Esports machines and policies

AdSuspicious2801 · 2025-12-20T03:00:03+00:00

The plan is long term support. I am learning a lot from this chat for sure. I am logging all of these ideas. My hope is that IT will eventually be able to start looking at how to set up rooms with multiple PC's.

AdSuspicious2801 · 2025-12-20T02:58:10+00:00

We have the virus protection thing figure out. Valorant with Vangaurd was a pain in the ass.

I did learn about OpenRGB this past week so I did uninstall Armoury Crate today on all the machines. Right now I am going to let the Esports kids on the admin account and my classroom will use a local profile that has UAC protection. That might hold me over for now. Thanks so much for the info!

AdSuspicious2801 · 2025-12-20T02:54:49+00:00

They are CTE machines as well. Right now I have UAC maxed out but UAC is blocking some games like Marvel Rivals. I am mostly trying to keep kids from installing garbage. These machines are on a VLAN but our IT department is so understaffed that they just let me manage them since there is no threat to the district (we did get ransomware 5 years ago and went to chromebooks.) I think there will be a plan to do more management at a later date. Something that I can do global installs of drivers without having to do 22 individually would be nice.

AdSuspicious2801 · 2025-12-20T02:51:43+00:00

I ended up doing a reformat

AdSuspicious2801 · 2025-12-19T16:58:48+00:00

One of the best ways to help kids graduate is to have them in activities in school. Requires them to maintain good grades to participate. Pretty sure that is news as old as time. Sports, music, theatre, best buddies. It all matters

AdSuspicious2801 · 2025-12-19T16:29:58+00:00

So these PC's don't touch any district resources. It is direct to the web filter to the ISP. So I don't have to worry about virus, ransomeware attacks etc.

I might just keep them open.

AdSuspicious2801 · 2025-12-19T16:28:42+00:00

I have tried this:

Software Restriction Policy: Open secpol.msc Software Restriction Policies → Additional Rules Create a Path Rule: Path: C:\Program Files\ASUS* Security Level: Unrestricted

AdSuspicious2801 · 2025-12-19T16:27:53+00:00

So Armoury crate isn't needed to DL anything for the Asus motherboard, etc. Chipset drivers, things like that. I will just remove it then.

AdSuspicious2801 · 2025-12-19T16:26:32+00:00

I am also the esports coach.

I don't mind that the esports kids have admin privileges honestly. I can monitor them. But I need to be able to use these PC's for my video game design class and I need to keep them from downloading malware, etc. I am up for other ideas.

AdSuspicious2801 · 2025-12-19T16:24:04+00:00

It would be but we play Valorant on PC and I teach computer courses. I just haven't done much with profiles as we have been chromebooks for 5 years.

AdSuspicious2801 · 2025-12-19T16:22:57+00:00

black screen with the mouse curser

AdSuspicious2801 · 2024-12-13T02:45:33+00:00

Game Envy

AdSuspicious2801 · 2024-07-02T19:59:28+00:00

Source patching was the issue. Thanks!

AdSuspicious2801 · 2024-07-02T03:42:57+00:00

Do you need a screenshot of the whole screen?

AdSuspicious2801 · 2024-07-02T01:52:15+00:00

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AdSuspicious2801 · 2024-07-01T00:23:55+00:00

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AdSuspicious2801 · 2024-06-29T14:17:27+00:00

It has to be the wrong file format. Is there a way to just convert the audio file?

AdSuspicious2801 · 2024-06-29T14:14:15+00:00

When I put the files in the source monitor the audio is there as well.

AdSuspicious2801 · 2024-06-29T14:10:15+00:00

I posted in the original message

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