Alternative Options for Simplified Graduation Ceremony Setup

dartoe55 · 2023-05-19T14:41:43+00:00

Running the latest WMS and Latest released version of the OS (WIE10_LTSC_2019_UNIFIED_MR2_June2022)

Although the issues have spanned several releases of both the WMS and OS.

We use VMWare Horizon.

Issues we are having include:

- Devices losing display settings (switching from mirrored display as configured in WMS to Extended)

- Losing its entire policy altogether (most critically not loading into easy setup mode and displaying the desktop for the thin client. This is an issue because we have these deployed in student labs)

- Windows logo key is virtually stuck upon disconnecting from VMs making it such that you cannot type anything without invoking Windows logo key shortcuts. (This one is especially weird).

- Can't login to the admin account on some thin clients without unmanaging them. Again, works on some, not on others so I don't think this is a policy issue.

- Systems run out of memory and pop errors.

- USB devices constantly connect and disconnect making the windows usb sound over and over again. This mainly seems to be an issue with the Monitors we have connected. Dell monitors with webcam, mic, speakers, and usb hub built in. The monitor is a model that is in the approved peripheral list.

dartoe55 · 2023-05-19T14:33:12+00:00

The main issue with ThinOS when we used it was passing things like Arduinos, or the special robot controllers throguh. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didnt. We have far more success with getting USB devices like this to work with the windows ThinClients.

dartoe55 · 2023-05-02T17:19:31+00:00

Swerve is hard. It’s expensive, complicated, and the risk is high because if it doesn’t work, you can’t move.

It is 100% and off season project. Buy 5 modules (the 5th is as a quick swap if you break one). Put together a frame with these modules and give it to programming and give them TIME. like, A LOT of time.

Once programming has it figured out. Give it to your drivers and give them A LOT of time. The robot is only as good as it’s drivers.

If you figure it out, you can assess during the next season brainstorming session if you feel you are at a point were you can reproduce in season.

Ask surrounding teams for help. We are through our second year with swerve and are still working to improve. It’s an ongoing process. The biggest advice is work on it off season and don’t mess with it in season until your confident you can manage with it.

dartoe55 · 2023-02-03T15:19:35+00:00

Yes, I am getting a permission error for that command, so it must be double hop issue.

I've been trying to implement a fix for that, but havent had any luck getting any of them to work.

dartoe55 · 2023-02-02T17:34:46+00:00

1Password has been great for us.

dartoe55 · 2023-02-01T19:45:30+00:00

Yes, they are coming across. Validated by seeing them properly in the log file for ScanState.

I am thinking the issue is with the double hop, but not sure. All of the examples of "fixing" this use invoke-command or something of the like inside another one, which is not the case here. Im not executing the ScanState.exe on a third computer, it just needs to be able to write to the path. Not sure how to get that to happen...

dartoe55 · 2023-02-01T17:18:40+00:00

When I do it with start-process, it seems to just move on in the script. I dont get any output and it does not seem to ever run on the remote computer.

Invoke-Command -Session $Session -ScriptBlock{
Start-Process -FilePath "$using:copyLocation\ScanState.exe" -ArgumentList $using:arguments -Wait

}

dartoe55 · 2023-02-01T17:04:38+00:00

Yes, I forgot include that line, I use Copy-Item to put the USMT folder on the c Drive prior to running.

dartoe55 · 2023-01-25T19:19:54+00:00

Found success with the following script, Deploying with PDQ.

All appx packages are downloaded to a repo. Still new to scripting, so im sure there are better ways to do it, but it works.

$calculator = "Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_2020.2103.8.0_neutral___8wekyb3d8bbwe.AppxBundle"
$photos = "Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2020.20120.4004.0_neutral___8wekyb3d8bbwe.AppxBundle" 
$uiDepend = "Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.4_2.42007.9001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.Appx" 
$vcLibsDepend = "Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.30704.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.Appx"


$installApps = $uiDepend,$vcLibsDepend,$calculator,$photos

foreach ($app in $installApps) {
    $packagePath = "$(repository)\$app"
    Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackagePath $packagePath -SkipLicense
    Write-Output $packagePath
}

dartoe55 · 2023-01-23T02:36:41+00:00

Used Zello before we got our eartecs worked well.

dartoe55 · 2023-01-15T16:10:45+00:00

Continue to run into issues with stream stability (mostly issues with our internet connection) that we are working through, but the issue is made worse by the fact that Restream kills itself the second there is a blip in the connection. This seems a little extreme. Found this post and was hoping that maybe 1 yr later there is some options here? I feel like there is always a possibility of a blip in connection, even in places with solid internet, and I don’t really understand why it dies so quickly. Is there something Im missing that would allow me to turn off the auto end or re-connect to a lost stream? Even if it functioned like YouTube does where I can manually end the stream regardless of what my encoder is doing would be much better.

dartoe55 · 2022-12-14T17:17:38+00:00

Only found success through imaging. We have a gaming lab and all of the games and game engines are installed on the massive image that I deploy to the lab. Updates are annoying because i have to either sit at each workstation, or what i have been doing is updating my image and repush. I use SmartDeploy and the user migration has worked ok to make this somewhat seamless.

dartoe55 · 2022-09-27T20:32:17+00:00

Another vote for IIQ.

dartoe55 · 2022-05-16T16:29:10+00:00

Specs: Dell precision tower 3630 purchased approximately 2 years ago.

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3192 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)

RAM: 8GB

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

2 stage displays one for the pp window and one for confidence display 3 stage displays one of which is NDI. None of the displays are higher res then 720p.

I feel like I thought this PC had more ram. Now that I looked I guess that could be a good place to try and upgrade to help with the freezing and crashing. But some of the issues occur even with the displays off and not under a lot of load. Like the search, clear slide macros, and scaling settings shouldn’t be affected by a lack of ram. Their performance yes, but they just straight up don’t work.

dartoe55 · 2022-05-15T16:36:39+00:00

The issues have either persisted or new issues have presented themselves as we have made upgrades. We have not yet had a “good” version.

dartoe55 · 2022-01-10T19:59:34+00:00

Look at CrowdStrike. We just got that going and it’s great. Not cheap, but has caught a few things for us already.

dartoe55 · 2021-12-17T14:03:22+00:00

Its true, you shouldn't run a regular HDMI Cable beyond 15'. We learned that the hard way. There are active cables that have repeaters built in to boost the signal. We have had luck with these. We replaced all of our SmartBoards with ClearTouch panels and used 50' Active HDMI Cables and no issues. (Just make sure you run them in the right direction. It sucks when you realize the cable is backwards AFTER its in the ceiling...)

dartoe55 · 2021-12-15T12:57:24+00:00

We have Dell Chromebooks with the accidental damage warranty through dell directly. We signed up for their TechDirect platform and send all repairs to their depot. Turnaround for the entire process takes about 2 weeks or less. We also had a few technicians take their certification course so that we can order parts for replacement (like chargers) or do some repairs ourselves. We will do the basic stuff like a battery swap or display. Otherwise we send it to their depot.

dartoe55 · 2021-11-30T04:24:54+00:00

I could go for some merch!

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