped a load of old stuff out of my copied-Win10 GPO and did the customisation. I think it is a good idea to keep them seperate!

Quick question; Do people package up the Creative Cloud App's individually or all together? Previously with CS3 and then CS6 we went for everything in one big bundle. But as I'm looking through the fun of having to run the exemptions, Acrobat and Lighthouse separately I'm tempted to just generate different packages for each individual product. At least SCCM will look pretty Many thanks!

Sorry I can't help but be warned that as soon as their projects start to get more complicated they will crash regularly without warning and they will blame IT - happy days!

I've also not had any problems since updating the firmware. When we were having the problem we suspected it was certain ports and so did un-patch those ports and move to another. AMED thanks for re-uploading, I've just found loads of PM's about this! When it goes down again I suggest future readers just contact HP. I found them very useful in this and got me the firmware within 24 hours

I'd really recommend contacting HP as I found them pleasantly quick to respond and assist. Also as it's not released officially yet it's only meant for fixing that particular problem. I'm also 50% sure I shouldn't be re-distributing ? Saying that I heard there's a copy on filedropper http://www.filedropper.com/hp1810firmwarepk121

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We are the same - just over a month and no issues yet. I didn't want to jinx it by saying anything though!

Thanks Peter - Corero Bradlys - I've been looking at that but their subscription model is incredibly expensive. I'm hoping either to custom build something or work on Corero for a module... It's a back-burner project!

Er maybe I missed a couple of words. I mean pull staff and student timetable information from our management information in a SQL database and use it to populate Exchange calendars

Is anyone aware of any tools or utilities that can push or pull calendar information (i.e timetables) into Exchange (2010) calendars? I've found a couple of small utilities that may or may not work. Otherwise I suspect it'll be configuring a very specific SQL view and running overnight export from SQL then an import/update in Exchange that will probably break every time we change service pack. But before I start on that headache of a plan does anyone know of a fantastic application that will do the job? Thankyou!

I use the same as caffrey for a few machines in our office. They are fantastic. There are a lot of very expensive arms out there and I'm not convinced it's worth the extra cost

Thanks Kestrel1. I've talked to HP support and got the new firmware without too much flaffing about. Applying to a couple of switches over the weekend to see if that'll help...!

Thanks Harris Yes that's the one. Stops restricted users getting into negative credit but also means they need to log out and log in again when copying. We've gone with setting to N for now and monitor it. Thanks again all

For info too much pressure and not getting anywhere so we went with the PaperCut upgrade and it still hasn't fixed the issue. Lots of I told you so's and pointing out this is why I don't like just upgrading for the sake of it. I'll post the solution when we get somewhere!

The only issue I have with building using GPP is I have a 'delete all' option that wipes it down to rebuild the menu. The whole thing takes a good 5-10 seconds on every login. My goal to sort this is to standardise software throughout the site so remove the need to 'delete all' and only delete software that gets removed and hopefully speed up logins. n.B I use the GPP file copy rather than the GPP shortcut because I found the GPP shortcut even slower - about 10-20 seconds on every login. For wireless laptops everything gets amplified so I've seen laptop users with 1-2 minutes just building the start menu which is pretty mad. I've since changed our laptops to use Local Profiles and a start menu that only builds once (no delete all) My other consideration was redirected start menu with ABE as others have mentioned. I would love to have some time to test that out but I'm not convinced it'll make any real difference to speeds so that's on the back burner.