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Dear baldmonkey,
I run several LANs with me as the administrator and the students and staff as restricted users. All machines are running either Windows 2000 or XP.
As part of the students’ I.T courses they need to demonstrate being able to change the system time, however restricted users cannot do this - only administrators. I’ve tried tweaking every setting in Active Directory but to no avail.
Is there away of allowing restricted users to do this, as I don’t want the students to have admin rights?
Mark
I used to like that Turtle game. That was good. It was like etch-a-sketch. But etch-a-sketch is shit because it doesn’t use a computer. I tell you what is good; Lego. Some people moan about how the pieces are all too specialised these days. They prefer the old days when there were only a few different bricks and you had to work with those. Not me. I fucking love Lego. The more different bricks they have, the better. I especially like Star Wars Lego.
If we examine your problem more closely, you want some students to do something without the risk of them being pricks. Students are pricks. Whiny, know-it-all pricks who know nothing. They are easy to mug though and are often stupid enough to carry lots of cash and iPods.
The chances are none of them will need to change time in real life. I wouldn’t worry about it. Tell them to just do it in Notepad.
November 18th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Has he considered configuring the users to have clock access privileges using the “allowclk -yes” command in hyperprompt mode or some such shit.
My god, does his college’s course really involve setting the fucking clock? Really? Let me guess, the final exam consists of being able to almost spell Windows and eBey correctly and you only lose marks if you manage to injure yourself with the blunt pencil supplied. What a high-quality, useful course he must be helping to shaft the students and taxpayers with.
Back in the day, you had to be able to write the assembly code for the clock using a pen and paper, and that was just the O level Computer Science. Then you had to read a Winchester disc using nothing but an oscilliscope and bag of spanners.
I’m with you; beat the little fuckers up and steal their iPods. It’s all they’re good for. Then sell the iPods and buy some Lego. Yeah, Lego Technic with pumps and axles and motors and shit.
November 18th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Shackleford Hurtmore:
Thank you for your eloquent reply - I will attempt the “allowclk -yes” command. However I believe you are being a little harsh on the students themselves. Most of them are filthy dolescum who are only taking the course to keep the Job Centre sweet, and hopefully delay being prised out of their Stella and Lambert fuelled Nirvanas and forced into McJobs. Setting the system time is pretty much A-Level stuff to them compared to the rest of the course, which consists of explaining not to use the CD-ROM drive as a retractable coffee holder, and how to turn the computers on without breaking their freakishly large, tabacco stained fingers.
By befuddling their brains with computer jargon, I am providing a service by keeping them off the streets and out of the tax payer’s way.