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  1. simpsonj

    Gaming Chat

    Can you play Virtual Console games just on the WiiU pad, or do you need WiiU pad and TV? If it's just the Pad, then I can see myself playing through Fire Emblem quite soon too!
  2. I'll leave out the name just in case it causes more hassle than it's worth. Good to know other people have switched without issue Looking at it, I believe our E1 licences were purchased for us by the Council through the portal before they transferred the tenancy over to us as I can control the renewal and no. of those licences freely.
  3. Apologies for hijacking the thread, but on a similar vein, I've been told by our existing EES Supplier that if we move to another Supplier, our Office 365 licences would be terminated. Any truth to this? As far as I can see, our agreement is with Microsoft, not the reseller. Certainly our E1 Faculty and Student plans were setup without a reseller, so they shouldn't be affected, and by the looks of it, our ProPlus plans can be renewed with any licence key from any provider, would that be correct? Anyone switched EES supplier with Office 365 and had any issues?
  4. Nope, no difference, not the fuser.
  5. Nothing noticeable, just swapped over with a working Fuser, see what happens...
  6. Interestingly, jammed halfway through printing the supplies page, and it looks fine (other than no black at all) as it enters the Fuser, and the covered in Black straight after. Might be worth trying a different fuser. Will be a pain if it is though, don't remember them being cheap, but at least it's an easily changeable part.
  7. Still 90%, remember changing in the not too distant past...
  8. Got an issue with one of our HP 4700 printers in that every page is coming out completely black. Tried changing the black toner with a known working one, but still the same results. Tried a factory reset, Full Calibration, cleaning the transfer kit, printing out a few blank sheets, the PQ troubleshooting pages (all black) and no dice, just increasingly blacked hands... The printer is aging (tbh, it's been here longer than I have, so over 10 years) so maybe it's just past it, but any other ideas on how to salvage this trusty work horse would be greatly appreciated. If not, anyone got any suggestions for a replacement?
  9. simpsonj

    Gaming Chat

    Last Game bought : Radiant Historia on the DS, awaiting for it to arrive... Last game completed: Divine Divinity: Original Sin - Cracking RPG with turn based combat ala XCOM with battlefields rapidly turning into poisonous, icy, fire filled death traps! Really recommended for any CRPGs out there. Mind you, did a check over the holidays of how many games I've bought and not completed (and in some instances, not even played) and it came to 80...
  10. We've used IBS for just over a year now, extremely happy with them. Onsite the same day, usually the afternoon if an issue is raised in the morning. Knowledgeable about Papercut MF and helped us set that up too. Really painless company that has dealt with everything we've thrown at them (Two staff copiers, Two reprographic copiers). If you want more info, send me a pm
  11. iPads here as well, also used in Music and Drama to record performances. Actually the best use of iPads I've come across...
  12. Just seems a shame that, realistically, most schools won't be able to purchase this kind of equipment due to the nature of the site, and the nature of how schools purchase things, when schools could benefit the most from the kit they're selling. Alright, we don't need a stuffed bird in glass, but I know our school would benefit hugely from some of the Food/RMT/PE and ICT equipment that they're selling...
  13. Had thought encryption, but I don't think it has. Might give chkdsk a try
  14. 30gb of updates sounds excessive to me... Anyhow, Have you tried running Window's own Disk Cleanup? Might help clearout any files that are no longer needed after Windows update has finished eating up all your space. Is this the C:\Windows folder that's growing to such large proportions? Might be worth having a look with Treesize to see where all that space is going...
  15. So here's a new one, a teacher called to see if we could help with her flash drive, it was appearing on her My Computer, but her files weren't showing. Knowing this is usually not a good sign, went over and had a look. All her files have merged into One large (4gb or so) file, with no known extension, and a strange name (which I can't remember off the top of my head). Doesn't look like anything can open it, so I wondered whether anyone had come across anything similar? I suspect the flash drive is corrupted (or possible a virus?), but before I deliver that bad news, I wondered if there was some hope for her!
  16. For us, it was a firmware issue.One of our HP Servers would randomly reboot itself for no apparent reason (this was our back up server, so not used during the day). Once we updated the firmware, it's been far better behaved!
  17. IN the end I rebuilt it from scratch using our a Windows 8.1 Pro CD from boot, wiping the previous hard drive partitions, and then reinstalled all the drivers from the HP website. Definitely not a hardware restraint as once Windows 8.1 Pro is installed, it works absolutely fine, and sat on our domain quite happily!
  18. Anyone know when it will be available for Secondary schools? Looks pretty useful, but surprised at the lack of customization, not being able to make your own strands would be useful, as would be able to make you're own individual report templates...
  19. Student background below, staff can have whatever they want. Like the idea of a different background for controlled assessment, so may look into that.
  20. Dual 22" Hanns G monitors here. Couldn't go back to a single screen. Email is always open on one screen, and the ability to be able to remote onto different servers/workstations and have them on a separate screen is too invaluable to lose. Would happily go for 3 or 4 screens, but I've got a Mac on my desk as well, so my third screen is taken up by that.
  21. Any necessary logins (Email admin, web filter, Wireless management, SECURUS, school website, Inventory/Helpdesk) if they're not tied to their new user accounts in some way. Licencing information - Microsoft, Adobe, Apple Any codes for any padlocks (we've got a few that were my old ICT-Coordinators old flat no. Can remember that part, just nor the number itself!) A rough network guide would be handy, but not essential. A packet of Hobnobs...
  22. Have a look at this thread: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-7/96317-installing-fonts-2.html and grab the FontCopy.vbs - worked for me!
  23. We might be on the lookout for a replacement to GCSEpod ourselves, anyone find anything?
  24. simpsonj

    Persona

    Best to remember that there is no wrong way to play Persona 4, though there are certain things that you need to do to unlock the absolute best ending which I won't go into as they can be laden with spoilers. Best bet is to complete the dungeon as soon as possible to get it out the way (and look out for golden hands for the money and exp). Clubs and homework are the ways to increase your social skills (and if you can study with someone, that helps with social links too. The best way to get social skills is to eat the mega bowl challenge from the restaurant in town on a rainy day. Bare in mind it takes AGES to level those up, but you keep any skills you earn in New Game+ Might be worth persevering to the end and getting any ending, then replaying with New Game+, find out the criteria to get the "true" ending, and replaying it from there, though that is one hell of a time commitment!
  25. Got my demo unit from Academia, and it's definitely the Pro version as it's sat on my domain!
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