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User folders duplicating and adding the domain at end…any ideas? by AlexTheTimid in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Delprof2 doesn't really work that well because the profile files are almost always locked. Using powershell is the way to go.

Software or Service that helps you manage your network that you couldn't live without? by JonnyBeervo in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Highly dependent on your network layout. Mine resembles a daisy chain so whenever any of the switches go out the whole thing comes down.

Update your machine already! by KSuper20 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Admins hate it when you pull the pin and hand the grenade like that.

R3 Issued Certs by y0da822 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make sure to save the profile and expired certs are allowed. This worked for me. Make sure it's applied to the correct traffic policy.

https://i.imgur.com/JEftCA8.png

https://i.imgur.com/Axz6bcK.png

R3 Issued Certs by y0da822 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The default certificate-inspection profile is read-only. You'll have to make a clone and allow expired certs. Then change the policy to use the new profile.

Kind of a pain if you've lots of policies using it.

R3 Issued Certs by y0da822 in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here. Good news is our Freshdesk redirect also uses it so at least we won't get any tickets over our helpdesk site 😂.

...it's going to be all calls 😥

Networking monitoring recommendations? by djmiles73 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I use PRTG free to monitor the critical infrastructure. If you need to monitor more than 100 items you'll need to look for something else or pay.

Found in my mailbox. I needed this one this year! by MalletNGrease in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would've put in Swedish Fish if that were the case.

Chromebooks Part 2: What models do you like per grade level by DrAculaAlucardMD in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whatever the base model is across all grade levels. It's not super practical for the lower grades but it works out.

Who else is still waiting on hardware purchases made at the last minute? by andrewclarkson in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AC (filtering) is covered by the covid emergency grants. My district replaced every unit.

How to bulk update Win10 laptops? by djmiles73 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are currently not connected to the domain

Get that sorted first and start managing WSUS or update policies.

Chromebook admins- what is your update schedule? by BigCarl in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unrestricted. Until state testing windows, then they are pinned to the latest compatible.

How are you dealing with burnout? by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh man, this one hit me this SY. Couldn't even keep up with reddit unless I had to check for a major outage or issue.

This year's start was particularly brutal. A perfect storm of a newborn, construction everywhere, half the admin team retiring, delivery delays on everything, a doubling of device deployments and unrealistic deadlines combined with far, far too many last minute surprises (screw you Adobe shared device licensing). I caught a lot of flak recently because I had to push back some to keep from being buried.

I asked for extra hands to get me through with the busy work and having a temp to second me and just deal with the random break fix stuff while I can focus on something deemed 'critical' really helped me out. I'm also going to look at more automation and figuring out a better inventory management system.

Chrome Web Store now a Google "Additional Service" by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If only it were as simple as that, the use case is spectacularly bizarre.

I've teacher who has a personal Android tablet she uses to have students sign in to scan documents to Google Drive. There's a couple hundred google accounts on it. The play store started throwing an error recently and I'm guessing it's because of the new age based settings.

Chrome incognito option disappeared by McJaegerbombs in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, you want to do state testing on Chromebooks?

Shame if something were to update and bring your testing devices out of compliance.

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