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7/17/2008 - Transportation
7/18/2008 - All Laptops
7/21/2008 - EFES
7/21/2008 - Food Services
7/21/2008 - JYMS
7/21/2008 - Maintenance
7/21/2008 - Media Center
7/21/2008 - NPES
7/21/2008 - Pruden Center
7/22/2008 - FGMS
7/22/2008 - JFKMS
7/22/2008 - KFHS
7/22/2008 - NRHS
7/22/2008 - Print Shop
7/22/2008 - TWS
7/23/2008 - BWTES
7/23/2008 - CES
7/23/2008 - DES
7/23/2008 - KSES
7/23/2008 - MZES
7/24/2008 - FBES
7/24/2008 - MBES
7/24/2008 - NSES
7/24/2008 - OES
7/24/2008 - RES
7/25/2008 - SWES

UPDATE: KFMS & LHS deployments will be delayed until all summer school teachers are finished with their gradebooks.

8/?/2008 - KFMS
8/?/2008 - LHS

Teachers & Students: I’ve fixed the clipart issue in MS Office. You should now be able to see all of the clipart when searching within Office.

Techs & Geeks: On ISA Server, make sure traffic destined for office.microsoft.com is not using the ‘Microsoft Update Cache Rule.’ The clipart search and BITS caching don’t get along.

The Tech Dept. will be doing network maintenance and upgrades at Robertson Elementary School beginning around 4:30 pm today (1/14/08). RES users can expect intermittent connectivity during this time. All network services will be affected, including:

• Phone service
• Gradespeed
• RenPlace
• Internet
• Email
• My Documents

This week’s NetAdmin links:

• ADExplorer - view & edit the (hidden) details of any Active Directory object such as users, computer, or OUs
• Virus scan exclusions for an Active Directory domain controller
• Open DataCenter Network Management System This looks very interesting…

This week’s NetAdmin links:

• Redirect New Users and Computers to an OU: The Lazy Admin shows us how to have Active Directory create new users and computers in the OU of our choice.
  
• http://www.regular-expressions.info/: Everything that you wanted to know about regular expressions and then some…
• Delegate the unlock account right in Active Directory

Google is piloting a new program to get young people involved in open source software. The Google Highly Open Participation Contest is aimed at students over the age of 13, and enrolled in middle or high school. Students will contribute to the open source projects by completing tasks from a pre-selected list. Students will win a t-shirt and certificate for completing one task. It’s also possible to win $100 for each group of 3 completed tasks, up to 15 tasks(That’s a total of $500!!!). The tasks are generally small and fairly easy, and should only take only a few days to complete. The task list includes items such as writing help documentation, creating training videos, designing logos, and even writing software code. Participating in this program would be a great item to list on your resume if you are heading for a tech career after school. Get more info on the the contest here. If you decide to participate, leave a comment below and let us know how it works out.

–Q&A–

What is open source software? Check out the howstuffworks.com definition.

Who uses open source software? Probably every person that has ever used the Internet.

What are some examples of open source software?

• Linux - Fast & secure operating system that completely replaces Windows or Mac on your computer
• Firefox - Secure and extensible web browser used by many to surf the web.
• Apache - Web server used to host around 50% of the websites on the Internet (Netcraft)
• Wordpress - Blogging platform used by millions (SPS too!!!)
• And many more - visit sourceforge.net for more

SPS BLoggers,

I’ve installed a new plugin on the blog server today: NextGEN. NextGen is a feature rich image gallery that enables you to organize and display pictures on your blog.

NextGEN key features:

• organize your images into galleries
• click on thumbnail to enlarge images
• display galleries in your posts and pages
• display images in your sidebar (widgets)
• slideshows

I’ll try to get some help docs posted soon. Until then, feel free to play with it and figure it out.

Heres a few example galleries for you to check out:

[Show as slideshow]

[Show as slideshow]

This new feature is great for those of you who are on the most active blogs list. There’s a new search box and several drop down lists that will allow you to filter your posts in your dashboard. This makes it much easier to find that old post you’ve been looking for, or get a list of your latest drafts that need the final touch before being published.

See more new features found in WordpressMU 1.3 here

So the advanced toolbar isn’t really a new feature. It’s just been hidden from view. In previous versions you had to know the keyboard shortcut(alt + shift + V) to gain access to the toolbar. In the latest version of WordpressMU, a handy new icon is displayed in the editor.

Click on the new icon to show the advanced toolbar

After unlocking this previously hidden gem,

This is a detailed followup to this post. Follow the steps below to create a group policy that will disable the Windows Desktop Search Service, and remove the service with a vbscript. This update was pushed forced by Microsoft onto all systems/networks that use a WSUS Server.

WARNING: This post is intended for network administrators. If you are not comfortable with making major system changes, editing group policies, or writing vbscript, please stop reading here.

1. Log in to a system that has the search service installed. This will only work if the service is installed on the system that you use to create the GPO.
2. Download/install/open the GPMC from Microsoft
3. Navigate to Forest - > Domains-> ‘Your domain name’
4. Right click on your domain and select Create and Link GPO Here. Give your policy a descriptive name such as ‘Remove Windows Desktop Search’
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