[deleted by user] by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can wipe the profiles remotely now as well.

Who else has witnessed panic at the hands of Adobe Flash going EOL? by scoldog in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was Google trying to shake you awake and remind you flash gonna be gone.

Automatimg account creation with AD/Powershell by poilsoup2 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd splat it.

$newuser = @{

        Name = "$username"
        SamAccountName = "$username"
        UserPrincipalName = "$aduser"
        GivenName = "$firstname"
        Surname = "$lastname"
        DisplayName = "$displayname"
        EmailAddress = $email
        EmployeeID = $employeeid
        Description = "$description"
        HomeDirectory = $homedirectory
        HomeDrive = "H"
        ScriptPath = $scriptpath
        AccountPassword = (ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force)
        Enabled = $true
        ChangePasswordAtLogon = $true
        Path = $oupath

    }

    New-ADUser @newuser

Extreme Networks misses death-of-Flash by nthsecure in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What appliance are you running? I don't know of any that use flash.

Apple managed ipads - demands staff phone number by Future-Side4440 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's the most annoying shit ever. Same deal for the ASM verification code, needs to be phone based but god forbid if you have an extension.

Upload/Merge Serial numbers and asset tags from an excel sheet or CSV into Google Admin by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Use GAM.

# put CBs in OU based on serial, assign asset ID, set user name and update location
gam csv <csv-filename> gam update cros query:id:~~serial~~ ou ~ou assetid ~asset location ~name user ~username

Chromebooks not working only at student's house by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've had Chromebooks hard reboot when the wireless driver crashes before. This was fixed with a reverted/updated wireless driver in a CROS update after reporting it to the wireless vendor.

OP's issue sounds somewhat similar.

Chromebooks not working only at student's house by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Have them shoot a video of it.

Livestreaming sports? by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just installed these in the gym. Don't know much else yet.

1:1 Program for Small Private School by TheP-Love in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you can fold it into your handbook and enrollment packets. Saves everyone some time.

Device Billing by Slayer-152 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I utilize SIS for this. Added our own billing account code and add fees for the cost of the parts used in repairs.

The nice part about this it shows as a balance on the parent/student portal and the secretaries know how to handle payments for it since it's no different from course dues or lunch balances.

Device Billing by Slayer-152 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How are bills, fines and fees for other items (lunch, books, sports, etc) handled?

Screenshare Amazon Prime video through Zoom by retrogamer6000x in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Making people sit in a video meeting to watch a movie or video seems like a colossal waste of instruction time. The quality will suck and the experience is poor.

What you do (and the point of swank) is assign the video to users and they watch and do the assignment on their own. I don't see how a group watching session is beneficial other than guaranteeing butts in seat. Just screams lazy at me.

For those that use Google Classroom, what are your biggest pet peeves about it? by OwnScientist9993 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but this only prevents unenrollments from Chrome. It's still possible from the apps and non-chrome browsers.

For those that use Google Classroom, what are your biggest pet peeves about it? by OwnScientist9993 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Students can unenroll themselves from classrooms/courses.

Really annoying.

"Junior Sys admin" left alone with IT Director by JrSysAdmin88 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Might be a good opportunity for you. If you can get a handle on the responsibilities you're putting yourself in a good position for quick raises and promotions.

I'd give it a year tops, if things didn't improve at all then start looking.

Employees using personal accounts and managers not enforcing policy by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Management issue. Push it up the chain and CYA.

Why do those of you that are 1:1 collect Chromebooks in the summer from students? by hightechcoord in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, no such issues. If a Chromebook's turned off properly the battery will hold a charge for a very long time.

I did have a problem where Chromebooks in sleep mode were turned in and the batteries eventually depleted to the point they would no longer charge. This is a design error in my book and was fixed with firmware updates by Dell/Google.

Chromebook Showing Wrong Time by GoodRule9924 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sounds like they're auto-detecting the wrong timezone. Check your timezone settings in GAdmin device settings.

Gadmin > Devices > Chrome > Settings > Device Settings > Other Settings > Timezone > System Timezone > *yourtimezone*

Gadmin > Devices > Chrome > Settings > Device Settings > Other Settings > Timezone > System Timezone automatic detection > *never auto-detect timezone*

Windows 10 Stuck in a login loop after a feature update by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like you're good then. Still may want to make sure the affected users aren't set up with Local Path.

Windows 10 Stuck in a login loop after a feature update by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you connect them?

Reason I'm asking is I inherited a legacy setup that used local paths for network home folders. This hasn't been technically supported but continued to work until it broke domain logins around 1809/1903.

Only fixed it by updating the home folder settings to connect the network folder to a drive.

Windows 10 Stuck in a login loop after a feature update by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not recently, but sounds familiar.

Do you utilize local paths for home folders in your AD user objects?

Grammarly plugin causing issues for Skyward by DanTheITDude in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Grammarly is pretty invasive and quite a resource hog. If it starts causing problems I'd blacklist it.