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We've always bought LapSafe Mentor trolleys for our needs, the power cables are custom fitted inside depending on requirements and only long enough to plug into a laptop. They're not cheap by any means but we bought most of our 10 trolleys between 2013-2016 and still have them all. We have to pay to have the charging cables changed to a new model of laptop but that balances out because we're not buying new chargers constantly, otherwise they'll happily sell you spare cables for in-house repairs.
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But its a school issued device, ergo, not theirs.
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KCSIE 2026 - Filtering & Monitoring Reviews
drutt replied to fiza's topic in Internet Related/Filtering/Firewall
Typically I'll get a request from the DSL to sit with him in the HT office with two devices, one with staff access and another with student access. Then we can try and break the filter. Gotta say it never stops being awkward when you manage to get through the filter via some obscure search engine and getting a face full of porn, with the DSL beside me and HT behind me. -
Been using these guys for the past year and they leave us a cage, we fill it with IT tat and they come collect. no muss no fuss.
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What AI model will you be using to achieve this?
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We've had 5 screens fully replaced under warranty after they developed the fault mentioned in the original post, these were all bought in 2019/2020 and the fault started appearing within the last 2 years. Even those out of warranty repairs have been reasonable at around £380 per screen for the most recent two in the past year that have had the same fault develop. Don't see us changing to another manufacturer anytime soon really, the screens are reliable, the casting software just works and the free managment software is great for remotely changing things as needed and even using the broadcast function during a lockdown situation.
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We're bringing our website back in-house after 10+ years of having it with an external provider, mostly because they wanted £150 per hour of dev time on little changes. It was really limiting our ability to adapt at times. I've taken it on myself on the condition it includes a pay rise and am making use of WordPress as the CMS and a pagebuilder provided by our shared web host. It should be more than sufficient for our needs and gives us the flexibility to do what we want, when we want as well.
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We were lucky enough to do the switch before they released whatever update causes the SIMS system to completely lock out, I also read on here about some schools having their data outright deleted instead of just locked down but no idea how true that is. Your best bet is to make sure you have a snapshot of the server and the database and if you do intend to migrate away make sure to plan well in advance. Anyway, hello ESS customer support.
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Blocking games on Google search engine
drutt replied to Bagpuss66's topic in Internet Related/Filtering/Firewall
Nice find, love the reviews for the extension are all quite obviously children who have had their fun ruined. -
We've not not bothered with extended warranties on student or staff devices for probably 14 or 15 years now, we get so much damage to the keyboards or screens that anything we did get would likely be void within a few weeks. Honestly can't recall the last hardware fault on a laptop that wasn't just replacing the battery or CPU fan after a few years either and those are cheap enough.
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[tv show] Firefly Reboot Coming To Disney+ [But don't get too excited!]
drutt replied to 6Foot2's topic in TV & Movies
Very nice, I've been enjoying watch Nathan Fillian in The Rookie so always happy to see more of him. -
From our support provider on behalf of Bromcom:
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My Recommendations: Exam Laptops No Internet Access
drutt replied to MatTheTech's topic in Windows 11
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Two Way Radios/Walkie Talkies - Encryption
drutt replied to psynegy's topic in Data Protection & Information Handling
We use Entel DX485 radios and get them pre-configured by our supplier Radiocoms. Staff are told not to say any sensitive information over the radio and to instead pick up a phone All staff with radios are given earpieces Only behaviour use the radios day to day, the other uses are when a fire alarm goes off Facilities have their own radios and channel We have a private frequency range we pay for via Ofcom We have a signal repeater for full site coverage, there were too many instances of the concrete and metal work between the floors blocking the signal I honestly couldn't tell you whether they're encrypted or not, it's not a thought that crossed my mind until I read this thread.
