Some IT depts will let you connect if you have up to date AV/firewalls etc, several companies I've worked at have allowed this in the past.
If you did get them to agree to adding a Win7 build to the domain then you could always use XP Mode to run any legacy IE apps that didn't work in 8/9.
Ah ok, wondered if it suffered from similar issues to the E6400 where the CPU would throttle excessively - usually when connected to external displays. If it's doing the same when undocked then guess not.
Wild stab in the dark though - is the BIOS updated? Remember all kinds of thermal/CPU...
Have you tried running through a Ubuntu installation to see if that fails at all - just thinking of ways to narrow down the issue, also - can you install off a USB drive or similar?
Yeah, you'd have to start afresh. If you want me to take a look remotely then I don't mind doing that - it should be easy enough to get the mail sorted out and at least work out what they've done with the files at any rate.
I'd say it depends on the organisation and as others have said, it depends on the tools they give you to do the job and whether there is a call center approach or something more flexible.
With the right organisation, I've always thoroughly enjoyed it - worked my up from tech support to network...
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