David,
the way to best reduce total cost of ownership on any network (and
the amount of work you have to put in on it) is to go to a standardized
desktop environment where possible. The fewer hardware and software
configurations an organization has, the easier, theoretically at least, it
Sounds like a WINS issue.
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Forgot to add - you don't need to upgrade all o
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A few things to think about,
Greater stability for servers
Greater Stablility for Users
Centralised Data storage
Centralised control of all d
Lemme take a shot at this and mention CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT!!!
I would think that that would be the ultimate reason for AD. The goal is to
always think beyond of the existing setup. 10 users today could be 20 next
month. Why take the chance and still be diddling with a workgroup when you
can get
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David,
I'd certainly suggest upgrading the file servers and making them DC's.
The cost should be far less than an additional 2 servers.
Using a workgroup
Forgot to add - you don't need to upgrade all of the workstations to
Windows 2000. They'll be OK running the current OS's - though not the
easiest to manage with loads of OS specific problems likely to arise.
What do you mean by disappearing off the network? Do you mean they
cannot be contacted (
Why did adding the 10 users to different machines ? Were you giving
them LA rights?
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Hi
David,
I'd certainly suggest upgrading the file servers and making them DC's.
The cost should be far less than an additional 2 servers.
Using a workgroup is a short term measure and any company growing at a
reasonable rate (10 new users at once) surely would benefit from a bit
of forward plannin
