DrBeaker

That's a brilliant use case of Windows 10 LTSB and exactly what it was envisioned as I suppose. Best example I've come across yet.

We use Cunninghams - they seem OK for the most part. Only involvement so far was with getting their stuff moved over to a new SIMs server. We paid them to do the migration. Best advice I'd say is make sure that problems with their kit, equipment, software etc don't become an IT problem.

Yes we had something like ... Science Mr P James Maths Mr H Cooper PE Mr H Simpson Easy enough for the name, enough privacy etc. Students shouldn't know the first names of staff really.

I saw this article last night and have sent it to my IT colleagues.

I'd argue the social engineering point is a very valid point indeed and enough to cause issues - full staff name, photo, place of work etc. On our website as names only, no full first names either. Same as my previous school. +1 I'd personally request it to be taken down for privacy reasons.

Might not be to be fair, I'll bow to your expertise and knowledge in this area as you're the more knowledgeable person than me in this case. It's just our world is 90% of the time a very negative place to work in and how often does an article like this appear praising us? Can't think of the last time this happened myself https://www.infoworld.com/article/2620020/7-it-superheroes----and-their-fatal-flaws.html

Would this be a candidate for a sticky mods?

That's why there's permissions, roles and groups etc within SIMs though. We only needed to view names, titles, timetable and add photos. That's all we needed so that's all we had setup. I think it's a case of respecting people's privacy. Some people are extroverts and some are introverts. The name and photo being on the staff badge is good enough for data and ID purposes. Personally I think on ours the full name (first and last) of the staff shouldn't be on there.

+1 for this. The warranty is void as it's something to do with the normal hours of use per day being exceeded. Some companies use any excuse not to honour warranties/insurance etc We had some old plasmas that only did 1024 x 768 and had burn-in on the screen. But they were still working. We had a Hannspree off eBuyer still going strong after 5x years of 8x hours of use a day including holidays. We did buy a commercial LG TV in the end for one location with a long expected lifespan. YMMV

That's why we had the staff photos in SIMs though for the IT team to see who was who. Seeing as we had to add the photos in as well anyway.

All of this hassle for the sake of Microsoft removing the DVD playback function from Windows 8 onward. Did they really save that much money? So how come a free open-source app like VLC can do it but M$ can't? I want to like you Microsoft, but you're not making it easy for us techs!

Thanks, I thought it might be. Would you happen to know if that number is per hour or per year for the salary? Thanks

Hi, Has this not already gone then? - "​received no later than midnight on Monday, 8June 2019." Thanks

I didn't say it was the whole of Linux. But this has been a long-time coming.

Yep and the old Atom architecture only supports up to 2GB RAM. Don't know about the new lot but they were touted as the next best thing since sliced bread. Frankly conned lot of people as to how well they were actually going to perform. Bear in mind all of these came out before the first iPad was launched! Linux has announced it's dropping support for x86 systems. So I wonder how long before MS do it with Windows 10? https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ubuntu-19-10-drops-32-bit-support-angering-linux-users/

Yep further to some posts on here, the SSD makes the biggest difference. On Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 the HDD usage is nearly 100%. When upgraded with an SSD, it's not even an issue. That's my next project - upgrade everything I can with an SSD to get a bit more life out of the kit.

IMHO the day the warranty has ran out and no longer supported under warranty. Same applies for kit and infrastructure. It's a risk after that and risk needs to be managed by the business and business management teams, not the IT department - unless it has an IT manager. e.g. Look at the NHS cyber-attack because the NHS and govt FAILED to undertake the advice of the IT team there and replace equipment long past it's usable life.

I'm also interested as to what graphics cards people are using for multiple monitor setups of more than 3x. I've currently got 2x 22" monitors via VGA and DisplayPort. I've got another 22" and 24" ready to be used, but can't find a decent graphics card to power them. They're all DELL monitors and have VGA, HDMI and DisplayPort so have a few options for connections.

Interesting discovery today with these units... Running on battery power the CPU spikes and starts to behave normally. Running on mains power it drops down to 0.79GHz and won't budge. Changing the power settings to high performance when on mains and use 100% CPU etc all to no avail. Still stuck at 0.79GHz. Tried another Dell PSU and same result. I would have expected the opposite behaviour. Still seems like a hardware fault IMHO, as the other units I have all behave fine on Mains power with normal CPU usage and never stuck fast as 0.79GHz. Despite Dell's advise to change the size of the page file to a manual size as the fix so far.

On these devices it's all-passive cooling, no fan or anything. Whether on battery or mains power it never goes above the 0.79GHz/800MHz barrier. These DO all seem to be from the same batch that were purchased, so I wonder if there's a few duff ones in the batch. My Google-Fu is lacking in finding anything on these, any recalls, advisory notes etc. They were doing the same on the supplied/stock BIOS version that came with the device too. Using legit genuine Dell adapters purchased from Dell. I've tried it on a few different but identical laptop PSUs and get the same result. Good point though, I'll try it on some other ones from the trolley itself. All the Turbo-boost, C-states, Use all cores settings etc are all enabled in the BIOS. Same settings as one next to it that has the CPU operating normally.

Hi All, Got a few Dell Latitude 3189 laptops here that have a Pentium N4200 CPU that runs at 1.1GHz stock speed. I've got quite a lot of these devices, most are fine and seem to work as expected. However I've got some of these devices, it seems the CPU never goes above 0.79GHz for whatever reason. * Was the same on a the previous Windows build * Did a fresh Windows build, Windows 10 x64 1903 * Updated all drivers * Updated BIOS * Verified all CPU settings for Boost etc are enabled in the BIOS. All with still the same results - it never goes above 0.79GHz. Initial thoughts were maybe a dodgy Windows install, but it does it on a fresh install of Windows 10 whereas others are fine. Tried the Intel CPU diagnostics tool, doesn't seem to find any issues. They were all bought before I started and I have no history of the devices prior to me starting. So apart from it seeming to be a hardware issue now - I'm out of ideas, any thoughts? Thanks

Making teachers take responsibility for the kit they've been provided with to use to support the students education IMHO. In some case nearly £10K worth of kit!" * Letting students vandalise, pull stickers off, draw over the devices. * Not plugging them into charge and them blaming IT for it. * vandalism of kit and claims "it's always been like that" We've had staff take laptops from rooms they'd been allocated to, to other classrooms as they "needed" it somewhere else. It all comes down to classroom management and SLT policing that with teaching staff, otherwise I don't think we're ever going to win. I've had photos, videos, audits, logs, CCTV footage, incident reports etc got to management and SLT and nothing was ever done about it - even when the students were caught red-handed. So if SLT aren't going to back up the IT team and enforce this onto teaching staff, we have no chance.

2FA is great. But IMHO in this case, if it's a work solution for a work problem then work needs to provide the tools and equipment to make the solution work. Not rely on the goodwill of teachers and support staff to fill the gap and use their personal devices. That's a great way to erase the goodwill of staff and undermine morale, it's a slippery slope to making them use your own phone for everything. That's from experience too folks. SLT can do what they want with theirs, they get paid enough to afford 2x phones which makes all this a moot point.

I may be cynical, but when I've seen in one hand how much money is wasted in schools and the next we don't have enough money to buy one cable I don't buy it. I find it hard to believe there's not funds for a key school system like that to the point they expect staff to use their own devices. E.g. cars the SLT team drive costing £40K, that means they're paid enough to afford that car, which means there's enough money to purchase a device for a staff member and are they REALLY delivering value for money or a unique set of skills that we need to pay you that much. Doesn't apply to all schools and staff nope, but that's from my experience. Staff who claim poverty are normally the ones driving the expensive cars.

How about either 1) an Ethernet cable run to it? 2) Fibre optic cable run to it? 3) Ethernet to fibre conversion e.g. Ethernet > Fibre media converter > Ethernet. You could get it to nearly 170-200m or more then, combining the tech. Not particularly neat, but gets the job done. 4) Directional wifi-antenna? Point-to-point antenna? e.g. https://www.broadbandbuyer.com/products/28801-ubiquiti-lbe-5ac-gen2-ptp/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3-zXyJz74gIVpr_tCh2fngqTEAQYASABEgIBV_D_BwE