DanHamilton

Their software runs on a VM syncing with parent pay for us, pretty sure they support pretty much everything going though. Civica is massive with software now and offer so much more on top of catering. I had a demo the other day with a chap showing us the Trust Dashboard which looked fantastic. Yet to see any other provider show this yet, haven't done too much digging.

Civica setup, very good.

Thank you all Have been away but this is working now with both PDQ Deploy and MDT / PXE.

I will test this ... because it was never put on there I had never even considered this. About to go on a few days leave so hopefully get it working when I am back. Thanks for the silly eye opener! https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html Found the command line information.

Hi, I am updating our programs on SCCM but unfortunately, there are a few programs that only give you the .EXE file. We, unfortunately, do not own the full version of PDQ Deploy... Very cheeky to ask but if anyone owns this then would someone create me an MSI from the latest EXE? Or if knows of freeware that will allow you to complete the entire conversion and take advantage of each setting during the MSI then please share a link. I seriously hate having to install Python to the ICT Suites each time when we used to be able to deploy the old version via the PXE Boot and annoyingly Ninite have not even updated the version they provide. Still only supporting the legacy version of Python. Any help is appreciated, Thanks, Dan

Got the policy on there now, tried a different machine. Hooooraaaaayyy it works. Thanks

I also tried this: Blocking built-in apps in Windows 10 using Applocker - CCMEXEC.COM – System Center blog Which was doing it via the packaged app area. :S

Hi, Please see the image below. To be more specific the 2 policies denying Exam Students. I have tried both blocking the .exe file and the path containing all of the Microsoft Edge files. Also tried C:\Windows\SystemApps\. Unfortunately, W10 being W10, it is being non-functional. Am I missing something? Any help would be greatly appreciated, we are able to block Edge with AB Tutor, for the time being, however, this is not ideal. Thanks, Dan

Hi, We have recently rolled out Windows 10 to Classroom PC's after the Admin office trial period going well. All screens have been calibrated and throughout all programs (Word, Lynx, Paint, Photoshop etc), the touch works fine however in PowerPoint if you are on a slideshow and wish to use the pen tool it draws in the wrong area. Has anyone else faced this issue & know a fix for this? All Windows Updates have been completed. This issue is apparent on both builds that have been PXE Booted and via the In-Place upgrade deployment with SCCM 2012. Thanks in advance for any help/advice, Dan Hamilton

Hi, I have been trying to setup the Google Drive for Desktop Application, which in theory should be easy peasy. After installing it and logging in, choosing the area to sync with Google Drive, it simply doesn't function properly. OS: Windows 7 Things I have tried: -Tried 2 different Google Accounts -Automatic Proxy & Direct connection -Changing Google Drive to sync a folder and not a "drive" as such. -Restarting the PC -Disconnecting Google account and reconnecting -Signing out of all Google Accounts in the browser + trying all again -Reinstalling Google Drive Desktop App. -I have tried to pause and resume - Provided me with an error and linked to this help page: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2456903 The issue: All of the files on the web based app sync DOWN to the computer however nothing I put in the folder on the computer will upload to Google Drive. - Forever sits there with the blue syncing icon. If I delete something from the computer, it deletes it from Google Drive. If I delete something from the Google Drive website, it also deletes it from the computer. This is starting to be a real pain so any help is appreciated. Thanks, Dan

Resolved.

Hi, Printer: Sharp 3140N AirPrint seems to be very temperamental and usually restarting the service would sort it out. We use EveryonePrint & Equitrac and what should happen is when you are connected to the correct WiFi, you can print via AirPrint and an authentication window pops up and allows you to login using your AD Credentials so you can go pick it up from one of the Sharp Printers. I have tried setting up just one of the printers using the IP Address and different protocols (AirPrint, IPP & LPD) all to see if this changed anything but no luck. From a Mac it completely doesn't work but on an iOS Device it pops up when printing from Safari however I have had reports from others that have said only word works. Strict authentication is enabled which means the login box / auth window should be forced each time and credentials are only cached for 5 minutes. Any help is appreciated

If you are creating a generic lunch login for them couldn't you just restrict the applications they can use? E.G No Chrome, No Internet Explorer etc? Allow only Office applications

Hi all, I am in the process of setting up a Windows 10 Test PC and I will be applying policies as I go through them. If people want to post their policies too I will add them to this main thread every now and then. Provide tutorial links with your posts if you wish, hopefully with some good input this will help a lot of people (including myself ) Staff Rule sets / Policies Coming soon Student Rule sets / Policies [students] Default Explorer Path - Z:\ All computers -Computer Configuration/Policies/Windows Settings/Scripts/Startup/ - Run flushdns.bat (ipconfig /flushdns) -Computer Configuration/Policies/System/Logon/ - Show first sign-in animation [b]DISABLED [/b]-Computer Configuration/Policies/System - Display highly detailed status messages [b]DISABLED[/b] Thanks, Dan

Hi, I am trying to configure USB DLM (USB Drive Letter Manager - USBDLM). After some trial and error I realised there was some code overwriting anything I was doing and defaulting every USB to a different drive letter. Long story short, the Microbit is now automatically being assigned the drive letter I want it to (K:). Now my next step is to configure group policy to allow Read & Write access to the MicroBit K: Drive. Our current GPO is attached. Unfortunately there is no easy setting in there to do what I want to do. Any help would be much appreciated. - If anyone else uses USB DLM the code I used for the MicroBits is below: Thanks, Dan

Rust is one of those games you have to spend a lot of hours on each day in order to retain all of your stuff...quite a difficult one I agree. I've followed the build of the new version and loaded it up but I haven't properly played it, something I wish I have time for at some point.

This. I was playing before they remade the game and haven't had the time to sit down and play it.

We had 38 Patriot (Torch) Drives die, not from Windows 10 but shortly after being built with Windows 7. We have used lots of Sandisks & Kingston drives in the last 6 months that have had 0 issues. A lot of hard work later and we have replaced all Patriot drives for Sandisks + Kingston SSD's again. Patriot's out the window and money back in pockets.

All worked out and activated on my home PC, thanks for sharing

iPhone :/

"The only debate you should be having is how many you can afford right now." - I like this. Look out for deals, eBuyer run lots of deals and Amazon dip their prices often 120gb is the perfect size too, 240 is too much and 60 just isn't enough.

Damn nice. Samsung drives are very reliable. Instead of replacing an entire IT suite with new computers we just replaced the hard drives with SSD's and the performance increase is fantastic. Boot time, Photoshop and everything is much better. We actually didn't tell the students and let them go on the computers and we had lots of them asking why the computers are so fast SSD's are definitely the cheapest way to go about getting a performance boost.

Just a couple of SSD's Anyone else putting SSD's in the PC's at their school computers? - We buy a bunch every time there is a deal. - Eventually upgrading the entire school.

Just added this to our filter, thanks for sharing.

Latest El Capitan update which was quite recently but that resolved a lot of Office 2016 issues. -Unsure if ALL of them are cleared up, we haven't upgraded to 2016 yet.