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Which version of SCCM are you using? 2012 has an option to slipstream updates into the image file, you can also add the Install Updates task to a OSD task sequence and it will install any updates that have been marked for deployment to that device (other than Office, .net and similar unless they are already installed when the task comes up). You can also slipstream the updates into the WIM file "manually" using DISM through either batch file or powershell. We use the first option every 6 months or so and just keep the Install Updates task in place to catch the rest.

I'll try to throw something together quickly for you, It will probably end up basically being something like this but prettied up a bit: Get-childitem -path | % { Write-output (Get-NTFSOwner -path $_.Fullname | Where {$_.Owner -eq "Domain\Username"})} Edit: Prettied up code: <# .Synopsis Script to find files owned by a specific user and report details of them. .DESCRIPTION Long description .EXAMPLE Get-FilesByUser -UserName "domain\Joe.Bloggs" -Path "T:\" This will get all files owned by Joe.Bloggs on the T: drive. .EXAMPLE Get-FilesByUser -UserName "domain\Joe.Bloggs" -Path "T:\" -Details This will get all files owned by Joe.Bloggs on the T: drive and report details of them. #> [CmdletBinding()] Param ( # Username of owner. Should include short domain name. [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, Position=0)] $Username, # Path to folder or drive to search [parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [string]$Path, #Switch to specify whether to include full details of files [parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [switch]$Details = $False ) Process { $FilesAndFolders = Get-ChildItem -path $Path -Recurse | % { Get-NTFSOwner -path $_.FullName | Where { $_.Owner -eq $Username}} If ($Details) { $FileDetails = @() foreach ($File in $FilesAndFolders) { $IndividualFile = Get-Item -Path $File.Item | Select * $FileDetails += New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property (@{'FileName'=$IndividualFile.Name;'Location'=$IndividualFile.Directory;'Size (KB)'=(($IndividualFile.length)/1KB);'LastAccessed'=$IndividualFile.LastAccessTime}) } Write-Output $FileDetails } else { Write-Output $FilesAndFolders } } Needs the NTFS Security Module (I may be in love with that module for anything permissions related) and the help comments should tell you the basics of how to run it. I included an option to have just a list of files or the "full" details output. You can also pipe it to Export-CSV and it should come out in a reasonable format, or pipe in a a list of names and paths and it will search them one at a time. As the basic code above proves it's a pretty simple thing to do with something as awesome as the NTFS Security Module (can't recommend it enough).

I think the interactive login screen/GPO thing evaluates that as an end of line character. It looks stupid in the GPO but comes out fine on the actual screen so that's what I think is happening.

This is what we use: We've got some end lines before each -the in the middle so that it shows as a list.

Documenting it is definitely a good idea. You could also store the module on a server share (probably a sysadmin share that only you and other techs have access to) and then use either Import-Module pointing at that or add into your PowershellProfile to include that location in the places it looks for modules.

I used to do it that way until I discovered the amazing-ness of NTFS Security Module which makes it so much easier. Now it's just a case of doing something like this: Add-NTFSAccess -Path -Account -AccessRights Modify -AccessType Allow

We've got our Smoothwall set up to Safe Mode Off for staff but Safe Search on for everyone. It's due to there being two different Safe Search options in the Content Modifications Policies, we've got "Force Safesearch" for everyone but "Enable Google SafeSearch[beta]" set for just students. We ran into the problem of Youtube Safe mode blocking videos staff needed as well and after a few minutes on the phone to Smoothwall we found out this was the way to fix it.

Courtesy of someone on Reddit: Rar file will all the downloads in it

Played for quite a bit of 6.1 and got quite far in BRF but quit due to other games being more interesting as I was only logging in to raid. Guild were good guys and I'll probably go back at some point but not sure I want to deal with 1 year or more of the new raid.

Very tempting to sign up now, I've put it off in the past as I never really ordered much from them but "free" postage is pretty good and the other stuff is probably worth it too.

Check out the script I put up here and I've got a short function which checks if the username exists already and then increments it, and does that till it finds an available name.

No I only buy physical versions of things I can't get through (legal) digital methods. So I'm not going to buy a music CD that I can stream from Google Play but I will buy a DVD for a film I'm likely to watch a few times if it's not on Netflix (or I guess Google/Amazon/Somewhere else for Digital download). Google Play Music has basically stopped me buying music CDs outright anyway, £10 a month for as much music as I want to listen to is a deal I'm happy with. The chance to say "I quite like this band so play me other bands/songs like it" and then get a long playlist of that music is almost worth is alone.

I don't think I've pirated anything in years, the combination of Google Play Music and Netflix (plus BBC Iplayer and co) means that pretty much anything I want to watch or listen to is available for pretty cheap. Anything new that comes out and I want to see I go to the cinema (on cheap Tuesdays), any old films I want to see that aren't available through those services then I've either already got it on DVD or can pick it up for a few quid from CEX or similar. I doubt I'd ever pay full price for a CD or DVD ever again, if they were a more reasonable price then I'd consider it, especially digital downloads which cost almost as much as a physical copy despite having a lot less overhead on their production (shipping etc).

If you're moving away from CC4 then a new domain is pretty much necessary, the amount of stuff it changes in AD with all it's "features" makes it basically impossible to remove cleanly. Yeah, you'll need to set up a trust between your current domain and the new one and then use ADMT to migrate users etc over. If you're moving from 2003 to 2012R2 you'll need a 2008 DC first to migrate to and then stand up a 2012R2 DC as you can't go 2003 -> 2012R2. My process would be: Create 2008(R2) DC with new domain Create Trust between new domain and old ADMT users over Create 2012R2 DC on new domain and let replication happen Clear Trust between domains (not strictly necessary but worth doing anyway) Promote at least one more 2012R2 DC Set up RM Sync on new domain and run it on a test OU with some test accounts you'd migrated from the old domain to ensure it doesn't create new O365 accounts etc. Demote 2008 DC after a week or two to ensure full replication.

Got to agree with this, I'm pretty sure we've got more clocks that are on the wrong time than on the right time. Even putting them near windows etc doesn't help, problems of a new build school with a lot of metal in the framework though.

The RM Sync tool still works and is pretty easy to get working (or so I'm told). Give their support team a ring and they'll be able to help, I think you have to be careful and make sure you migrate the accounts properly so they keep GUIDs and then the tool pretty much just works after disabling it on the other domain and starting it up again on the new one.

It's been over a year since I looked at it and can't recall if it's an MSI or similar. It should be possible to at least deploy that way, you'd probably want to try it and then get one of the devices and see if it just works (I don't think it ever did "just work" when we were messing around with Vex but we didn't have much documentation to work from). If not then there should be limited configuration to be done once the actual driver etc is on the devices.

I watched Dark City and Constantine last night. Dark City was a bit weird, I'd expected a sort of world within a world plot with some sort of ruling group but it was interesting to see play out. Constantine was good as usual and reminds me I need to watch the TV series at some point.

10162 ISO is available to download as well. Just make sure to get the US version of 64 bit as the UK version is actually the 10130 ISO still (or was when I tried downloading it).

We've got a few landscape shots of far away places on one wall as our "windows", apparently a member of staff felt sorry for the network manager a few years ago and printed them out for him.

@russdev should be able to answer for certain, but I think this was brought up in another topic in the last month or two and the answer was that it does log it locally until it can sync those logs back to the server.

Start building yourself a throne. You don't need to sit on it all the time of course, only for when SLT or similar are due to come see you.

Aircon in the server room working fine at it's usual temperature despite windows on the outside wall (big ones with no blinds of anything on them). Luckily our office is attached to the server room so we've got the door wedged open so it can share it's glorious cool air with us (it's got more than enough that it can share a bit), makes today more bearable.

We've had the door to the server room open all afternoon and our door to the rest of the school shut. We didn't notice the temperature difference till stepping out of the office and being hit by a wall of warm air. Not pleasant but at least our office was a more bearable temperature.

Was there also something about Heroes being much more important, to the point that the "units" are more there to get cut down by the heroes? I had a quick look at the spoiler pictures at the weekend and I kind of like the Chaos models but I'm not sold on the "empire" (or whatever they'll be called) models, way too much like space marines.