Keeping Students from meddling with the PXE Menu
by Ryan VeetyENVIRONMENT: OES Linux SP2 ZENworks 7 Linux Windows XP workstationsPROBLEM: ZENworks preboot services does not provide password protection for PXE menu options.SOLUTION: In my K-12 school...
View ArticleGotcha when you use Volatile User Feature
PROBLEM: Our school district used generic login accounts for some time. We recently moved to having students log in with unique usernames, and we instituted a Dynamic Local User policy for the existing...
View ArticleMaking Sure the Workstations are set to Shutdown, not Restart
ENVIRONMENT: This has been tested for Windows XP, but I'm sure it will work on Windows 2K and Windows 98, although the keys might be different. I used ZENworks 4 and above to push it out.PROBLEM: Some...
View ArticleKeeping Students from Restricted Websites
ENVIRONMENT: All of our student workstations are Windows XP Professional based so there was not a cross platform issue. This made distribution over ZENworks easy.PROBLEM: In an educational environment...
View ArticlePreventing Students from Saving Games on the C: Drive
By James Rudd I wrote this to help a colleague at another school who had students saving games to the C drive of PCs.PROBLEM: When using Group Policies with ZENworks and Windows XP you may find users...
View ArticleShutting down Windows XP when no users are logged on
I work at the University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Life Sciences - Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning. We have a lot of student computers running Windows XP (managed by ZfD 7). When the...
View ArticleSchool District uses Novell to make the most of a limited IT budget
Alvarado Independent School District leveraged Novell® solutions to make the most of a limited IT budget by automating manual processes. The district uses Novell Identity Manager to automate user...
View ArticleUniversity of Texas Health Sciences Center Chooses Novell Identity Manager
Check out this great story from SC Magazine. See why Will Schneider chose Novell Identity Manager to provision students, faculty and staff at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center.ExcerptWill...
View ArticleAn OS X Login Hook for Novell Networks
license: Free Without Warranty Managing OS X workstations on a Novell network is easier than it was, but nowhere near as easy as it should be. Although solutions such as Kanaka and the modified...
View ArticleNovell Storage Manager 3.0 Released!
I am pleased to announce the release today of Novell Storage Manager 3.0.Developed with an emphasis on feature parity between the Active Directory and eDirectory versions of the product, Novell Storage...
View ArticleSignificant Product Updates Released Today For Novell File Management Suite
Today Novell released new updates to two of the three products comprising the Novell File Management Suite: Novell Storage Manager 3.0.1 and Novell Dynamic File Services 1.6. Both product updates...
View ArticleCrazy Times and People
So, I thought I would write about some of the things I have seen and heard in education, some of it can be a bit frustrating and irritating if it was not so ridiculous. So I want to post it here to get...
View ArticleVibe Workspace: Education Bundle
Education BundleTechnology is more and more becoming part of the way we learn and teach. Vibe can play an important role in providing students, teachers, and even parents a way of communicating and...
View ArticleNovell delivers to Mac Users
I am pleased to announce "Novell Kanaka for Mac" for all Open Enterprise Server customers. The powerful combination of Novell Kanaka for Mac and Open Enterprise Server deliver the worlds best Mac file...
View ArticleEducation Evaluation Bundle
Administration, are you interested to see what students think about the new teacher you just hired? If you are the teacher, would you like to find out how your course material and teaching style is...
View ArticleNovell Tech Training Webinar Vol. 34
Attend this month’s Novell Technical Training Webinar for information about anonymous incident reporting, internet management, disaster recovery tools and identity management roles in education. The...
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Pointspin Brings Back the Power of Web Publishing to Novell Networks
One of the unfortunate casualties of the transformation of the Novell network operating system from NetWare to Linux was no update to the Apache MOD_EDIR module. MOD_EDIR provides eDirectory services...
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