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You could get a graphics card with 3 outputs, but this may cause confusion to staff. The easiest way will be to get a 3 way splitter. Some projectors do support a return VGA though, so you may be able to take a feed from the projector to the monitor.

I stopped using non-genuine bulbs a few years ago. They don't last and when we had a bad batch, that was the final straw, literally had two just blow inside a projector, lamp housing full of glass and a few jumpy kids and teachers. I try buy Epson now as their genuine lamps are around £65exVAT, so really can't grumble at that, plus the units have been nothing but reliable.

I'd hazard a guess it may be because it loads the taskbar then the redirected shortcuts after so could cause an issue? Also, we had an issue pinning items when a few machines didn't activate windows successfully

My thoughts exactly. Be interesting to know your findings anyhow as it could save a few people a bit of cash. We've only stuck to 2Power purely because we tried the unbranded ones are they simply didn't last, even from day one and obviously most of the time, the price of OEM batteries could render a good laptop obsolete.

You could use YouTube live? You can make invite only streams and it's relatively foolproof.

I mean, the Duracell brand is strong, so I can't imagine they'd put their name to something that isn't much cop. I'd say maybe get one as trial and a run a few stress tests on it, there are tools available to help you test battery life by mocking mixed usage scenarios, then if they're any good, you've saved a few quid!

We have multiple Fibre links to all cabs, so we are lucky in the sense that the lack of stacking wouldn't really impact us as we could run a 10Gb link to each switch from the Core. You can also create a LAG using the 10Gb Ethernet ports on the SFP+ switches to effectively link two together.

Have a at Unifi switches, a lot of people using on here, cheap enough brand new and they do a 10Gb core switch and edge switches with 10Gb uplinks

Turn it off, hold the home button as you connect the cable from the PC

This, we had Meraki in the past and whenever there was an issue, we just restored it

You can still restore the iPad though and set it up again?

Exactly what we did, delegate control via a group and create a taskpad to disable accounts

Can't say I've ever tried the chargers but at my last place we used to get genuine chargers for around £10, so the extra few quid was worth it.

I've always gone for 2Power branded batteries and never had an issue

American DJ and Chauvet are worth a look, their prices are low compared to the big brands, but both have big followings and their products are very good, especially the cans and movers. ADJ were even boasting about having lights present at the McGregor fight

We use the free version of Risevision, Google Slides and some old netbooks running Linux, seeing as we had the kit, it was zero cost, cloud based and it's been working a treat!

I still buy wall amps as they for me are the neatest when installed. We did have a similar problem with the nuvo amps getting on too and the replacements being expensive, so we started buying these Wall Plate Stereo Audio Power Amplifier with Bluetooth - PRO SIGNAL | CPC they don't look spectacular by any means, but a year on and the few we've installed have been fine, plus some staff loved the bluetooth feature. Price has gone up a little since I last bought a batch, but still reasonable. Plus side is you can either keep your existing speakers or choose any pair of passive speakers you desire and it'll come in around £80exVAT.

I have heard good things, but I'll be honest, the whole AIO things still kind of scares me. What are they like price wise as I've a feeling they may be a bit much for us!

Hi All, We are well overdue a new server infrastructure here, but the big question is, do we really need another SAN? A bit of background info, we currently have a blade system connected via DAS to two SANs. Nothing is visualised and to virtualise it as it is, would require wiping the current SAN, which is something I'm not willing to do. It's also worth noting the SAN has previously suffered a catastrophic failure, needing 3 new HDDs and new controller to come back to life and all data was lost. As it stands, I have no trust in the system. Now, cost is obviously an issue, the lower we keep it, the more money we can spend on curriculum IT. So, I was thinking of a 3 server system to replace the currently 10 or so physical we have, with local storage and a load of RAM, then have our staff storage on one, SIMS on another and students on another and then just scatter about the other servers randomly across the 3 servers, then re-purpose one of our old servers to run Hyper-V replication of core servers. Surely a system like this could end being a lot cheaper and maybe even have better reliability than having one SAN? I understand I may not be able to live migrate, but we aren't an Enterprise, so as long as we plan updates, this shouldn't be a massive loss. Any suggestions/input is welcomed. Also any info on how you run your School would be helpful and help me to explore other options.

I've used it alongside 2008R2 and 2012R2 as a file server with no issues at all.

They are indeed the same

Not sure if you're building you're own or re-casing some PCs, but we wanted a similar solution and ended up settling on intel NUCs, not looked back at all, they've been absolutely great.

In the unlikely event you have a problem, the customer service is some of the best I've ever had. When I had my iPhone, it had a single dead pixel, so took it to Apple, they said they'd repair and apologised they were busy and said it'd take them just over an hour to put a new screen in. Fast forward a year later, the Samsung Galaxy comes out so I give it a try, not long after having it, microphone stops working, took just shy of three weeks to get it back.

If all else fails, they still have either the trusty metre stick or that one really tall kid to do it for them.

Here's what we have done in some places: Opened up the remote, drilled a hole straight through where there isn't any components, then put a bolt through, nut at the end linked to a piece of chain with some thread lock to make it difficult to undo, then the other end of the chain drilled to the wall with washer, with the remote in a little holder. It then lives in range of the projector screen, can point it to the projector to switch inputs/ turn it on and off and it can't easily go missing without a large amount of negligence.