Category Archives: Labs

Posts about computer labs and classrooms at Williams College

Kiosk – Group Policy Changes

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

Group Policy Changes for the Kiosks/Public computers: Disable Switch User Computer Config – Admin Templates – System – Logon – Hide entry points for Fast User Switching ….. Set to “Enabled” Disable Lock Computer -(done in two policies) User Config … Continue reading →

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KeyServer – Client specific files that should not be included in cloned image

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

Before Capturing any master image be sure to delete these files: (For details see: http://www.sassafras.com/hrl/7.0/clone.html ) The following is from the above link … Windows file list The following files and directories should NOT be copied from one computer to … Continue reading →

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Windows – Novell settings for Lab image

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

Novell Client Settings used on 2013 Windows Lab image (the novell client is not used on Mac OS) set novell client login link on users desktop to a shortcut to c:\windows\system32\loginw32.exe In Novell Client Properties … Set Client Props – … Continue reading →

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Lion – AFP – Change secutiy setting to allow connections to legacy file servers

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Lion has upped the anti on AFP security. To connect to older, legacy Novell servers one needs to do the following … sudo chmod o+w /Library/Preferences sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_host_prefs_version -int 1 (creates the file) Connect to an AFP … Continue reading →

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BootCamp – Imaging windows with winclone

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Using a lab windows image on a dual boot mac — Prepare a base windows image in Dell hardware and sysprep Take an image with KACE/Ghost but don’t allow drive to boot after With ghost you need to uncheck “Reboot” … Continue reading →

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Mac – GarageBand Loops

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

GarageBand Apple Loops are stored in \Library\Audio\Apple Loops See: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1045 And — Here is a utility to download all Apple Loops to a mac: https://github.com/carlashley/appleLoops

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Mac – To add a new admin acct when you’ve forgotten the old one …

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Testing this link … http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/

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Training – Penn State Mac Admins Conference 2012 Videos

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

The annual Penn State Mac Administrators conference is geered toward high-end enterprise wide mac administration. Many useful videos of conference sessions are at: http://www.youtube.com/user/psumacconf/videos

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KACE – Software installs from alternative download

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Using the KACE 1000 server to install software from the “Alternative” download share … (This preserves disk space on the server for the patch feed.) 1) Create zip file of install files. (Be sure to just zip the files and … Continue reading →

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Mac – Command to remove Users “Large” and “Old” files

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

This command finds all files larger than 10 MB AND which haven’t been accessed in over 4 weeks: sudo find /Users -size +10M -atime +4w This finds the same and removes them (there is no undo!): sudo find /Users -size … Continue reading →

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