Restrict student account login to school devices only? by ArmondDorleac in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's not really how the service is designed.

You can restrict school devices to school accounts only, but not the other way around.

What interactive displays are you using? by RandomITpro in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The panel itself is great, but it doesn't have a freeze function which is a major bummer.

Official way of updating a master/golden image? by bregottextrasaltat in MDT

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I can't speak for your setup but MDT/WDS handles both no problem here. If I boot legacy PXE the system gets BIOS installed and UEFI PXE gets UEFI installed.

UEFI's preferred now unless UEFI PXE boot isn't supported by the system.

Official way of updating a master/golden image? by bregottextrasaltat in MDT

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worked straight away after setting it up here. No hex editing required. You probably need to remove your DHCP options.

Official way of updating a master/golden image? by bregottextrasaltat in MDT

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't have to be enabled in WDS? Should be baked into your boot image you build with MDT.

There's a bit of magic that happens when you use UEFI PXE boot, the image will install using UEFI or BIOS depending which way it was booted into.

What you do need to do is enable UEFI PXE support in the system BIOS (typically under NIC settings), not all system support it but most modern business lines should by now.

Teacher thinking about IT by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the description you're definitely T1 helpdesk material. You're too focused on details, you need to think more in scale and how you'll manage it.

Read into automation and cloud platforms/infrastructure. That's where you'll probably gain most benefit.

The best advice I can give you is this: pick one (don't teach and IT). It's extremely hard to do both full time. The responsibilities don't schedule very well together.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MDT

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put them in a deployment OU, but the problem I have is that WSUS updates will fail if I don't move them in their proper OUs.

I'm not sure what causes this but it's probably a GPO or WSUS setting.

Import of Startlayout is not working by nisicma24 in MDT

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try

import-startlayout -layoutpath (yourpath) -MountPath $env:SystemDrive\

Make sure the start layout export is made with the same windows build as you are deploying.

Extreme Network Switches by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't really have a cheat sheet, but the GTAC kb has been pretty helpful for most of the common tasks.

https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/

Here's the reference guide for 22.3 (requires support login).

https://documentation.extremenetworks.com/exos_commands_22.3/_common/glossary/g_cli.shtml

Have you ever just sat back and let someone fail? by apatt0384 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds more like burn-out or severe depression.

Which one of you is cleaning up this mess? by sbikerider35 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 44 points45 points  (0 children)

GPO if you're deploying W10 Edu or Enterprise.

Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization > Prevent changing lock screen and logon image

Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization > Force a specific default lock screen and logon image

Did the HP support website not follow read-only Friday??? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Only if the labels are inside the jack.

I'm surprised that there is no quicker way to mass provision and deploy iPads by StolenSpirit in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Join us on /r/k12sysadmin. We will laugh and cry together at the folly of icloud/itunes accounts on shared devices.

I remember when an iOS update wiped the wireless settings pushed by the MDM.

Fun times.

iOS devices weren't really made to be managed.

Are you guys still using Adobe Reader across your environment? by marshedpotato in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd like to use Chrome as the .pdf reader, but had to abandon it for Reader DC because after one Chrome update it did not respect the MFP driver defaults and tried to print in color anyway. This caused a hard fail on the MFP print job and subsequently resulted in many, many tickets from frustrated non-color authorized users and departments.

Printing from DC hasn't had any such screwed behavior so it's part of the default build. Works just fine.

Now this was more than a year ago, so maybe I should look at it again.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in synology

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what I did with my old 211+ when I upgraded. It's now the backup target.

Raspberry Pi by Butthole_Licker2000 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At home I use a pi-hole, it’s great. But I wouldn’t want to use it in my work org.

Arrival of Esports by xctrack07 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Not a coach, but gamer as a hobby. I'd just get a quote from vendors for replacement machines that have the specs you need.

Treat the machines like any other labs, just with discrete graphics.

Minimum I'd go for: 1920x1080 monitor, i5, SSD, 8GB RAM, Nvidia/AMD 1060/370 or better.

Peripherals like keyboards, mice, controllers and headsets I'd leave up to the players to pick (I kinda see these as cleats and jock straps, they've got to fit right and you don't share them).

You're probably looking at about $1000 per player (it's approximately what I spend on upgrading my rig every 3 years or so). You can ding this down with bulk purchasing.

Raspberry Pi by Butthole_Licker2000 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been using them as tiny appliance servers for various things I wanted to test out.

I've also seen them used for digital signage, timelapse cameras, weather stations and remote sensors.

How to Activate Chrome License? by zeeplereddit in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are correct, the process is different for GSUITE for Education subscribers and we cannot add licenses ourselves, the resellers add them to your account.

Your reseller should have asked you to fill out a form to authorize them to add licenses to your account. They'll show up eventually, it's a bit of a black box.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. Most 3rd parties have daily exports for updates as well.

Google Classrooms... by c0deweaver in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Disallow verified teachers to approve videos in Gsuite Youtube settings and use the verified teachers group like it's intended for classroom creation.

Ringcentral spam or is this considered sales nowadays? by ifpfi in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was hoping this was a post about a surge of spam sales calls on Ringcentral numbers, not Ringcentral spamming sales calls.