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My opinion of Brother printers is well known to my employers and to anyone who has read more than a few of my forum posts so todays weird task was rather strange.

At one site we have many Brother HL-20X0x series printers which routinely work fine, fine being a loose definition of cheap and only likely to jam once or twice a day. They also have a nasty little habit of burning out or cooking their paper sensor, oddly the newer ones more so than the originals.

Originally Posted by Mary Shelly

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The two latest versions of Office handle paragraph breaks differently to Office 2003 and this seems to cause negative reactions from some users. Lately I have been exposed to a group of people who were new to the Office 2007/2010 way of spacing text and have discovered that they dislike the default settings.

I think that the issue is not so much based on usability but more based on inertia with regards to previously learnt behaviour. The standard behaviour ...

OK, I know the "old" XP version of Movie Maker wasnt the best - but as far as quick (ish), easy, and user friendly and FREE movie editting goes - it ticked the boxes. It also follows all the rules for Group Policy etc with no irritations unlike some commercial offerings.

Problem, Microsoft upset the EU Anti Trust bods, so no longer is it in newer versions. Ok, no biggy - lets use the new "Live" version. Er... no - its full of "Live" links and upload and ...

So... Windows Thin PC (Windows Embedded Standard 7 - for its full name really) is now out, whats the story?

Its the replacement for Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCS... ie its a cut down version of the current Windows OS, designed for older PCs to make them last a bit longer. You can use it to make a "Think Thin Client"... ie Autologon, start an RDP session and thats it.

And thats exactly what Ive done with it.

So, hows it all set up, and ...

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Just had this rubbish through the door in postcard format:

Your request for an EcoSplash has been received. (No, We never sent a request!)

If you don't require it contact us on... (Stop there. We didn't order one so no!)

You will need to give us your address so that we can remove your details (And confirm I am an idiot? No thanks!)

For more information visit... (Doesn't even appear in Google searches and the WHOIS points to a marketing

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