I’m looking for some feedback as to opinions regarding the installation of AdBlock Pro on our images.
The primary reasoning behind this would be to limit the amount of malware that is being installed via ads on websites. CN spends and exceptional amount of time supporting an issue that could potential be avoided.
What do you think? Do you see any program management issues or potential software conflicts?
Please leave your thoughts in the comments. Thanks.
Office 2013 is now the standard on all images coming from the Build Bench. Please let me know if customers encounter any oddities that we can address.
Additionally, if a user insists on Office 2010, please take extra steps on the interview sheet to make note of that. Until the interview sheets are updated the bench will assume 2010=2013 unless it is clearly communicated that the customer want Office 2010.
Telecom will be rewiring the network jacks on February 26, 2015.
During this time the Bench will be at limited to no functionality.
I will add to this post when I have more information.
Update!
We will have some functionality that day, but it will be limited.
What we can do:
Windows 7 Deployments from Ballard Hall
What we cannot do that day:
Backups
I do not expect to be down for the entirety of the day, but I cannot make any guarantees. I fully expect to be back up and completely functional by the next day.
Additionally, we will have loaners prepped and ready for that day if the need arises for them.
I will be at the Bench all day while a few students will be placed over at Ballard Hall to help keep processes moving along. The rest of the Bench students will be visiting other functional areas that day for cross training. Arrangements for this are in progress and will be communicated once finalized.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
After further discussion, the decision has been made to not provide Home folders to student workers as standard practice. Departments can request a Home folder for a student worker, but they need to be aware that they will be charged for the storage space. Work is currently underway to clean up existing P: drives; these will be addressed individually with the owning departments by the Accounts team.
Moving forward, any student worker account that does need a Home folder will need to have Exchange Attribute 7 set to “StudentHomeFolder.” Please let me know if you have questions or concerns.
The decision has been made to not create Home folders for Student Workers as standard. If a department specifically requests a Home folder for a student worker that can be done, but the department will need to be aware that they will be charged for the storage space.
We are currently doing cleanup on Student Worker accounts and removing existing Home folders that do not currently have any data. Those Home folders that do have data will be addressed individually.
Any student worker that does need to have a Home folder will need to have Exchange Attribute 7 marked with “StudentHomeFolder.”