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Honestly, you youngsters are going to get a shock in later life - people do actually start to look older and she looks pretty good to me - a bit tired yes, but then with the lifestyle she leads, what do you expect? I know much younger women who don't have smooth thighs like that!

Wouldn't someone need to read every single post in a month? Is that even possible?

Still trying to sort out this network -noticed no sites are blocked - in other places I have worked Youtube is usually blocked, which I understand, and hotmail. Why is hotmail blocked? Which other sites should be blocked generally speaking, and why?

Oh help - I knew it would come back to login scripts - and I still don't quite get what I have to do in this case. What would I actually add, and if I had to add something about every year group, wouldnt that slow things down terribly?

How do I map a drive so that it is permanently on the server in the list under 'my computer' (I know how to map a drive from a client looking at the server) I do hope it is easy!

The students save their work under their name in a folder called '3S' or whatever, having logged on under the class name (not individually). The teachers want to be able to look at the classes work when they are logged on as staff - at the moment they have to log on as the child in order to see the work (but once on, they can see all the children's work in the folder)

Yeah there is: and therein lies the difference between all of you and me; I wouldn't dare run anything in case I broke it and couldn't mend it again. I've never been the type to try things out, at least not on a live network! You are all trying to be so helpful but I'm afraid I still don't quite see how to do this - and I am sure you are all shouting "what on earth...?" as I know you have all explained it as far down to my level as you can get. I think the problem is that it is all so scary that I can't focus properly on it. I'm not sure I am cut out for this but I need the money so...onwards

I have added full control to the root directory but staff cannot see anything at all, neither can they navigate to it. Maybe I need to map a drive or something? Don't tell me, that'll be in a log on script - help!

And another stupid question: The staff here are unable to see the pupil data (saved by name under year groups on the server). I have shared the data and allowed the staff full control of it but they still can't see it or navigate to it. What do I do?

Thanks to all for your help. Especially SteveMC as that is exactly what I need - detailed instructions. However, I still don't understand how to adjust the script to suit my needs - what to take out, what to put in etc Told you I was thick!

Thank you very much - that is very useful. You are so helpful and kind to an aging idiot! I know how to create and link a group policy, and I know what a script is (and that you can just get handy ones from people) - my problem is that I do not know what to put in a group policy or a log on script to make things run (and I don't know where to put a script either). oh goodness that sounds confused already. I am browsing away but mostly you all seem to start from a place so far above my head that I can barely see you. I would rather not log in to each account and add the printer manually, I really really would like to know how to do it via a logon script (as I said, I know where they are). The awful thing is, I really thought I had a vague handle on all of this - but it is that I have worked on a managed system before and I only know their way of doing things! Just one more very silly question: if the printer security tab allows you to specify which groups and users can see the printer, why do you need to add it to the clients? Having reread the posts I think I get some of Matt40k's now. I am a bit scared (correction very scared) to even try to do this on my own

oh dear - I don't really understand any of those posts: it's worse than I thought. We have three groups of users: pupils, staff and support. Users don't have separate accounts - it is done in age groups. One suite of 30 machines, plus others scattered about. All machines run XP. There is a printer in the IT suite and a couple of others in other places around The logon script is common to all pupils, it seems What is the difference between mcshammer_dj and matt40k's methods as they don't look the same? I can just about create a new group policy but after that it is all a bit of a blur. Can anyone recommend where i should go for more help - I'm sorry but you are all so clever and I don't think you can come down to my level!! You talk about scripts but I don't know what to do with one if I met it in the street.

Before I start,please can you bear with me. I have been, for various reasons, left in charge of a small network in a nursery school and I thought I knew quite a lot about IT, but apparently not. This question is similar to the thread about network printing, but I am afraid that I do not understand the answers given there. I do hope that someone can explain what I need to know in words of one syllable if possible. I am running Server 2003 I can install a network printer fine, but.. I have NO idea how to specify who sees which printer. I see I might have to do something with a log on script (I DO know where they are!!) but I really don't know exactly what I should be putting or where. Told you I didn't know much. We are talking very basic knowledge here. Or maybe Michael can explain how to sort out my system from the printer end? All help very gratefully received