Understandable, if it's not broke why fix it. Although you do need to live with the fact that it has less functionality within Active Directory (even with the DS Client) and is no longer supported by Microsoft. My rant ends here ;)
For 300 clients you might just want to send out a pre and post-migration notice to all users (ie: have a piece of paper on their desk) that indicates for any Windows 95/98 users to type in the new domain name in the domain box. It's as easy as that to get a 95/98 box to log into a different domain, so if it comes down to it I would say a well written communication to the users should do the trick. If you are using SMS you could create a script that would update the registry to change the Domain that is listed in the Domain box and push that out on the night of migration. Phil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carerros, Charles Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:22 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Windows 95\98 on Windows 2003 domain We have them for the same reason that everyone else does, economics. If they still perform their function and can access the network resources why spend the money to upgrade what isn't broken. I have someone looking for the number right now, but it was indicated that it might be as many as 300 but that is just a guess number, it could be more or less. We won't know for sure until I get the audit report out of SMS. Oh, most of those are at sites not located near me (central administrative group). Which makes things even more fun. -----Original Message----- From: Renouf, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 11:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Windows 95\98 on Windows 2003 domain How many Win95/98 clients are you talking about? Another question is: Why do you have Win95/98 clients at all? Phil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carerros, Charles Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:13 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Windows 95\98 on Windows 2003 domain Upgrading is not an option in this case. Politically its not allowed and technically its not that feasible either (there is an issue with the number of Exchange 5.5 environments that are going to be migrated into the new forest and how this is planned to be done). List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
