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Hi, Wondering if any schools are having issues with CPOMS kicking users out constantly? I'm being told it's affecting staff here all the time on different devices too, all using Chrome. I've advised to try IE and am awaiting their feedback and the matter has been logged with CPOMS support but in the meantime I'm wondering if anyone else has had issues like this?

@petben we are having a similar issue here. The FinishAction is set to RESTART (same as REBOOT) and it all worked great in 1809 but 1903 is restarting then prompting for the local Administrator account password at the logon screen. Also it seems the local security group policy settings aren't taking effect. It must be a bug with 1903. We're running the latest 1903 ADK and WinPE addon.

REBOOT and RESTART do the same thing. A manual reboot doesn't help matters either as it still doesn't go to the normal logon screen. It's remembering the local 'Administrator' account and not applying the GP settings mentioned above.

There's definitely an issue with the 1903 and the MDT action to restart the device when finished. Just tested again on 1809 and when the O/S is deployed is goes straight to the logon screen ready to be used. With 1903 it still shows the 'Administrator' account that's defined in MDT rules and shows other users button in bottom left. 1903 doesn't seem to apply some group policies that reside in here ... Computer Config > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options. Thinks like Interactive logon: Don't display last signed in are 'Not Configured' when normally here we set to 'Enabled'. ADK and WinPE add-on v1903 are both installed so surely this is a bug.

Hi all, Anyone else having issues with their 1903 deployments not restarting as the finish action? Only thing changed of my TS is the O/S, no rule changes.

Couldn't agree more!

We're looking at every teacher and teaching assistant having elevated access thus requiring 2FA. It may be an option to ask staff to use their phones and if not have the phyical USB sticks as a backup if they object to using the app on their personal device. It would be a damn sight cheaper than tablets at least.

Log out of the CPOMS App? I've just gone to test this on a spare iPad. I deployed CPOMS to it and it's prompting for a QR code. There's no 'sign in' option.

Does each user need their own device with the CPOMS app installed or can they share a communical tablet/iPad?

Hi, Our school has recently started using CPOMS and it's being rolled out for all teaching staff. I've been informed the the safeguarding lead that in order for staff to have the level of access that allows them to look at incidents, they need to have 2 factor authentication enabled by way of an the CPOMS Authenticator app and that each teacher requires their own tablet in order to use the CPOMS Auth app. Is this correct? Also is anyone using CPOMS with Android tablets? If we need to purchase Android tablets I'll need to enrol them in G Suite's MDM so just wondering if anyone has done this before and offer some advice regards the set up of it. Many thanks

The WAPs we use here are HP. Documentation for them says they feature "four indoor RP-SMA connectors for use with optional external antennas". Do you think it would it be feasible to add say 20metres of the necessary cable onto the WAP and then pop an SMA antenna on the end? How would this affect the WiFi signal in and around the WAP, would it still be just a strong of would it suffer from a reduction in signal strength due to the external antenna being added? Thanks.

Hi, We have need to get a decent WiFi signal on a part of the yard and our nearest indoor WAP isn't cutting the mustard. There's a room between the WAP and the yard that's causing a bit of a black spot so I've been asked to look into the feasability of a WAP on an outside wall. Does anyone do this, how do you go about securing it from thieves? Small cage? Thanks

I have mine in a 'Run Command Line' not Powershell...(MDT not SCCM) Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File "%SCRIPTROOT%\CustomScripts\pdqdeploy-psexec.ps1"

Thanks for the feedback! Heard the screen is disappointing on the L380s regards to colour output but reassuring to know the USB/Ethernet adapters work, well the Lenovo ones anyway.

Hi, We are looking to invest in some new laptops and were originally looking at the ThinkPad 13 but as it's no longer available Lenovo suggest the L380. Just wondering if anyone had any experience with these? I notice there's no Ethernet port but there is a USB/Ethernet adapter that supports PXE boot. How well does this work compared to an Ethernet port/cable? Thanks, Paul

Has the FMS / W10 Edu 64 issue been fixed now?

Will try this out thanks Arthur

Thought about that initially but the config includes info about soundcards which differ between machines so don't think it would work although I've not tested it.

Needed a way to disable the splash screen that shows when Audacity is run so whipped up this PowerShell script. Maybe it's of use to some of you? Some PS genius can probably convert this to a one-liner or make it a lot more efficient but it does the job as is! # PowerShell script to disable the splash screen’ $File = "$env:APPDATA\audacity\audacity.cfg" $FileExists = Test-Path $File If ($FileExists -eq $True) { # File exists, disable Audacity splash screen... ((Get-Content -Path $File -Raw) -replace 'ShowSplashScreen=1','ShowSplashScreen=0') | Set-Content -Path $File } else { # File does not exist } I'm deploying it via GP which isn't the most efficient as it will read the contents of the Audacity config file each file (if it's found) even if the value has already been changed. So like I said there's probably more effiecient ways to get this out there but it works so will do for now. UPDATE: This script will only work if users have previously opened Audacity. This is due to Audacity not creating it's config file until the software is run for the first time. UPDATE 2: The line "ShowSplashScreen" is only present in the config file if the user has ticked the "Don't show this again at start up" so the script will fail even for repeated launches of the software unless the value of ShowSplashScreen is 1. UPDATE 3: Looks like the only way to get the script to work for new users is if the config file is created before the software is run for the first time and the the line ShopSplashScreen=1 is added. Not sure if this would affect the rest of the config though so will need further testing.

7-Zip doesnt overwrite your files without telling you [emoji1] Looking at you 1809!

Yes, you and Katy both say, it doesn't seem to honour GP settings which is a shame. A lot of the 'utility' type of software is the same I've found. In the case of 7-Zip it's odd really considering how widely used it is.

Permissions are set to prevent users from deleting/editing things they shouldn't on C but was just wondering if drive visibility can be blocked. Perhaps I should have been more clear on that sorry.

Thanks but need a solution for staff also.

Hi, Is anyone aware of a way to prevent 7-Zip from accessing local drives from it's File Manager? Thanks

Hi, Thought I'd share this little nugget with the community. I've been testing Windows 10 Education 1809 in my school since it was re-released and kept finding that the language/handwriting/speech pack would fail to install. We use Smoothwall here so I checked the web filter and added the following URLs to the list of exclusions and the packs now download fine. login.live.com/rst2.srf (this was blocked under the category 'Skype' here. the Skype category may or may not be blocked in your workplace) fe3.delivery.mp.microsoft.com (this was appearing on our Smoothy as NOT being blocked but when adding it to the custom category exceptions list, the packs downloaded fine. Just thought I'd let you know in case you have customers contacting you with the same problem. This issue did not occur in Windows 10 1803 so MS must have changed a URL somewhere along the line. This didn't happen on 1803 so MS must have changed a URL somewhere along the line. Hope this is of you to some of you.