MCPearson

It's to do with how Salamander archives users instead of deleting them. I assume that's the default so that it can use the same record if the user is re-added to the MIS. Usually I'll take my used tokens down to the nearest door and scan them all. They then appear in the main Net2 event log, you can just double click the token ID it'll take you to the user record even if its hidden. Then I just delete as required and reassign the token.

Domain users should already be a member of the local users group when you domain-join a PC I think. All of the PCs I've done this on are domain-joined, and I've no funky configuration messing with local groups.

That could be the difference, this was set up on Win 10 and I'm still on Win 11 23H2.

I don't get any UAC prompts at all when running it. I haven't had to do anything on the client PC (I deploy this to 30+ PCs) and don't have any GPO changes to UAC behaviour, just the default. If you downloaded it from ruidacontroller.com then it should be the right one. Ours doesn't seem to be digitally signed either though. This is how the permissions are set on the folder, it just uses the local users group from the PC and isn't something I am setting myself: You can configure AppLocker to give everyone execution access to the whole folder incase it's stopping execution of the other items. That's just about my entire config for this.

Have you given the folder read & execute permissions? I don't give modify permissions on the folder.

Do you have AppLocker configured? I had to add an Allow executable rule with it not being a standard installation, granted access to staff and students.

We're using it here. I tried capturing it and repackaging as an MSIX but it didn't really work as expected and found that it didn't make any reg changes. Now I just use cmd file using xcopy to copy the installed program files directly onto PCs and haven't had any issues from staff/students using it. Been doing that for a couple of years now on Win 10 and Win 11.

If it's Windows, you can retrieve logon data from the Security event log with Powershell. Something like: $LogonEvents = Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{ LogName = 'Security'; ID = 4624; } You can then filter out the noise from impersonations etc. by just querying the properties of the event. After that, you can write it to a csv, db file, etc. I think there's ways to integrate with MySQL if you need. This way you can run the script under SYSTEM or whatever other account without giving users write privileges.

I can't speak for 2025 but I did an in-place on my hosts from 2019 to 2022. I migrated everything over to one host and removed the upgrading host from the cluster, did the upgrade as normal, then added it back and verified the cluster. Left it running for four weeks to make sure nothing was going to go wrong, then did the same procedure on the other host. I think then after I was able to raise the functional level of the cluster from the Failover Cluster Manager console, much like you would do with AD and upgrading/replacing your DCs.

I had issues with DelProf and the GPO as well, so ended up scripting a version myself which I then run through ConfigMgr as a baseline detection, then remediation script but you can simplify it down more than that if needed. I find that the last login details from CIM and WMI and even the folder dates are useless, so I query all profiles with CIM, then grab a list of everyone who's logged on in the last 14 days from the security log with Get-WinEvent. Compare to see who hasn't been on in that time and then remove the profiles with CIM as well. I can share the script if needed but you'd need to adapt it to your own use.

Odd, didn't think it would be cached on my phone, but just tried again and it's unreachable now. Cheers.

Hi all, anyone else who has a Smoothwall, do you any issues connecting to www.1stclassmaths.com? I was getting a err_empty_response issue to be begin with and after adding it to a HTTPS inspection rule only validates the certificate, I'm getting my Smoothwall block page with reason "Server socket errored", or sometimes "connection error". I took a peek through the web filter logs and are seeing 503 errors for the site so I thought possibly it was an issue their end, but I've no issues connecting on an unfiltered connection like my mobile data. Any help would be appreciated.

Have an absolute mess of Netgear, HP Procurve, Meraki, Dell and Ubiquiti gear here, some approaching 22 years old. Everything except the Meraki kit is going this summer as its a nightmare to manage, half of the gear won't take firmware updates and I'm just waiting for some big hardware failures. Only reason we're going Meraki is because the core and wireless are Meraki and were given to us as part of Connect the Classroom.

Used Pebble for about 3 years here, in the end we swapped to Live Register and went back to having an on-site cashless catering server because it was a far better experience for the catering staff, office staff and students.

MAT secondary but we don't have centralised IT, so numbers just for my secondary 700 Students 80 Staff 440 Windows desktops, 80 Windows laptops, 570 Chromebooks, 20 iPads and a few Macbooks hanging about Maintain both Google and MS tenancies but Google is the main one We design and develop the school website as well as a few other in-house web apps as well as hosting them. Look after wifi, switchgear, switches, servers, the usual. Install and maintain the CCTV, of which there are about 80 now. A few Net2 doors, TVs, most classrooms still have projectors, all of the desk phones and mobiles. Fit all of my AV in-house, luckily we own a scissor lift. Also install all my own data points, power circuits, replace any faulty lights/emergency lights. Only contract the electrical stuff out when I'm too busy. Only other thing contracted is the printers and even then still have to look after PaperCut but mostly runs itself. About to start supporting one of the MAT's primaries in April. Team consists of myself (IT & Electrical Manager) and an apprentice IT tech.