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Have a look on the back of the damaged/faulty screen, it will have a part number - and search based on that - I know some manufacturers offer screen upgrades. Similarly, some screens are interchangeable with other brand laptops - especially the case with ones created by companies like Clevo, where the chasis is the same on multiple laptops but there are differences.

Have used both Accupart (cannot fault them one bit), and if accupart were unable to deliver/source parts, we used screens.uk

Dell Optiplex running Ryzen - Not available/not able to get a quote for them from Dell, nor from 3rd party suppliers HP Prodesk - Last time I got a quote, the Intel i5 comes in £20 cheaper per unit than the Ryzen 5 2400g, so not exactly Business laptops are where I have seen a fair bit of growth in the market though (just a shame that the new HP Probook is an all plastic case now )

I'm kind of disappointed, but not surprised that the APU range from AMD is based on the current gen Ryzen 2000 series processors. Then again, at the RRP for the Ryzen 5, i'm looking forward to some sensibly priced Ryzen business grade kit

Not had many issues with running VGA projectors using an HDMI-VGA adaptor, however: On some machines, I have had to use powered adaptors (USB powered was fine) - predominantly netbooks and ultrabooks, but also a couple of USFF machines. walking adaptors/USB mini cables - If its a desktop, lock it in place to at least make it a bit harder for them sound - some machines (or users) will change the sound output to HDMI, rather than the nice audio jack you have plugged into your machine. Just a heads up, can be a bit of a pain. For most of them, we used U-Green and startech adaptors from Amazon issue free.

I had talked to ParkPlace about an extended warranty on an old server due to fears that the funding stream for a wider server replacement was going to have to be deferred. Didn't actually need to go with them, but when talking to them, I did feel very confident that they knew their stuff. Can't remember how much they wanted, but it was no where near where I thought it might be.

I've used velcro before - it does the job, and not only is it quicker, it's also considerably cheaper. Same way, I've put a couple of screws to hold in an SSD before now on builds and even screwed them into front drive bays. If it was a side windowed PC, with perfectly neat cabling, then, yes I would use a bracket. Similarly, old fashioned mechanincal drives are ones that I would use brackets for. But SSDs don't weigh very much, and have no moving parts, so why over engineer it? Use some of the money saved for an electric screwdriver if you haven't got one already and save getting RSI too.

Often parties are only sent around a new list every 3-6 months from each authority, and depending on the format, and is usually on the live party database in 1 week after arrival. All depends on how the changes are made. From experience, it seems that councils are sending updates/updated lists around less frequently than they used to, presumably due to cost. I've also seen that taking people off the full register takes a lot longer than it used to - with deaths meaning they are marked as ineligable for voting, rather than removed instantly from the register...

Normally it's just appointment times, but for fixed lessons, you can do re-occuring meetings which helps that bit at least!

Not education, but we have set up all out meeting rooms and the large bookables (TV screens) on O365 with it set to automatically accept or decline. We have it set so a couple of rooms (our CEO's meeting room and our HR meeting room) can only be booked by users within that team automatically, with those not in the room being sent for manual approval by someone in that team. Been using it for a few years now, and the only issue we seem to come across are users not looking at the response from the meeting room. They work in a similar way to shared mailboxes - as in you don't need to license them, but I will recommend having a user with full admin rights for each room, so when people forget to cancel their meetings/forget to mark it private/name the meeting something stupid (such as "Name disciplinary meeting" or "appraisal for Name" you can mark it as private or change the title. To book them, you add the room/resource email address to the meeting request in your calendar.

Having previously both worked for a political party, and also have been a councillor for said political party, you get access to the full electoral register. With a bit of data manipulation, you can target voters quite well. Sensible approaches means that you can run suitable messages towards people. e.g. education and childcare to parents, health and pensions to older, support for low income earners to low income earners etc. It's not 100% successful, but can reap rewards in getting key messages out. The full list of people who are entitled to recieve a full copy of the electoral register on publication: British Library, National Library of Wales, national library of scotland the returning officer for each local authority (the person who oversees the election) UKSA National records for Scotland The electoral commission Boundary Commissions (local and national) The people who call you up for Jury Service Elected representatives at all levels Candidates up for election, including councillors, political Parties registered locally (upon request) political Parties nationally (upon request) - including registered 3rd parties (such as independent candidate groups, who haven't constituted as a political party) Councils themselves The police, NCA, security services, etc. On top of that, credit reference agencies, government departments and other public bodies can purchase full, or part copies of the full electoral register. So, even if the brexit party were not officially a political party, as they are standing candidates in all constituencies, they would be entitled to that full, unredacted* copy of the electoral roll. They are also permitted to directly address letters, however, you may request for them to stop contacting you. *there are some who are hidden from certain copies - witness protection etc

Ensure you have some spares to loan out when they are going to be repaired. We did an 1:1 ipad scheme, and no matter what we did, kids broke them. From experience chromebook wise (last bought some in 2016): Samsungs were nice, light, but also really flimsy. They might be fine to go in a briefcase for someone who works, but in a school bag, I could see them being a mangled pile of components after a few months without decent protection Entry Asus kit - slightly more robust than the Samsungs, with nice rubbery corners. Did weigh more, and the screens weren't great. From dealing with other companies: Acer - support is non existant, RMAs take ages. Trying to do extended warranties is a massive pain too. Have given up buying their products Dell - the 3380 chromebook is built on one of the best chasis I have come across that isn't a thinkpad X series. Service is good, and I can often get the engineer will drop the parts off when they are going past and then collect the duds later if they want them back, or put them in the WEEE recycling if not.

We are trending towards the 13 or 14" HP Probooks or elitebooks (depending on what we can get a better deal on). Currently have 6 in situ, and they are now the go to for all devices we replace with a laptop. Currently have 3 different USB C docks in use - HP, Startech and Kensington, for testing purposes.

I've given out those free stylus touch screen tablet pens before now. Had loads of them as they came with a huge number of ipad cases, and because how they look, they tend not to go walkabouts either. Especially if you engrave the room number into the side of it.

This sounds a lot more like a driver issue - have you tried a different version of the driver, as I have built a few 2400g based machines without any issues coming with them. I know for a fact one of them uses VGA as it was installed to run with a legacy monitor that only had VGA (and none of my former colleagues have said anything about it no longer working...)

Couple of things to try - can you download a different bios version - ideally one in between the current and newest version. I have seen it with some machines that have a big step to make (especially if they have very early bioses installed from a couple of years ago.

I always tend to approach existing account managers at places like Insight first. Not used them in a while, but critical power supplies is another company I have used for batteries and not had any issues with. However if my memory serves me correctly, along side the original batteries they do sell their own brand equivalents.

How many batteries have you got through on it so far? When you say it's quite old - how long has it been in use for? Apart from the battery - is it working as you need it to If it's on a server, how many servers does it power - is the runtime sufficient? Have you added extra servers in that time? I tend to work on 2-3 batteries over a UPS lifespan, before replacing, unless it's just on a machine/non server part of the network - where I tend to keep changing the bateries until the unit itself dies, or a battery leaks. The pro on replacement - You can plan ahead (future proof - are you going to add more server down the line etc?) you will have a warranty, you get the chance to upgrade to a rackmount solution. It can also be quicker, as the downtime in swapping over a UPS often isn't very much However, it is more expensive, and may need reconfiguring etc. The pro on battery replacement - Less waste, the kit works, works out cheaper, and you don't need to worry about recabling everything (great if your UPS is in a tight spot!). If you do both, you can get a UPS on your machine, meaning in times of trouble, you can (if your switch links are also UPS covered. Downside is, it can result in longer downtime as you have to disassemble, swap battery, re-assemble and then re-install

Best thing to do, is try and get a loan model for a couple of days from a range of suppliers. That way staff can have a play, and see which one is the one they can see them using. Don't discount the promethian touch screens, my impression on them is not bad at all. Yes, Smart and Promethian often come out a bit more expensive (or at least did when I used to buy the boards, however, a lot of the time the value added (full software package, extras such as the Smart IQ system) often came out really quite popular, over just a plain android option underneath. The downside however, is when you give people a choice, they will normally go for a system they already know, even if it's not the best option. One of my former schools went for Smart, even after they all said how much they liked the Promethian boards - why? Because they already have smartboards and they like them, even if they thought other boards were better...

Having previously done this with Acer, I've found it not really worth the agro either if you are buying more than 1 or 2 laptops. Unless they have changed, you need to submit a seperate claim (much like extended warranties) for each individual device, rather than all in one go. The only thing we used Acer laptops for were exams, when price was the key, or for admin laptops where they aren't going to be used that much.

This might sound a bit of a strange question - have you had some brownouts power wise before that issue came about? I ask this, because we had an APC unit that came up with that code every so often. - Shut down servers and anything connected to the UPS - disconnect the UPS from the mains and leave for 10 or 15 minutes - take all the battery packs out of the server and leave for another 10 or 15 minutes - connect the batteries back up, If you have a switched mains, you can connect this up, but don't turn on - try booting the UPS on batteries - if that works, connect it up to the mains and run the collaborations etc on it.

Will be interesting to see if it will be as intrusive as Edge was in Microsoft's attempts to make it the go to app for everything...

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I've used ontrack a good few years ago in a last job and they did manage to get the data back from a quite badly damaged external hard drive. Wasn't cheap, but also wasn't what I called excessively priced. Very professional, and quick!

You mean that USB 3 changing to USB 3.2 Gen 1 is confusing, Pah, mortals! If you keep changing the names of things, people will think they are better and more shiny, so will request new machines with this 'new' USB 3.2 kit! What's not to like?