TimTech

You can make him a local admin on the 2 machines. NTFS permissions will still protect the network. As for changing passwords, that can be done by giving him a custom MMC and delegating permissions for him in AD.

Damn nice...grats;)

Right-click on the OU and Delegate Control is your top option. Be sure this is what you want to do though. It sounds simple, but teachers have a way of destroying networks:doh:

We use Sysaid by Ilient. Each member of staff has a user ID on there and they email the issues to us. We in turn decide which should have priority. If anyone has a problem while i'm not at my desk, i get an email from the system to let me know about when i return. Any updates to the jobs are automatically emailed out to the member of staff who requested the work done:cool:

Are you sure this is a fault and not just something like a power saving feature on the NIC?

We keep al IT rooms locked unless a member of staff is there to supervise:cool:

Do you use a proxy connection? If so have you tried putting the ip addy of the access points in your browser exceptions?

Depends on the severity, but we range from banning internet access to an outright ban from the network. The student then has to go see their head of year or head of the dept they were abusing to have access restored. The cost of any physical damage to equipment is passed along to the parents:cool:

I was kinda hoping when they changed hands in the summer, that things might improve...seems it's the same bunch of cowboys with different hats:D

Our school policy is collar and tie.....i could do without the tie though, damn thing is always in the way:(

Daleus, have you moved the new machines into the correct OU or left them in the default?

I feel very underpaid...i took this job almost 10 years ago, with a 'pay award pending' and it's still pending. Still on scale 2, even though the network has increased in size by a factor of 10!!!!!

Can you get it to boot into safe mode? If so try checking device manager for any problem devices. BSOD is often caused by old/no drivers. I always install SP3 asap, and leave out IE7 (it still causes problems in certain areas).

Good luck!!!

A little too expensive and our EuDcational IT dept don't support 2008 yet:confused: