> Office 365 or Google Docs for collaboration. Office 365 we cant afford Google accounts are banned by one user's office. > And installing apps does not make the registry 'bloated and error prone'. Just doesn't work that way. You may well be righ - I am no expert... BUT why else does my registry get larger, slower and error prone over time. Moreover every time I've had a really good look at my registry (very rarely as I try not to!) I find that uninstalled applications are leaving crud behind in my Windows Registries.