Authorised Education Reseller

Posted in News on February 1st, 2010 by Webmaster – Be the first to comment

ms_aerAs part of our dedication to offering ICT support to Schools, Poynter has become an Authorised Education Reseller (AER) for Microsoft.

This allows us to offer Schools the best licencing option for their situation, including:

  • School Agreement – licences to cover the Schools desktops and servers. This also includes Home Use options for Teachers and Students.
  • Academic Open – purchase of a minimum of 5 licences to start an agreement, which can be added to within 2 years.
  • Full Packaged Products – one-off licences to be purchased when required.

Click here if you would like to talk to us about licencing or support options.

End of Microsoft Support for SP2 and Server 2000

Posted in News on January 28th, 2010 by Webmaster – Be the first to comment

windows2000serverMicrosoft has announced that from the 13th July 2010, Service Pack 2 will no longer be the supported service pack level for Windows XP. All computers will need to be updated to Service Pack 3.

All new desktops and laptops that we supply come with Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 pre-installed.

We will be ensuring that any remaining customers still using Service Pack 2 will be updated to ensure continued support from Microsoft.

Users of Vista will need to update to Service Pack 2 by the 13th April 2010.

Support for Windows 2000 Server will finish on the 13th July 2010,  please contact the helpdesk for assistance with planning your migration to Server 2003/2008.