Hi Chris, welcome to IIS
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This is the place to ask all the questions you have, there are a lot of knowledgable people who will only be to glad to help. As Mike said "keep asking".
I think that if you try to "grit it out" with your present scope you will probably not be happy with it and therefore it will be used less and less.
A fresh start might be the way to go.
Cheers