Apple Configurator Issues (ios7, passcode, iphoto)

Hi
I'm currently working through a series of issues updating a cart of iPads to iOS7 which are connected to a mac mini running Apple Configurator. Below are the issues i am having if anyone can help with them please. If i fix them i'll add to this to help anyone else with the same problems....
Just to mention the Mac, iTunes and AC are all up to date.
There's 32 iPads, on around half of them some of the kids have already updated the iOS over the wireless which means some of the apps now don't work until they are updated to new versions via AC.
Problems so far:
1. When the new versions of apps were imported into AC they were all showing as free inc paid apps so the codes couldn't be assigned. FIX: Delete the apps from AC first before you re-import them
2. Since the latest updates when the cart is plugged into the Mac iPhoto launches to view the photos on them and i get 30+ boxes telling me "Photos in camera roll of iPad 'name' cannot be imported because the device is locked with a passcode. You must unlock the device to import them" A suggested fix is to open Image Capture and set it to not launch any app when the ipads are connected but it doesn't make a difference iPhoto still opens and this message appears every time.
3. When I plugged one iPad into the mac directly with a usb it updated to iOS7 ok, but when i plugged the trolley in none of them would check in to AC and i got 30+ boxes saying "Apple Configurator could not connect to this device" The problem seems to be that the iPads have a passcode on them...
For the iPads still on iOS6 if the passcode is entered and then plugged in (either via usb directly or in the trolley) it then appears in AC ok. Having a passcode on them didn't stop them checking in before the update?.
For the iPads that have been updated over the wireless (now on iOS7), the problem seems to be when the passcode is entered and then connected a message appears on ipad screen saying "Trust This Computer?"
This is a new message? It's annoying as the cable in the trolley isn't long enough to work on the ipad while plugged and it will be a pain to have to plug them in to usb one by one to turn passcodes off and click this message.
4. Another issue with passcodes is once updated, the user is prompted to enter a passcode as it does but each time the iPad is refreshed it wipes the passcode and prompts for it to be set again.
If anyone has come across these issues and has a fix please comment

but it doesn't make a difference iPhoto still opens and this message appears every time.
Begin hacking---
Take a hammer to iPhoto.
-- Rename the app. You can still run the app by using the new name.
-- If this doesn't work, move iPhoto to a flash drive.
-- The Unix name for the iphoto app is buried in the application bundle. Rename the unix name. Ask for details.
-- Could write an applescript called iPhoto that returns a good result. Might be able to cobble this up. Request.
Don't know if this will give you other toubles or not.
---end hacking
Robert

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