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What you really do need to do is post something about cats! Then you'll get a reply.

Lots of people have problems with Elements. The only things that'll speed it up and stop it freezing(that I've found so far) is to unplug the network cable or disable laptop wireless before you start the program. Then reconnect after it's started. Not a great option in a school environment!

We're using Notts 1C1N and are being frustrated by its increasing naffness. Perhaps it's just us? Our website is up and down like a yo-yo. So much so that we've given up and are setting up web hosting with someone else who might just give a damn. And the email. We have stuff that doesn't even make it through to MailMarshall. It just disappears. Gone. Poof. I've had to set up some Office 365 accounts so staff can forward their emails through it to their normal school email account. We have Exchange Server and all we want is the email feed with all the emails passed through (minus nasties). This has been going on for about a month now. No one tells us what's happening or what the problems was. But that it was fixed. It wasn't. Not bad for £20K a year. Is it just that Capita-Synetrix is hoovering up all our money and not doing anything but sitting on their behinds? I'd transfer out but it appears quite expensive to buy the bits elsewhere...

Another revelation! Oil leaking onto hot engine parts creates smoke! Shock!

Wow. Smoke coming out of the engine and the diagnosis is engine failure. Impressive.

Sharepoint Workspace allows instant messaging? Bye-bye Sharepoint Workspace unless the feature can be disabled. Do block the technology, if that technology tempts the students into doing things that are not in their best interests or that cause you problems. Just as they can't use Skype or Messenger. We block websites we don't want them to see - at least I do. Mostly because a sizable chunk of students cannot control themselves. Something else to work around. "If students are leaning against a wall and chatting you don't remove the wall." Because you can't remove the wall. You can remove Sharepoint.