Janx

Good luck!

Hi, we have just come across this potential headache with Windows 8 and students. On our laptops students have the ability to turn flightmode on and off from the charms menu. This disconnects all wifi and hides available networks but doesn't affect the wifi (on/off) light itself, so have no visual reference that there could be a problem for the next logged in user. Searching using the usual places only seems to give us replies of how you enable/disable the option, but having the option removed altogether would be ideal, but without removing the whole charms menu. Has anyone here in education come up with a solution or workaround for this at all?

Wouldnt happen to have a newbie, step-by-step guide anywhere would ya?

Hi, can you explain how - or where I can find out how to do this please?

I dont know if this will help but it could be RAM related...if you have over 2gig just unplug them for the install period. This worked for me on Vista and now Windows 7...

Thanks for the replies all I will pass them onto my manager and see where he wants to go from here.

Hi I have just been asked by the Network Manager to find out if there is an ID Card printing solution that works with SIMS - if this is possible at all? How do you print your ID cards for students? Any help is muchly appreciated

Thanks for your replies I will put all this together and argue our case.

Hi everyone, The head of IT at our establishment gave me the link to this site a while back and it has been a Godsend for most of the problems I have faced. However, we are currently trying to review our printing costs and have print credit software already setup (PCounter) which is running without too many hiccups. The problem is now that a lot of students (11-19 yr olds) here are running out of the print credits we set up at the beginning of this term (200 credits at 1 credit per page mono and 3 credits colour), and a mass email was sent out informing staff that students having printing problems were out of credits and should come to buy them from us. The issue was then raised is it legal to be charging students to print when education for them is free? Would be grateful for your experiences and feedback so that I can present our case to those who make the decisions Kind regards,