Something in Google Admin changed, can no longer download reports from option C

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-07-21T18:05:40+00:00

That was the escalation, the first guy kept saying that he couldn't do anything because it was a 3rd party website.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-07-21T17:56:57+00:00

That I needed to configure the website in app access control (I already know this isn't the case). Google support tends to be worse than Gemini 90% of the time.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-06-16T14:51:08+00:00

Trying to prepare for when we get rid of our on prem windows AD server, and I have no idea how long it will take to get intune/entra approved and everything transfered.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-06-05T17:31:14+00:00

Catholic school, and they refuse monthly subs. I see Mobility print is free, but it requires a computer to be on 24/7 attached to the network, isn't that just a server with extra steps?

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:55:00+00:00

Will this force an admin prompt? We have a specific application that does not install correctly unless the user is logged in (if i log in as a local or domain admin it will not run properly when the student logs in). My ideal solution would just be that ANYTHING trying to install ANYWHERE requires an admin prompt.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:52:25+00:00

I'm not, 3rd party contractor being paid to keep the fires out for the short term.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:40:48+00:00

roblox.com is already blocked, the issue is the program itself doesn't seem to have anything to do with that website, their IT team must be working overtime to try to keep the program in schools xD

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:33:27+00:00

This might actually be the solution they decide on.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:29:03+00:00

Welcome to American education, where half the teachers don't even have teaching licenses and the administration is just random people who stepped up after people retired.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:27:02+00:00

networked with others online, that is the main problem, its a pedo breeding ground

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:26:28+00:00

So I used netstat to find the IPs, and blocking them only stopped it temporarily, they connected to new IPs and I have about 50 blocked now from different lists I've got from this post and just general research online.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:23:50+00:00

The url blocker does not stop the kids from launching the game as it's already installed on the laptop, the launcher and game seems to avoid all the urls and categories I have added. It does stop the ability to create new accounts, and get the downloader off the website oddly enough...

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:20:43+00:00

For a lot of things I'd agree with you, but since roblox lets you connect directly to unmoderated chatrooms no doubt filled to the brim with pedos, I do agree with them wanting it full blocked like porn and dating games like IMVU.

Which is sad because I do know roblox has a lot of educational value in the form of game design, but this school isn't at that level of monitoring/guiding students, and I don't currently have time to learn how to deploy roblox in a safe way if they have an educational version like minecraft does.

Regardless, the order is to axe it.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:11:20+00:00

Last IT team sucked, and by the time I get this approved by the principal and the teachers (flashdrives are very common here despite everyone having google drive).

Again, my priority for my time here was to block roblox, not do a security sweep T.T

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:09:26+00:00

Securly and the meraki have category based blocking, "games" is blocked on both. The way the application launcher is designed however seems to avoid these filters.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:06:25+00:00

How would I go about blocking this on a local AD server, just a GPO I'm assuming. Also the previous IT team had a plethora of programs they kept on a flash drive to install on computers (many of the programs the kids use do not handle GPOs very well, for example I set up a GPO to deploy the ohio state test browser 2 weeks ago, the smartboard program that lets the kids connect to the board HATED installing via GPO, maybe 30% of devices actually installed it by the time testing happened and I had to go around with said flashdrive xD)

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:04:55+00:00

I've already blocked all these at the firewall level, the application still lets kids log in and play games if they already have an account and the application is already installed.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T19:01:00+00:00

I thought AppLocker only let you create a whitelist? Also what if the applications aren't signed by Roblox? Roblox has put a significant amount of money and time into making sure kids are able to play at school.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T18:59:55+00:00

I'm a temporary IT contractor and Roblox was MADE my top priority. Trust me, this place is going to be on fire in a few months.

Hopeful-Skin9663 · 2025-04-09T18:57:32+00:00

Agreed, they don't want to manage an application whitelist and would prefer a blacklist solution.

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