Call today: User has not got any network drives when logging on to the thin clients. The setup for this is as follows: 2 x Windows Server 2008 R2 servers running RDS, DNS round robin, load balanced. 56 x ThinStation 2.2.2 clients A VBS login script is applied using Group Policy. All student users have
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Category: General Stuff
Removing All Users Desktop using Group Policy
This is one of those really frustrating finds, which if only the title mentioned the right words, would have been done in minutes. Setting up a group policy for use with some on-screen tests that we wanted to perform. We wanted a custom desktop with only the icons that they required. Little did I know
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HP Z600 Workstation
Just received my new PC for home. After finally getting rid of all most of my old stuff. I had a rough outline of what I wanted – a single computer, capable of running 2-3 virtual machines concurrently, good sound, and good upgrade capabilities. Also I have been promising myself since completing my MCSE that I could
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Wireless Network Channels
I have recently been reviewing placement of the WAP’s on our network, and the channels that we use. Until very recently, we had a mix of fixed AP’s in some areas, and mobile AP’s on laptop trolleys. In short, this didn’t work well. If someone moved a mobile AP into an area where it interfered
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For Sale: Compaq DeskPro EN
Having a bit of a clearout at the minute. Got 7 of these machines which I used for my MCSE and general systems testing, (even had one stand in as a temporary web server at work!). All in full working order and run very reliably. One has a crack in the front fascia. Intel Pentium
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Bandwidth upgrade!
Now my site is back on again after running out of bandwidth once again, I decided to actually do something about it – like upgrade!! Now gone to unlimited bandwidth, so now I can blog day by day – and not have to worry about the site going down. Hurrah! 5 people found this post
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70-293 – Passed!
Just a quick post – now home from doing the 70-293 Planning and Maintaining a Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure. I got a score of 877. Really pleased with that given that I don’t work with the technologies being questioned very often given the size of our network at work though. Now moving on to 70-294,
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Microsoft Exam 70-293 – Planning & Maintaining Win2k3
Just having a short break here from studying, and thought I would write a little post. Currently revising for the Microsoft exam 70-293 which I am taking on Monday (can think of other thigns to be doing on a Friday evening!). Just been going through and doing practice tests and looking things up on the
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Java Proxy Settings
Just been trying to work out why some Java applets have not been able to run on the network. We use a proxy server and the settings are deployed to each user (different settings per user), in the form of a PAC file which cannot be changed. It appears that Java cannot handle the PAC
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Sharepoint Google Web Part
Just a quick post to link to and recommend a great web part freely available on the web. The Google Web Part, by Mark Wagner, is a quick and simple add on which allows you to add the power of Google to your Sharepoint site. For me, it was a great way to alleviate all
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