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Thanks both, I'll have a dig around. Might be that Acronis did something at startup, I'll check the logs.

No dual boot and, as far as I know, no time sync either (whatever that is). Where do I look to check?

Since there are no posts about this I guess it must be just me? This morning my computer clock display showed a two hour forward change rather than just the one that I was expecting! That only happened on the desktop running Win 7, the laptop (WinXP) went forward one hour. Anyone give an explanation or possible cause, please?

Absolutely spot on - if I was still working at school I would certainly post it on the staff room notice board. On second thoughts I might "arrange" for that to happen anyway:)

I feel your strain ... my dad's pictures are much the same area, except they are of air fields.

Oh yes I have some of those also but thankfully not many.

Whilst I now have more time to dedicate to the work the stress, as I remember, was not necessarily all to do with time constraints. As teejay points out life may be too short and to what end? Still just the research of any project takes up space:)

Thanks for the good wishes and suggestions. I'll follow them all up and let you know what I'm going to do. @beeswax - good thought, though it would obviously depend on the cost. My pension is not very large:(

After what seems like a lifetime in educational IT I now find myself officially retired. To stave off perpetual ennui, and daytime TV, I thought it time for a long term project. Namely turning my vast collection of 35mm slides (and photographs) into digital images. Now for my problem/challenge, whilst I might have been an avid photographer I have never been a digital one. What kit would I need to even start on the task? I obviously need a scanner, but which one? Is specialist software required? I know there are photographic geeks out there, can you give me some advice please? Your suggestions would be most welcome.

I think maybe what Chris_Cook was suggesting was checking in the Ruckus admin console, sorry not at work so can't remember the proper name of it, but I guess the OP has already done that.

You've probably got this sorted but if you scroll down the page a bit - in the Update 21 downloads OK

That is one hell'uva story. Brilliant. As one who use to ride a Norton, many centuries ago, it brought a tear to my eye. Thanks.

The Local Authority seem keen to get every school using Live@edu. Our pupils, whilst having an email client in school, never actually use them. The staff use Outlook client in school and something else outside of school. That situation may change as the new OWA service kicks in from Exchange 2010. I am now on enforced leave from school, as a team from the Local Authority are completing the upgrade/development project that I've been working on all summer. So it may all have been done by the time I'm allowed back into school.

Thanks for that it may shed some light, though the project may have been taken out of my hands now.

For what it's worth I have been using NOD for over 4 years. Firstly on a Windows 2003 server with XP clients and now with Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 clients. I also have an Exchange server that is protected by NOD for Exchange. Apart from the initial learning curve, I have not had any problems or issues. Deploying packages to clients, getting them to update from a mirror on my server, monitoring installs, and updates, checking for versions or virus. I do understand your frustrations ICT_Guy and can only sympathise with your situation. I hope you can get it sorted soon.