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Your not the only one 2003R2 server RIS DHCP FILE/PRINT 2000 server Red Hat Server DNS Firewall Content Filtering Intranet (sometimes a website) Media Server MCE PC CCTV Server Print Server XP Clients I use group policies, Roaming profiles, The entire house is networked with Cat5e although I do have a wireless router setup for my PDA. Its sad how we get so involved in our jobs, all the equipment has come 2nd hand along my career. To be honest I have loads of IT equipment I must sort it out and get rid of, things like Amiga 500, Spectrum 128, laser printers, unopened software NT4 workstation, Win95, XP Home etc etc my loft is full, and I must get rid of it soon because I should (fingers crossed) be in Oz in the next 6 - 8 months.

Funny enough I'm just back from two weeks sick and I had calls, texts and emails every day all day I do have a modern apprentice but it seems they don't trust him when I'm not about. There does need to be some sort of plan luckly for my apprentice ad the school I was prepared to remote in to sort out problems. We are not allowed to be sick me thinks

Just to let you all know I recieved the security brackets today and they are really good the were made bespoke and they fit perfectly. Oh yes the cost £51.95 and they reakon if I had ordered more than 15 units they could have been cheaper. They have told me they can make any bespoke bracket or cage I desire and I must admit at that price I think I may being getting more security cages from them especially when you consider the next nearest price was £130 in this post.

no my server is named invincible, I have changed that but I just edited it to make it easier on the forum.

I have finally got a chance to have a look at limitlogon, Steve was kind enough to send me the script that he modified with oher peoples help. But I have run into a problem. on PC1 the first logon I get this error line 70 Char 4 Path not found Set filetxt = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strpathname & "logs\" & formatdatetime(Now(),vblongdate) & ".log", 8, True) and on PC2 logging on with the same user account, it recognises that the user account is already logged in and on which machine, I am then asked to click ok to be logged off, but then I get this error Line 91 Char 6 Path not found Set filetxt = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strpathname & "logs\" & formatdatetime(Now(),vblongdate) & ".log", 8, True) and the machine remains logged on. here is the full logon script 'Begin Constant Declaration Const Server_Name = "server" 'The server the shared directory will sit on Const Share_Name = "limitlogon$" ' The share name Const ForReading = 1 Const ForAppending = 8 Const TIMEOUT = 60 ' Begin Variable declaration Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") Set ObjFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") Dim StrUserName ' Current user Dim StrStrMachineName Dim StrStrPathName Dim StrStrMachineFile Dim StrStrUserFile Dim strResponse Dim textstream Dim strMachine Dim strUser Dim filetxt '************************* Main Code ************************* 'On Error Resume Next StrUserName = "" strResponse = "" ' Wait until the user is really logged in... While StrUserName = "" WScript.Sleep 100 ' 1/10 th of a second StrUserName = WSHNetwork.UserName ' Get the user name Wend StrMachineName = WshNetwork.ComputerName 'Get the machine Name StrPathName = "\\" & Server_Name & "\" & Share_Name & "\" If ((StrUserName = "CyberCafe") OR (StrUserName = "ils")) Then 'Write to log file, do not check for multiple logins. Set filetxt = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strpathname & "logs\" & formatdatetime(Now(),vblongdate) & ".log", 8, True) filetxt.writeline(Now() & ", " & StrUserName & ", " & StrMachineName) filetxt.close Else If ObjFSO.FileExists (StrPathName & StrUserName & ".txt") Then 'If the file exists then the user is already logged in. Set StrUserFile = ObjFSO.CreateTextFile(StrPathName & StrUserName & "1.txt") StrUserFile.WriteLine StrMachineName StrUserFile.WriteLine StrUserName & " " & "has logged onto" & " " & StrMachineName & " at " & NOW() StrUserFile.Close 'Read the machine name from username file Set StrUserFile = ObjFSO.GetFile(StrPathName & StrUserName & ".txt") set textstream = StrUserFile.openastextstream(1,-2) strMachine = textstream.readline if strMachineName = strmachine then 'The user logged on to this computer, but didn't log out properly Set StrUserFile = ObjFSO.CreateTextFile(StrPathName & StrUserName & ".txt") StrUserFile.WriteLine StrMachineName StrUserFile.WriteLine StrUserName & " " & "has logged onto" & " " & StrMachineName & " at " & NOW() StrUserFile.Close Set StrMachineFile = ObjFSO.CreateTextFile(StrPathName & StrMachineName & ".txt") strMachineFile.WriteLine strUserName StrMachineFile.WriteLine StrUserName & " " & "has logged onto" & " " & StrMachineName & " at " & NOW() StrMachineFile.Close 'Write to the log file Set filetxt = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strpathname & "logs\" & formatdatetime(Now(),vblongdate) & ".log", 8, True) filetxt.writeline(Now() & ", " & StrUserName & ", " & StrMachineName & ", User didn't log out of this machine properly earlier") filetxt.close ObjFSO.DeleteFile (StrPathName & StrUserName & "1.txt") Else 'The user is logged on at another computer 'Read the username from the machine file If ObjFSO.FileExists (StrPathName & StrMachine & ".txt") Then Set StrUserFile = ObjFSO.GetFile(StrPathName & StrMachine & ".txt") set textstream = StrUserFile.openastextstream(1,-2) strUser = textstream.readline Else strUser = "" End If If StrUserName = strUser Then 'The user logged on to the other computer is the same as the user trying to logon to this computer 'Open messagebox informing user that they are already logged on intReturn = objShell.Popup("You are already logged in at computer " & strMachine & "! You will now be logged off this computer.", 30, "Duplicate Login", Ok_Button) If intReturn = 1 Then Wscript.Echo "You clicked the ok button. You will now be logged off" Set filetxt = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strpathname & "logs\" & formatdatetime(Now(),vblongdate) & ".log", 8, True) filetxt.writeline(Now() & ", " & StrUserName & ", " & StrMachineName & ", User logged in elsewhere, decided not to login here") filetxt.close WshShell.Run "\\server\limitlogon$\logoff.exe /n" Else Wscript.Echo "Logon timed out. You will now be logged off" Set filetxt = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strpathname & "logs\" & formatdatetime(Now(),vblongdate) & ".log", 8, True) filetxt.writeline(Now() & ", " & StrUserName & ", " & StrMachineName & ", User logged in elsewhere, decided not to login here") filetxt.close WshShell.Run "\\server\limitlogon$\logoff.exe /n" End If Else 'Another User has logged onto the other computer Set StrUserFile = ObjFSO.CreateTextFile(StrPathName & StrUserName & ".txt") StrUserFile.WriteLine StrMachineName StrUserFile.WriteLine StrUserName & " " & "has logged onto" & " " & StrMachineName & " at " & NOW() StrUserFile.Close Set StrMachineFile = ObjFSO.CreateTextFile(StrPathName & StrMachineName & ".txt") strMachineFile.WriteLine strUserName StrMachineFile.WriteLine StrUserName & " " & "has logged onto" & " " & StrMachineName & " at " & NOW() StrMachineFile.Close 'Write to the log file Set filetxt = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strpathname & "logs\" & formatdatetime(Now(),vblongdate) & ".log", 8, True) filetxt.writeline(Now() & ", " & StrUserName & ", " & StrMachineName & ", User didn't log out of other machine correctly") filetxt.close ObjFSO.DeleteFile (StrPathName & StrUserName & "1.txt") End If End if Else 'The user is not already logged in, so allow them to login without any questions. Set StrUserFile = ObjFSO.CreateTextFile(StrPathName & StrUserName & ".txt") StrUserFile.WriteLine StrMachineName StrUserFile.WriteLine StrUserName & " " & "has logged onto" & " " & StrMachineName & " at " & NOW() StrUserFile.Close Set StrMachineFile = ObjFSO.CreateTextFile(StrPathName & StrMachineName & ".txt") strMachineFile.WriteLine strUserName StrMachineFile.WriteLine StrUserName & " " & "has logged onto" & " " & StrMachineName & " at " & NOW() StrMachineFile.Close 'Write to the log file Set filetxt = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strpathname & "logs\" & formatdatetime(Now(),vblongdate) & ".log", 8, True) filetxt.writeline(Now() & ", " & StrUserName & ", " & StrMachineName & ", User logged in OK") filetxt.close End If End If

Get the kids to make them ....I like it. Thanks for the replies. We have ended up going to a local fabrication company who think they can turn them out for around £50 each so we will see.

I found this a while ago is it any help, it has fairly good explanations [Data] ; Installs Windows to the first available partition that has the space and doesn't already contain an version of Windows AutoPartition=1 ; Informs the Windows Setup Loader that an unattended Setup is running directly from the Windows product CD MsDosInitiated="0" ; Informs the Windows Setup Loader that an unattended Setup is running directly from the Windows product CD UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] ; Defines the unattended mode to use during GUI-mode Setup (DefaultHide | FullUnattended | GuiAttended | ProvideDefault | ReadOnly) UnattendMode = FullUnattended ; Specifies whether the end user must accept the End-User License Agreement (EULA) included with Windows (Yes | No) OemSkipEula = Yes ; Specifies whether Setup installs its files from distribution folders. OemPreinstall = Yes ; Specifies the path to one or more folders that contain PnP drivers not in Drivers.cab, Redundant thanks to Bashrat OemPnPDriversPath = ; Determines the installation folder in which you install Windows. TargetPath = \Windows ; Specifies how to process unsigned drivers during unattended Setup (Block | Warn | Ignore) DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore ; Specifies whether to connect to the Windows Update site to download updates during Setup DUDisable = Yes ; Specifies whether to stop the Windows Update process when an error is detected DUStopOnError = No ; If Set extends disk partition to end of disk or by x MB ExtendOemPartition = 1 ; Specify wheter to leave filesystem alone or convert to NTFS FileSystem = ConvertNTFS ; Determines if Windows should auto activate over Internet AutoActivate = No ; Proxy Setting to use when auto activating windows ActivateProxy = Proxy ; 3=small memory dump 0-3 CrashDumpSetting = 3 ; Don't go get updates from Internet during install DisableDynamicUpdates = Yes ; Yes=Enables hibernation, No=Disabled hibernation Hibernation = Yes ; Yes=Wait 15seconds after guimode setup to reboot WaitForReboot = No ; Defines Custom HAL type ComputerType = ; Used in conjuction with OPK If yes will not delete Sysprep directory Factory = Yes ; Used in upgrades to keep previous hal ForceHalDetection = No ; Allows specification of keyboard type Keyboardlayout = ; Indicates whether or not this is an OS upgrade NTUpgrade = No ; Indicates whether OEM files should be overwritten OverwriteOEMFilesOnUpgrade = 0 ; Only when booting to CD specify 1 to repartition hard disk Repartition = 1 ; Set to yes during winnt installation to skip welcome UnattendSwitch = No ; Indicats if this is an upgrade and to use [Win9xUpg] section Win9xUpgrade = No [uninstall] ; This section has settings to allow an upgraded system to be uninstalled [GuiRunOnce] ; Commands to execute the first time an end user logs on to the computer after GUI-mode Setup completes "C:\local\buildgui.bat" [LicenseFilePrintData] ; Licensing Mode usually perseat AutoMode=PerSeat ; When in PerServer mode=number of licenses AutoUsers=50 [RegionalSettings] ; IF this section is used the Winnt32.exe /copysource:lang setting must be specified ; Specifies the Inputlocal and keyboard setting for default user InputLocale_DefaultUser= ; Locale ID for default User UserLocale_DefaultUser= ; Locale\Keyboard combinations to be installed InputLocale= ; Lanugage locale to be installed Language= ; Language Group to be installed LanguageGroup= ; System Locale to be specified SystemLocale= ; User Locale setting UserLocale= [GuiUnattended] ; Used with Detached programs to provide arguments Arguments= ; Indicates Regional info GUI to be skipped in setup OEMSkipRegional=1 ; For OEMs allows use of hashpwd.exe cannot be used with autologon EncryptedAdminPassword=No ; Sets Timezone 010=Mountain TimeZone="010" ; Used to skip welcome screens in GUI setup OemSkipWelcome=1 ; Allows to change default location of profiles ProfilesDir="" ; Indicates that system should autologon after reboot AutoLogon="Yes" ; Number of times to auto logon AutoLogonCount=2 ; Specifies programs to run concurrently with Setup DetachedProgram="" ; Sets the admin password AdminPassword=local [identification] ; Specifies the name of the workgroup in which the computer participates. JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP ; CreateComputerAccountInDomain=Yes ; Specifies the name of the domain in which the computer participates JoinDomain="CONTOSO" ; Specifies the full Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path name of the organizational unit (OU) in which the computer belongs MachineObjectOU= "OU=Workstations, dc=contoso, dc=com" ; Specifies the name of the user account in the domain that has permission to create a computer account in that domain DomainAdmin="Contoso\Administrator" ; Specifies the password of the user account as defined by the DomainAdmin entry. DomainAdminPassword="password" [userData] ; Sets the computername, * = random by install ComputerName=* ; Sets the Registered Users name FullName="Full Name" ; Sets the Registered Organisation OrgName="Organization Name" ; We all know what this is ProductKey="XXXXX-YYYYY-ZZZZZ-AAAAA-BBBBB" [Display] ; Number of colors in display BitsPerPel=16 ; X resolution typically 1024 Xresolution=1024 ; Y resolution typically 768 YResolution=768 ; Vertical refresh rate Vrefresh=60 [MassStorageDrivers] ; Used when custom disk drivers must be specified ; Enter the description name =Retail or OEM [OEMBootFiles] ; This section is used to specify custom HALs, and also maps to the Mass Storage Device section [OsChooser] ; Used by RIS Clients Only [Networking] ; This section has no entries but is required to install networking in unattended installations [NetProtocols] ; Installs TCP/IP MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP ; Installs IPX MS_TCPIP=params.MS_NWIPX ; Installs PPTP MS_TCPIP=params.MS_PPTP ; Installs L2TP MS_TCPIP=params.MS_L2TP ; Installs AppleTalk MS_TCPIP=params.MS_AppleTalk ; Installs Network Monitor MS_TCPIP=params.MS_NetMon ; Installs ATM Lane Emulation MS_TCPIP=params.MS_ATMLANE ; Installs ATM Call Manager MS_TCPIP=params.MS_ATMUNI ; Installs ATM ARP Server MS_TCPIP=params.MS_ATMArps [NetClients] ; Indicates MS Client Should be installed and configured MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient ; Indicates NetWare Client Should be installed and configured MS_NWClient=params.NW_Client [NetServices] ; Install File and Print Services MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER ; Install Dial up Server MS_RasSrv=params.MS_RasSrv ; Install QOS Packet Scheduler MS_PSched=params.MS_PSched ; Install SAP Agent MS_NwSapAgent=params.NwSapAgent ; Install Network Load Balance MS_WLBS=params.WLBS [params.MS_Client] ; For SERVER only. list of domains that can be browsed BrowseDomains=corp, sales, research ; Name Service Provider address (NCACN) NameServiceNetworkAddress=10.10.1.1 ; Specifies name service protocol (IP vs Pipes) NameServiceProtocol=ncacn_ip_tcp [params.MS_Server] ; Server only - Broadcast for LANMAN 2.0 BroadcastsToLanman2Clients=No ; Server only - Memory Optimization Setting Optimization=MaxThroughputForFileSharing [params.MS_WLBS] ; Specifies information for Network Load balancing [params.MS_TCPIP] ; Entries in this section are applied to all NICs ; RRAS boxes only - dead gateway detection DeadGWDetectDefault=NO ; If Yes A and PTR records are not auto registered in DNS DisableDynamicUpdate=No ; Sets the Primary DNS Suffix for the computer DNSDomain=Foo.com ; DNS Suffix Search Order DNSSuffixSearchOrder=Srv1.foo.com,srv2.foo.com ; RRAS only. Yes=Use the default gateway DontAddDefaultGatewayDefault=Yes ; Used with Disable Dynamic Update to register with DNS EnableAdapterDomainNameRegistration=Yes ; RRAS Only Wheter or not to use ICMP redirects EnableICMPRedirect=No ; Specifies whether or not to use LMHosts EnableLMHosts=No ; Enables TCP/IP Filtering EnableSecurity=No ; Species NetBIOS scope ScopeID=Foo ; Changes the Primary DNS Suffix to match the AD Domain name SyncDomainWithMembership=1 ; Enables devolution when an unqualified DNS query is sent UseDomainNameDevolution=Yes ; Specifies the sub heading for config specific to the adapter AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [NetBindings] ;Allows to enable, disable and demote specific bindings on specific NICs ;Often Used with NLB to set which NICs are NLB enabled [NetAdapters] ; One entry per adapter used to identify NIC for specific settings Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] ; Specifies a name for this connection ConnectionName="Corporate Network" ; Adapters P&P ID. If * means match to first card found INFID=* ; Bus Number of PCI NIC PCIBusNumber=0 ; Device Number of PCI NIC PCIDeviceNumber=11 ; Function Number of PCI NIC PCIFunctionNumber=0 ; DMA Channel Number for NIC DMA=1 ; Non P&P cards that setup can ignore and not install DoNotDetectLegacyCards = *PNP030b,*PNP8132 ; IO Adddress of NiC IOAddr=330 ; IRQ of Card IRQ = 5 ; Memory address of Card MEM=0xc123456 ; MAC address of NIC NetCardAddress=0x123456789AB [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] ; Maps to the NetADapters Section identies adapter specific settings SpecificTo=Adapter1 ; Default Gateway addresses for this adapter DefaultGateway=10.10.1.1,10.10.1.2 ; Whether or not this adapter uses DHCP address DHCP=Yes ; DHCP Class ID DHCPClassID=foo ; DNS Suffix for this adapter DNSDomain=Foo.com ; Order of DNS Servers to use for this adapter DNSServerSearchOrder=10.10.1.21,10.10.1.22 ; IP addresses for this adapter IPAddress=10.10.1.24 ; 0=From DHCP, 1=Enable NetBIOS, 2=DisableNetBIOS NetBIOSOptions=1 ; Network Mask, 1 per each IP address specified SubnetMask=255.0.0.0 ; Whether or not to register with WINS WINS=No ; List of WINS Servers. Wins=Yes must be set WinsServerList=10.10.1.21,10.10.1.22 [PCHealth] ; This section is used to configure error reporting, remote assistance and Help and support center ; Specifies if error reporting is enabled\displayed ER_Display_UI = 1 ; Specifies which applications to report errors on All, Listed, None ER_Enabled_Applications = All ; Determines if Kernel errors are reported ER_Enable_Kernel_Errors = 1 ; Determines if Errors are reported ER_Enable_Reporting = 1 ; Determines if errors are reported for Windows Applications ER_Enable_Windows_Components = 1 ; Specifies which applications not to report errors on ER_Exclude_Exe1=Notepad ; Specifies which applications not to report errors on ER_Exclude_Exe2=Notepad ; Which applications to include when applications mode=listed ER_Include_Exe1=Notepad ; Which applications to include when applications mode=listed ER_Include_Exe2=Notepad ; force queue mode ER_Force_Queue_mode = 0 ; Determines if Errors in MSApps are reported ER_Include_MSApps = 1 ; Allows remote person to take full control when allowed RA_AllowFullControl = 1 ; Defines if Remote assistance is enabled RA_AllowToGetHelp = 1 ; Defines if someone with permissions can create a session RA_AllowUnsolicited = 1 ; Number of seconds until the remote assistance ticket expires. Default 30 days RA_MaxTicketExpiry= [TapiLocation] ; Area Code for modem AreaCode=303 ; Country code for modem 1=USA CountryCode=1 ; Indicates tone or pulse dialing for modem Dialing=Tone ; Specifies number to dial for outside line LongDistanceACcess=9 [TerminalServices] ; Enables Remote Desktop AllowConnections=1 ; Sets terminal services licensing Mode LicensingMode=PerSeat ; 1 sets TS permissions same as NT 4.0. 0 sets them to Win2000 PermissionsSetting=0 [NetOptionalComponents] ; QoS Admission Control Service ACS = 0 ; DHCP Server DHCPServer = 0 ; DNS Server DNS = 0 ; Directory Service Migration Tool DSMIGRAT = 0 ; Internet Authentication Services IAS = 0 ; Internet Location Service ILS = 0 ; TCP/IP Print Server LPDSVC = 0 ; Print Services for Macintosh MacPrint = 0 ; Services for Macintosh MacSrv = 0 ; Installs Connection Manager Admin Kit Netcm = 0 ; Network Monitor tools NETMONTOOLS = 0 ; Simple TCP/IP Services SimpTcp = 0 ; Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP = 0 ; Windows Internet Name Service WINS = 0 [sNMP] ; Defines community names and rights Accept_CommunityName = Dude:Read_WRITE ; Determines if packets are allowed from any host Any_Host = Yes ; Sets the community name Community_Name = "" ; Defines a contact name for this machine Contact_Name = "[email protected]" ; Defines specific hosts to allow packets from Max=3 Limit_Host = "" ; Defines a physical location for this machine Location = "here" ; Determines if an Authentication trap is sent Send_Authentication = Yes ; determines types of services to report Service = Physical,Applications,Datalink,Internet,End-to-End ; management stations to send traps to Traps = [Components] ; accessibility wizard AccessOpt = on ; calculator Calc = on ; certificate services compontents of the certificate server CertSrv = off ; web client components of the certificate server CertSrv_Client = off ; server components of the certificate server CertSrv_Server = off ; enables insertion of symbols and characters into documents CharMap = off ; chat client Chat = on ; clipboard viewer Clipbook = on ; COM+ network access Complusnetwork = off ; desktop wallpaper DeskPaper = on ; phone dialer Dialer = on ; DTC network access Dtcnetwork = off ; Fax components Fax = on ; Front Pager Extensions fp_extensions = off ; Visual Interdev RAD remote deployment fp_vdir_deploy = off ; freecell game freecell = off ; hearts game hearts = off ; hyperterm hypertrm = on ; installs visible entry points (shortcuts) for IE IEAccess = on ; harden IE for administrators, power users IEHardenAdmin = off ; harden IE for users IEHardenUser = off ; common set of files needed by internet information services Iis_Common = off ; ftp service Iis_Ftp = off ; html based administration tools for iis Iis_Htmla = off ; microsoft management console based administration tools for iis Iis_Inetmgr = off ; NNTP server. iis_nntp = off ; NNTP server docs. iis_nntp_docs = off ; personal web manager, valid only for w2k professional iis_pwmgr = off ; SMTP server. iis_smtp = off ; SMTP server docs. iis_smtp_docs = off ; www service iis_www = off ; Web printing components iis_www_vdir_printers = off ; Installs terminal Services Active X control into the virtual directory iis_www_vdir_terminalService = off ; script debugger IisDbg = on ; indexing services, requires iis_common, iis_inetmgr, iis_www and com = on indexsrv_system = off ; internet printing, requires iis_common, iis_inetmgr, and iis_www inetprint = off ; Disable Terminal Services licensing. LicenseServer = off ; Sample Sounds media_clips = on ; utopia sound scheme Media_Utopia = on ; Minsweeper minesweeper = off ; mouse pointers mousepoint = off ; Windows media player Mplay = on ; Integrates MSMQ into AD msmq_ADIntegrated = off ; MSMQ core components msmq_Core = off ; Enables MSMQ to use HTTP msmq_HTTPSupport = off ; Allows messages to be stored locally msmq_LocalStorage = off ; Provides AD and site recognition msmq_MQDSService = off ; Provides MSMQ routing msmq_RoutingSupport = off ; associates message arrival with com objects msmq_TriggerService = off ; Installs MSN Explorer msnexplr = off ; Word Pad MsWordPad = on ; microsoft com internet services, requires iis_common, iis_inetmgr, iis_www and com = on NetCis = off ; additional optional networking components, requires [NetOptionalComponents] section NetOc = on ; object packager ObjectPkg = off ; hide Outlook Express icons OEAccess = off ; MS Paint Paint = on ; Pinball pinball = off ; sound recorder rec = on ; remote installation services reminst = off ; OCM update root certificates rootautoupdate = on ; remote storage services enable the use of tape libraries as extensions of ntfs volumes RStorage = off ; Solitaire game solitaire = off ; spider game spider = off ; document templates Templates = on ; Installs Terminal Services on SERVERs only TerminalServer = off ; if TsEnable = On then tsClient files for creating client disks, appx 10MB TsClients = off ; Installs the ActiveX component for terminal services. requires IIS TsWebClient = off ; volume control vol = on ; show Windows Messenger shortcuts wmaccess = on ; show Windows Media Player shortcuts wmPOCM = on ; windows media technologies components Wms = off ; windows media technologies server administration tools web components Wms_Admin_asp = off ; Windows Media MMC snap in wms_admin_mmc=off ; windows media technologies server, requires Wms_Admin Wms_Server = off ; Installs MS Game Zone internet games zonegames = off [Proxy] ; Specifies the Internet Protocol (IP) address or Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) proxy server on the network. FTP_Proxy_Server="Http://Myproxy:80" ; Specifies the IP address or URL of the Gopher proxy server on the network Gopher_Proxy_Server="Http://Myproxy:80" ; Specifies the IP address or URL of the HTTP proxy server on the network HTTP_Proxy_Server="Http://Myproxy:80" ; Specifies whether to use a proxy server to connect to the Internet Proxy_Enable=1 ; Specifies a semicolon-separated list of IP addresses to bypass the proxy server Proxy_Override= ; Specifies the IP address or URL of the Secure proxy on the network Secure_Proxy_Server="Http://Myproxy:80" ; Specifies the IP address or URL of the Socks proxy on the network Socks_Proxy_Server="Http://Myproxy:80" ; Specifies whether to use the same proxy server for all protocols. Use_Same_Proxy=1 [url] ; 1 indicates browser to be configured from a server AutoConfig=0 ; URL for Javascript file that configures proxy settings AutoConfigJSURL=http:// ; URL for an INS file that configures proxy settings AutoConfigURL=Http:// ; URL for help page Help_Page=Http:// ; Set the default homepage Home_Page = [url]http://www.Microsoft.com[/url] ; Name fo quick link 1 Quick_Link_1_Name="Foo Page" ; URL of quick link 1 Quick_Link_1="http:" [branding] ; Tells IE to accept entries during unattended install BrandIEUsingUnattended = Yes ; IE to use the specified IEAK branding file in $OEM$ IEBrandingFile=IEAK.INS [FavoritesEx] ; URL Name for first Favorite (BrandingIEUSingUnattended must =Yes) Title1="MSDN.url" ; URL matching first favorite name URL1="http://MSDN.Microsoft.com" ; URL Name for 2nd Favorite (BrandingIEUSingUnattended must =Yes) Title2="Support.url" ; URL matching 2nd favorite name URL2="http://support.Microsoft.com" [iEHardening] LocalIntranetSites=http://www.contoso.com;[url]http://local.contoso.com[/url] TrustedSites=http://www.microsoft.com [iEPopupBlocker] ; Add to allowed sites in Internet Explorer AllowedSites=http://www.contoso.com;[url]http://www.microsoft.com[/url] ; Block popups in Internet Explorer BlockPopups = yes ; Set the filter level for Internet Explorer FilterLevel = Medium ; Show the information bar when popups have been blocked ShowInformationBar = Yes [Fax] ; A bunch more Fax entries are availabe see documentation ; Saves inbound faxes ArchiveIncoming=True ; Location to save inbound fax ArchiveIncomingFolderName= ; Saves outbound faxes ArchiveOutgoing=True ; Location to save outbound fax ArchiveOutgoingFolderName= ; Called Subscriber ID transmitted during faxes Csid=Fax [shell] ; No = use XP start panel, Yes= Use classic windows with icons on desktop DefaultStartPanelOff = no ; No means use XP Themes Yes means us Windows Classic themes DefaultThemeseOff = no ; Used to specify a different default theme. Use to set Screen Saver and wallpaper CustomDefaultThemeFile=c:\windows\Resources\Themes\Mytheme.theme [HomeNet] ; specify the name from netadapters where you want this enabled InternetConnectionFirewall=Adapter1 [Certsrv_Client] ; Can contain information for client side certificatses [CertSrv_Server] ; Can contain information on configuring Certificate Services on server [internetServer] ; Path for FTP PathFTPRoot="C:\Inetpub\FTPRoot" ; Path for WWW PAthWWWRoot="C:\Inetpub\WWWRoot" [RemoteInstall] ; This section for RIS installs only ; Delete all partitions and reformat with NTFS Repartition=Yes ; Extends volume to whole drive UseWholeDisk=Yes [systemFileProtection] ; Location of folder used by Windows File Protection SFCDllCacheDir= ; Display progress meter during scans SFCShowProgress=1 ; Size of DLL Cache SFCQuota= [systemRestore] ; Number of days for Auto System Checkpoints or restore points created CheckpointCalendarFrequency = 1 ; Number of hours after which checkpoint is created CheckpointSessionFrequency = 10 ; Max % of hard disk to user for system restore data store MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12 ; Max Age in days before a restore point is purged from database RestorePointLife=30 [Win9xUpg] ; This section can contain entries related to upgrading from Win9x

Cheers just got will roll it out later today

Thanks for the reply DaveP, I did stumble onto this site late yesterday afternoon, but I don't know what you think but £130 per pc is a little bit on the steep side or at least I think so. I seem to remember some years ago getting cages from CPC or some company like them for about £50 which I think is a more reasonable price. Still thanks Dave looks like I might just have to spend the pennies

I hope someone can point me in the right direction here. I need a Tower PC security cage, and they need to be cheap less than £60 each, does anyone know of a supplier?

I am in the process of rolling out a thin client solution in part of the school and I have come up against a problem. I use answer files to set the printer and the proxy based on the room that the machine is in, so a machine in room R10 would have a name like R10-01 which I think is pretty standard. thin clients get a name like R10-Term01. The answer file would be looking at R10-* to include all machines in the room. Now this works great for fat clients but my thin clients won't work like this. I have set their host name by right clicking on the desktop and going into configure and setting the hostname. I am running citrix and the clients are LT210's. Maybe I have missed something really basic but this is my first time with thin clients.

I came back to work yesterday only to hear a horible bleeping noise as I approached the server room, my heart sank and not without reason. On entering the server room our Dell Poweredge 2850 Exchange server was looking very poorly. All five raid drives were flashing amber and on further investergation no drives were able to accessed even through the raid controller software. So I phoned Dell as it was still under waranty, it took nearly 40 mins just to speak to a human then i was passed around the building, until someone was prepared to take the call. This very clever man proceeded to tell me that all five drives must have failed and I would need to reinstall 8O , when I said that I thought it might be the controller he scoffed, but I insisted, so rather than send out a Dell Techie he asked if I wouldn't mind opening up the server. Well that was not a problem but I had to wait for Dell to ask warranties and all that. Well after removing and reseating the Raid controller I was able to get access to one of the drives. So matey from Dell said I would still need to reinstall as the other drives were U/S I still disagreed with him and removed and replaced all the drives, and would you believe it all drives were now available in the RAID conroller software they were offline but they were there. I forced all the drives online and the server was back up and running. Well what I'm really trying to say here is DON'T format a server until you have no other option, and these so called experts on the end of a phone line how much do they really know? not alot I think the guy I was speaking to put me on hold countless times to check my questions. Anyway all well that ends well

happy new year do i win the prize for first post of 2007

@alan-d I'm really interested to here how it goes and how you configure the two together. I would love to use E107 as i have been using it for nearly 2 years now.

Thans for your replies so far... I think I will have a look at the plone intergration with moodle. I run two websites myself that use E107 which I like very much but there is no intergration with moodle currently. Some reading during the holiday me thinks :?

Hi Norphy I want teachers to be able to maintain their own areas of the website so intergration needs to be more for staff than students, and as for the VLE I would like the site to recognise the user and present them with content that is for that particuar user.

I am about to start a rebuild of the school website and I thought it would be good to get some input on things that maybe you would have done differently. am I asking too much? is any of this possible?> thats why I want to know your experiences. Maybe together we could put together a difinitive solution to combining the school web site with the VLE solution.

congrats is this your first? I got five so I never really learned from my mistakes Enjoy your time they grow up quicker than you think

I found this the other day after my brother told me about it, I'm really enjoying it, its a sort of WOW game but the most important thing is it is totaly FREE, which is a price I like http://www.turfbattles.com Maybe I will see you in there over the hols, I use the same name there.

Sorry I should have said :oops: The error was found on the server

Took a while to manage to get back to this one busy days Wel I had a look in the event logs and this is what I am getting Event Type: Error Event Source: Print Event Category: None Event ID: 6161 Date: 07/12/2006 Time: 15:44:11 User: DOMAIN\user Computer: SERVER Description: The document Microsoft Word - example.doc owned by user failed to print on printer Science EPSON Stylus C84. Data type: NT EMF 1.008. Size of the spool file in bytes: 46360. Number of bytes printed: 0. Total number of pages in the document: 1. Number of pages printed: 0. Client machine: \\PC-01. Win32 error code returned by the print processor: 5. Access is denied. For more information, see Help and Support Center at [url]http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp[/url]. I have popped over to eventid.net and found many solutions including this one Have you experienced this error? as I said before I am find when logged in with admin rights, so I am going to try the above and see that works in the morning unless you have any solution.

Very slow for me yesterday during the afternoon and did time out twice, although at home last night the site was as good as any other site. This morning for me its slow again.

Well I have been playing with this a day now. The easy bit is setting up the Printer as AJ describes above. I can then send a test page from the server no problem, but on a PC I just get an error "unable to print" ths does not matter if I am logged in as admin or as a user. Very strange unless this is the Max 10 inbound connections that Geoff was on about causing the problem.

ajbritton I am going to try this we only have a maximum of 6 pc's in the classrooms with these printers, so your solution looks really good I will post back tomorrow with the results. Thanks

I use a script that looks at at the PC's name and compares it to an answer file to see what printer should be the default printer. That works fine as long as the printer is shared on the server as a local printer or via a print server. Now we have Epson C84 printers in every classroom with even more consumables so they need to be used. If I share the printer locally on the client PC the script won't pick up the printer. I should say at this point all client PC's are DHCP. So I gave the client PC a static IP adress and then shared the printer from the server ie local printer, create new port, and enter the IP of the machine now this works the script then points the pc to the printer on log on but I am unable to actually print. I can see the printer, the prints waiting to be printed I can even delete them but just not print. This is possible without a physical print server isnt it?