MartinByard

Simple suggestion, during the login script (if you use one) run a function that outputs to a csv with date and time, IP address, environment variables .. etc... For example: Function Get-AuditData { "$env:computername" +", + (gwmi win32_networkadapterconfiguration | ?{$_.DHCPEnabled -eq $True -and $_.IPAddress -like "10.*"}).IPAddress +","+ (Get-Date -format dd/MM/yyyy) +","+ (Get-Date -format HH:mm:ss) +","+ "$env:username" +","+ "Audited" +","+ "$env:userdomain" + "," + $env:sessionname | out-file \\Server\Share\Filename.csv -Encoding ASCII -Append }

We allow students to lock computers here, and to try and fend off issues with there being no "available" computers free to use we put a scheduled task in place with a trigger on screen lock that has a countdown timer for 20 minutes and then it forces a log off. Task Name - On Workstation Lock Start-Sleep 1200 Shutdown /l /f On screen unlock (for when the student comes back) there is another scheduled task, which stops the previously mentioned task. Stop-ScheduledTask -TaskName "On Workstation Lock"

Not exactly along the lines of what you said, but we use a product called labstats, will show you turned off, online and logged in machines, can do software usage tracking, will allow you to create maps of your spaces to show students where available computers are ... and the big one for us - will allow you to have a webpage so students can RDP into available lab machines to access devices from off-site (presuming you've set up the groups etc.) so you don't have to think about them getting the wrong hostnames, is someone already using that PC, is that PC turned on, etc..

Do you install Adobe XD as part of the suite ? If so, try without it. I seem to recall its an awkward **** and is a bit more per user based than the rest.

The CMG acts as a cloud distribution point as well - so are the contents of the task sequence distributed to it, as well as your normal distribution points ?

I think I'd have to put another vote in for Rainbow Smarties.

I would think that you'd want to install Office 365 using the "Shared Computer Activation" mode: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/overview-shared-computer-activation The only downside to this is that each user who logs on to the computers needs to have an Office license assigned to them to be able to use it - otherwise I think Office acts as a viewer only. There is no need to have any machines Hybrid joined using this method, unlike using the device license route.

I got myself a Dell U2715H (27" 1440p) just before lockdown, and can really tell the difference when I have to go in to the office and just use the standard 23" 1080p display. As with many others (it seems) CCL was the place to go.

We use the msi to install it on all our student desktops, downloaded from https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/adobe-connect/connect-downloads-updates.html and then just installed using standard switches (/qn). We do this during our imaging task sequence, so it runs before anyone has a profile on the machine. Seems to work fine for us (using a msi downloaded last year, I'll double check with a new one).

Quick guide on how to get the new version of Quick assist, downloading the .appxbundle and then using Powershell to get it installed for all users ... https://droidkid.net/2022/05/17/powershell-script-to-install-the-new-quick-assist-silently/ I've tried it on some test machines, and will be putting it into SCCM to get it out to all our devices soon.

Silly question, are all the keys on the keyboard working (mainly thinking the Windows key itself, so pressing the Windows key on its own brings up the start menu).

Might be an obvious thing to some, but monitors with built in USB hubs (which have mouse and keyboard plugged into them). Then its quicker and easier to test PCs (obviously switch for USB docks if appropriate for testing laptops).

I'd definitely use it to play some games ... maybe some Skyrim with ALLLLLL the mods

Hi @jamwatn, we noticed then we were changing the channels using the method I linked to, it was slow and sometimes needed a reboot for things to fully take effect (as you are editing the HKLM reg hive). We've mostly gone for the Monthly Enterprise Channel rather than full blown current, or Semi Annual.

Hi @jamwatn, The issue there stems from what channel was sepcified when Office was installed, not what channel your ADR rules are providing updates for. To easily manage this in SCCM/MECM you can use configuration baselines, a guide for which can be found here: https://enterinit.com/changing-office-365-proplus-update-channel-with-configuration-manager/

The only reason we have gone back to using a Golden Image (although only for certain areas of the Uni) is that to install some of the software via SCCM in our imaging tasksequence took the deployment time over 24 hours! (quite a lot of Autodesk software, MS Visual Studio with all its plugins and a few other biggies - so network transfer was taking up a fair chunk of time). Using the golden image with this software installed took us down to a deployment time of approx 6 hours when doing a few areas at once.

I presume you're getting this problem due to having the Teams Machine-Wide Installer on your computers (installed as part of Office 365 or pulled down through Office updates) and that never gets updated ... whilst once Teams is installed into someones profile, that version gets updated. This is not an issue if you have static PCs with only one primary user, but falls over if they are hotdesks that dont get reimaged much. The way we found to get round it is to download the latest version of the machine wide installer (link), extract the contents of it and copy the .exe into C:\Program Files (x86)\Teams Installer (for 32 bit office, 64 bit in C:\Program Files\Teams Installer). This will then mean that the version of Teams installed when someone new logs into the PC is up-to-date (admittedly, this does nothing for existing accounts). Hope this helps....

It might not be the website itself. We've been getting reports from some of our staff on Sky internet connections that they cannot connect to any website / vpn server / Skype4Business etc. with a .ac.uk address (I don't know what LGFLs address is, but just throwing this out as a general FYI for all).

Ah, I missed that bit. Scheduled task on machine startup, but delayed by a few mins to give things to get settled ?

Can you drop the batch file you've got into the startup folder in the start menu for all users, that it way it automates the running of it locally for you (seen as you said it works locally). Alternatively, do you use a logon script - and could you include the command in that ?

Rebel Galaxy is this weeks free game on the Epic Games store https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/rebel-galaxy

I've just checked our SCCM environment, we're deploying 3.0.16 using: vlc-3.0.16-win64.exe /L=1033 /S /NCRC

I'm gonna blame the August windows updates ... https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/kb5005652-manage-new-point-and-print-default-driver-installation-behavior-cve-2021-34481-873642bf-2634-49c5-a23b-6d8e9a302872

@LeMarchand - I was just coming here to post that, after noticing it there are nd grabbing my copy this morning/

I think it might be due to passing a variable in the Invoke-Command scriptblock that has been defined outside of that script block (I seem to recall falling foul of this myself a while back)..... i think if instead of $TamperCode in @ThomL's suggestion, it was $using:TamperCode then that might work