You may already know that based on feedback from academic staff, IT Services plan to migrate the computers in lecture theatres and other teaching rooms to Windows 7. This migration will mean much shorter login times for these computers. Users of the machines will be able to select between a Visitor login (for people without a staff login) and the Staff login. It is currently being piloted at Ramphal. Please find more information about this improvement. One of the keys to making the new teaching computers log in very quickly is to reduce the number of applications as this is directly linked to log in speed. We have selected the applications that we understand to be the core ones across the university. Obviously, there are some applications used frequently within particular departments, arrangements will be made for those. But the key thing at this stage is to provide the applications that are most commonly used. Amber Thomas would be very grateful if you could view the list of applications , and email direct at amber.thomas@warwick.ac.uk with any immediate concerns by noon on Wednesday 8th May. Thank you in advance for your help. Amber Thomas Service Owner: Academic Technology Support IT Services | Services Development University of Warwick amber.thomas@warwick.ac.uk +44 (0) 24 76523963 (Int 23963)