A family of Microsoft relational database management systems designed for ease of use.
In any environment controlled by IT, simply put in a ticket to have the system downgraded and mention the known bug, crashing, hung processes, risk of corrupting data, downtime, .... they will resolve the issue with ease. I also recommend supplying a little to one of the support articles on the subject and getting your manager to also put in a request to add administrative weight to the matter so it is resolved promptly.
That said, IT, have tools to automate this with ease and considering the issue at hand they should have no issue doing so. In my experience, when properly presented IT has always helped out in resolving such matters.