I upgraded from Win98 to XP home and there's no comparision - XP was a major leap forward. Stable, faster, easy to upgrade the OS and other stuff in the puter.
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs . ----- Original Message ----- From: "LWB250" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, computers again >I would agree with Tom. We have nearly 100,000 nodes > now, about 90% of which are running XP, and we have > almost no problems. We're running an enterprise > version of SAV and everything is locked down courtesy > of Active Directory and group policies applied both > globally and to individual OUs. > > I am one of the team leaders for the AD rollout, and > it has taken us nearly three years to get everything > locked down. As we do the final batch over the next > month or two I expect any problems to pretty much > disappear. > > Dan > > --- Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have clients running XP with zero problems, but >> these are behind managed >> servers with sound security policies in place. >> >> Then I have one client with endless issues & >> complaints. They refuse to let >> me lock down the server & the owner lets his local >> "expert" solve issues & >> configure machines & set up new users to "save >> money". My last visit >> consumed 2 very long days & cost them $1600 in labor >> alone. >> >> If you are having issues with XP, it's not XP, it's >> somewhere else. Possibly >> hardware or the domain security policies are not set >> up properly. >> >> Thanks, >> Tom Hargrave >> www.kegkits.com >> 256-656-1924 >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com