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Hi We are experiencing more and more issues with the active window (be it I Explorer, Word etc) losing focus. At the moment it can be as little as 1 second. We are running CSE.net desktop management on Windows Xp sp2. Sometimes a re-boot will solve it but its becoming quite a pain. Does anyone have any experience of this - please help. I have tried tweakUI and set it to prevent applications stealing focus, but this does not always work.

Hi I am just querying as to what software you can run with the Microsoft Schools Agreement. I have been told our agreement covers, operating system upgrades, Office and CAL - is this correct? Also, sharepoint designer, I have been told this has to go on ALL machines, I currently have 210 school agreements but cannot purchase say, 80 sharepoint licenses, correct? Also, is there a way of only paying for CAL's and OS as I dont want to run Office anymore, so therefore do not want to pay for it. Many thanks

Stupid question. ha ha!

Hi CyberNed I've just had a look at their website, please could you tell me which version you have as there seems to be many? Thanks

DOn't know if this is in the right section but here goes. We currently use our regional broadband consortium to host our emails. Now its been quite unreliable for some time now. What I would like to know is "roughly" how much is an exchange server license and how much would it be for say 1000 user licenses. Ii know I would need accurate prices but just a ballpark figure would do. I am new to Education and come from Government where I used Exchange and used it to its full capacity for meetings, diaries etc. So I would loike to have some idea of cost before I went any further. As you all know, everything comes down to cost in the end. Many thanks

Many thanks for the responses. I have just spoken to Misco and am waiting on a callback to arrange a site survey by Zyxel - is this ok? Are ther any other solutions just as good as zyxel for the price?

Hi Mr Forgetful - My core switch is a HP 5304XL Plexer - the company I will not say, but they are a reseller who "do" wireless installations. I must say I was incredibly annoyed at the survey as all he did was walk round the building noting things down as to the estimate of wall thickness and room sizes. No measurements were made or a survey of any kind - just a visual! Could you please expand on you're quote - "I've never seen a wireless network where the access points didn't need to be plugged into the network." I thought some AP's could connect wirelessly or piggybag off others to the main Wireless switch. Many thanks

Hi I had a site survey yesterday to cover the whole school for wireless access. Please could you kind people clarify a few queries I have which resulted from this visit: * I was told I would need access points in EVERY room - is this correct? The system I beleive they are pushing is the new netgear wireless (quite reasonably priced - I think about £1000 for the switch and £100 for the AP's. Each one of these has to be physically located into the wired network true? - I dont have POE capability (I was origionally told by the salesman these would just wirelessly pick up the central switch with no need to be connected to cabling. * I need a managed setup for around £3000 - is this the best setup for the money? * Also, I have heard of ZyXel - is this a good solution? * In the mean time I need a very quick solution to a small laptop trolley. Is the HP Procurve 420 with access points any good? Many thanks