[Year 12 IT Apps] VB express installation

[Roland Gesthuizen]

I guess we are lucky that our new routine technician comes from Swinburne
Uni and has a background working with Monash Uni .. both places make good
use of a similar hybrid environment that uses Novell / Linux / Windoze. Say
.. it is worth looking at some of the really cool things you can do on file
servers with vmware technology. :-)

Regards Roland

On 22/05/07, Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Kevork.  Alas we no longer use Novell.  We've gone to the dark
> side  :-(
>
> Kevork Krozian wrote:
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> >   Sharing this with the technical discussion list ....
> >
> >    OK. VB 2005 wants to write to Documents and Settings on the local
> > drive. Locking the drive completely is extreme and comes at a cost as
> > you have reported.
> >    So, by having a Dynamic Local User account as is possible with
> > Novell, a student can write to that part of the local hard drive
> > initially ( Documents and Settings) which is cleaned out when they log
> > out. A Dynamic Local User is the mobile user that is able to move from
> > machine to machine without the need for a local XP logon. Hoping that
> > makes sense. This is a Novell solution I have to add.
> >   This is one solution to the problem.
> >
> > Best Wishes
> >
> >
> >
> > Kevork Krozian
> > IT Manager , Forest Hill College
> > k.krozian at fhc.vic.edu.au
> > http://www.fhc.vic.edu.au
> > Mobile: 0419 356 034
> >
> >>>> kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au 21/05/2007 7:11 pm >>>
> > We had probs cos our HDDs are locked down and VB2005 insists of saving
> >
> > stuff to "documents and settings", and does not trust students' network
> >
> > drives.
> >
> > Ended up reverting to VB6 just before the SD SAC began.  A total pain!
> >
> > Andrew Grimshaw wrote:
> >> hi
> >>
> >> my technician and I are having trouble installing VB 2005 express
> >> edition on our classroom computers
> >>
> >> i installed it on my laptop and have been learning it myself in order
> > to
> >> teach it to the yr 11s
> >>
> >> my technician tried to install it onto the classroom comptuers but it
> >
> >> wasnt able to make the internet connection it needed to do the
> > install -
> >> we couldnt figure out why
> >>
> >> has any1 else had similar problems? if so, how did u overcome it?
> >>
> >> thx in advance
> >>
> >> andrew grimshaw
> >> colac college
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
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