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Force network signon?

Is there anyway to force the network to be active on a Win PC? I am in a school environment and there is lots of great administration software. All of them require that the computer be connected to a network. I would like to force the PC to connect to the network. Otherwise, students could work with their network disabled and the management software would not know that they exist.

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JDF

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Can you clarify a little for me? You mention your in a school invironment, but what the network environment? Are you on a domain or using netware? What about the great admoin software? Is this software thats on the network that you want to get to work, or software you would like to use in a future case? Can you give an example of what you would like to get to work, or the scenario you would like to end up in? Thanks, that information may help all of the experts and yourself included come up with some sort of working solution.

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touchstar-brady:

Can enforcing a connection to the domain controller be set on a time basis. For example, students have a school laptop and would need to work at home (e.g., not connected) from 6pm until the next day. At which time, I would force a network connection during the school day (e.g., 8AM to 3pm).