Category Archives: Labs

Posts about computer labs and classrooms at Williams College

Bootcamp – Stop Bootcamp Help window popup

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

On a windows install using bootcamp on the Mac, users will see an annoying bootcamp help dialog box which isn’t really helpful at all to them. Lab users have no permissions to do anything with bootcamp so showing them this … Continue reading →

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Mac – Symbol Font

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

There seems to be a corrupted symbol font that keeps coming back on our mac images. It ends up in /Library/Fonts in a file called “Symbol”. In July 2012 this appeared after installing MathType … I have found that too … Continue reading →

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Mac – DeployStudio and AD join

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

Deploying a Mac OS image and adding the computer to the AD can all be accomplished using DeployStudio. I suggest that you set up your AD environment to use “OUs” (organizational units) for your computers rather than have them all … Continue reading →

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Mac – DeployStudio and windows volume

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

When creating a workflow for taking a DeployStudio image of a windows NTFS volume — it is important to uncheck the box for use “mac tools for multicast” which then allows you to check the box for “try to shrink … Continue reading →

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Bootcamp – Hiding Mac volume from Windows

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

Reports are that since Bootcamp version 3 or so you can now read and write to the macintosh partition from your windows environment. This is less than ideal in a shared computer lab. Renaming the file: c:\windows\system32\drivers\applemnt.sys and then restarting … Continue reading →

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Windos 7 – GPO – Printing

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

Previously, printer mappings for multiple users on a single windows computer was a bit difficult. In order to make the print queues available to multiple users you would have to use some arcane “RUNDLL’ command lines. Now a set of … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 – GPO – Time Service

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

I like to set my computers to a known and near time server. Certain functions, like KeyServer access for software asset management, have been “temperamental” about time … here is the group policy setting I use to force the time … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 – GPO – Power Management

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

Using group policy settings I can manage when computers go to sleep, etc. I also have a KACE 1000 management server which allows me to shutdown computers on a particular schedule. Lastly, most of my computers are set to boot … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 – GPO – Desktop Background

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

To force a particular desktop background and not allow changes I use the following group policy: In my experience, it is best to store desktop backgrounds in the directory tree: c:\windows\web\wallpaper Storing them in other locations may be possible but … Continue reading →

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Windos 7 – GPO – DNS Settings

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

Theoretically, the DHCP servers should feed the correct information for DNS to windows 7 clients. Unfortunately, presently, I am experiencing an increased occurrence of DNS related troubles on my subnets. That is putting a “hitch in my giddy-up” as they … Continue reading →

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