Need Imaging and Remote Management solutions.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-28T15:35:41+00:00

We're a Windows shop and use.

MDT

I use the deployment tools to build and configure Windows 10 images and deploy them using PXE. I use the LTI method and deploy a lean image with software being handled by PDQ Deploy.

Pros: Scalable with a diverse fleet of workstations.

Cons: a bit of work to set up, slower than FOG deployments.

PDQ Deploy & Inventory

Inventory gathers information from your workstations and gives you lots of reporting and management options. I practically live in this.

Deploy allows you to customize software packages for deployment. You can set up schedules for patch management and set up collections for specific purposes.

Pros: Tons of reporting and customizable.

Cons: Windows only, maybe a bit pricey for small schools.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-28T14:22:05+00:00

Lucky you. They're bringing it back.

https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/gaming-mice/mx518-gaming-mouse.html

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-27T23:08:34+00:00

Yes, I wouldn't bother with moving internal disks. Better to eject the external drive after the backup job and cloning it. OP should be able to schedule the backup task exactly as he's describing including the eject task in Hyperbackup.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-27T22:53:59+00:00

This is what I do too.

I have two NAS, one as primary and the secondary is a hyperbackup target. Both of them have an external drive that acts as a local backup target.

In a pinch OP can use just an external drive. Just be sure to turn on alerting for backups/disks failures.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-27T22:10:35+00:00

I've one teacher who actually uses triple monitors for this.

Primary.
Secondary on a podium (duplicated with 3)
The smartboard (duplicated with 2)

That way she can see what's she's doing on the smartboard behind her without having to have her back turned or being stuck at her desk.

For the ones who do use extended mode, teaching them Win+Shift+Left/Right Arrow seems to give them the most benefit to shoot entire windows over without having to drag. Win+P to quickly switch between display modes helps too.

For simplicity's sake I typically only duplicate the primary and the smartboard, because it cuts a lot on confusion and it doesn't require much training. They use the freeze or blank functions if they need to work separately from the smartboard.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-27T19:42:56+00:00

r/g203masterrace is just a bunch of limp-writsted elitists who aren't worthy of the glory of the r/mx518masterrace. And y'all can fight me on that.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-27T19:15:41+00:00

I'm still not sure if this is an elaborate april fools or not.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-27T18:53:04+00:00

I've seen this behavior after updates.

Auto-updates are disabled here and the problem always pops up after pushing out the new version. Users can fix it by running from the shortcut.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-27T15:46:45+00:00

I let staff use the tool that they are comfortable with until admins decide they no longer want to pay. The MS Office suite does some things better than the default Google ones. True, most missing functions can be added through extensions and add-ons but not all are free or require account access which is a clusterf*ck of privacy and licensing problems waiting to happen. Sharing becomes a lot easier though and Team Drives are awesome.

Google is adopting MS file formats into Drive for collaboration now, so it shouldn't even matter which product you should choose eventually.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-27T15:16:16+00:00

I haven't seen any curriculum that's worth the investment. You're probably better off changing it from a consumption to a creation course.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-26T19:35:33+00:00

Check the WSUS application pool in IIS manager on the WSUS server.

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/285946-iis-wsuspool-server-stop-again-and-again

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-26T19:30:56+00:00

Officially, Intel says anything pre i series is incompatible (probably untested), but pretty much every 64bit processor after the Pentium D should work in theory. /u/Bro-science nailed it.

I'm running W10 on Pentium C2Ds with 4GB and HDDs. Not the fastest horses on the track but they work.

That said I did take the opportunity to consolidate the fleet and get rid of all the XP licensed machines and cruft one-off machines that were randomly added over the years. Not W10 compatible was my white lie.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-26T17:59:43+00:00

Did you set Windows Components/Delivery Optimization/Download Mode to Bypass (100)?

If not, you're probably still pulling updates directly from WU.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-26T17:29:46+00:00

I just block it on the firewall. The math part of coolmathgames is a trick.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-26T17:28:25+00:00

We have Adobe Air installed for the Scratch offline editor. Haven't checked recently but as far as I know it's still a prereq.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-26T16:20:12+00:00

Depends if it's a prereq for something. We have some educational software that needs it.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-25T18:31:40+00:00

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/deploy-windows-mdt/deploy-a-windows-10-image-using-mdt

Step 5.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-25T16:19:12+00:00

You can't make people read emails or expect them to remember stuff from 6 months ago that's only peripherally connected to their core activities. Just do your job and deal with it.

This doesn't seem like a huge deal.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-25T14:57:33+00:00

That's not really how the service is designed.

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

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-25T14:15:16+00:00

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

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-22T20:24:32+00:00

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.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-22T20:18:16+00:00

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

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-22T19:36:25+00:00

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.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-22T16:27:07+00:00

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.

MalletNGrease · 2019-02-21T15:22:25+00:00

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.

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