GroovyNerd

Try running a gpupdate /force on one of the effected clients and then reviewing the event log files for the processes. Post what you get here

We have a read only word doc with several templates in them that is stored in SharePoint.

Any chance of setting up a virtual host and putting it in there?

Can that server see the sysvol/netlogon?

Have you tried rebooting that server since making the DNS changes ? I suspect an issue with the trust relationship

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3060682/-the-specified-server-cannot-perform-the-requested-operation-error-occurs-when-gpo-backup-is-unsuccessful-and-dynamic-updates-are-disabled-in-windows-server-2012-r2 have you tried this hotfix.

I recently deployed it to Win10 Edu x64 with no issues to date.

And your able to create new policies without issue?

I've never personally used TASC but I've heard great things about if from loads of admins around London. We use Firefly here, if you can afford it. Been going a bit downhill as of late so I would stay clear for the time being

What machine are you trying to edit the GPO from? Does the account have policy management access?

Can't really tell from the picture. But make sure the UNC path for the home directory in ADUC starts with double backslash \\snet-users$\home\%username%. Also check that the folder actually exists in the share. Failing that take a look at event viewer after the user has logged in. Should chuck up some "Folder Redirection" errors. Tip: Under the settings tab, turn off :Grant User exclusive access' or setting like that.

No that is an apostrophe '$StudentDefine' would output exactly that

Try putting the variable in the final line in quotation marks "$StudentDefine"

This would be my guess. You'll need to replace the boot image in WDS after updating it in the workbench. Would also be worth checking that both the customsettings.ini and bootstrap.ini match

I've used the export-vm powershell command. This will create a checkpoint for the VM and export it. Then import this into the VHD store on the new host. Create the VM point it to said VHD and away you go

S4B is the way to go. Especially since EDU get free licenses for o365

I did have to import the kms key for sever 2016 to get this working at one stage. Never put the time in to work out why

This is how I do it. Managing 30+ schools

Fair enough, Can't say it's slow for me. Although we do have SSD's and 8GB minimum on all machines.

Just curious what is wrong with the new "Photos" app? I've set this as my default and the staff love it.

I've had a similar issues but mine seems to be working stable and updates when changes are made. I started by creating the start menu I wanted and running the Export-StartLayout powershell command. I then used Notepad++ (NOT NOTEPAD) to modify the startlayout.xml file to make sure that the directories and shortcuts are valid for every user that logs in, meaning that if you are pointing to items in their Start Menu the user MUST have the Shortcut or Application in that Start Menu. For Example, if you map SIMS.net to their start menu and the start tile. As long as a shortcut is present in the start menu the icon will show, even if the software isn't installed. At one point I had an issue where it was re-creating the shortcuts under the %UserProfile%\StartMenu during the Export which obviously isn't valid for all users. Once I've reconfigured the shortcuts to point to the appropriate start menu they work flawlessly. Make sure at no point you edit with Notepad.exe. I find that this corrupts the xml way too often and I'll be trying to work out why the clients are not picking up the new menu and 9/10 times its because I forgot and used notepad.

I've had a similar issues but mine seems to be working stable and updates when changes are made. I started by creating the start menu I wanted and running the Export-StartLayout powershell command. I then used Notepad++ (NOT NOTEPAD) to modify the startlayout.xml file to make sure that the directories and shortcuts are valid for every user that logs in. At one point I had an issue where it was re-creating the shortcuts under the %UserProfile%\StartMenu which obviously isn't valid for all users. Once this is done it worked fine. The only problem I am having at the moment is inconsistent File Explorer Tiles, I've set the DesktopApplicationID=Windows.File.Explorer and on some clients it works and others it doesn't. I will be investigating this further. Make sure at no point you edit with Notepad.exe. I find that this corrupts the xml way too often and I'll be trying to work out why the clients are not picking up the new menu and 9/10 times its because I forgot and used notepad.

I've used this one in the past, not tried it as a Startup script but can't see why it would work. $Packages = 'Microsoft.3DBuilder', 'Microsoft.BingFinance', 'Microsoft.BingNews', 'Microsoft.BingSports', 'Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection', 'Microsoft.People', 'Microsoft.Windows.Photos', 'Microsoft.WindowsCamera', 'microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps', 'Microsoft.WindowsPhone', 'Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder', 'Microsoft.XboxApp', 'Microsoft.ZuneMusic', 'Microsoft.ZuneVideo', 'Microsoft.WindowsFeedback','Windows.ContactSupport','Microsoft.Getstarted','Microsoft.WindowsMaps','Microsoft.Office.OneNote','Microsoft.Office.Hub','Microsoft.SkypeApp' Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object DisplayName -In $Packages | Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage -Online You may also want this to get a list of App DisplayNames Get-AppxPackage | Format-List -Property Name