NT Security Policy and Win 98/2000

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Mark Ornelas

Hello,

This may be a dumb question but does anyone know how to get a Security
Policy created under a Win NT PDC to work on a Windows 98 machine?? Is it
also possible to get it to work on a Win 2000 Professional Machine??

Our company is planning to upgrade but for the time being, if it ain't broke
don't fix it.

Many Thanks,

Mark Ornelas
 
I've forgotten exactly where they are and what their names are (Windows 98
is as ancient to me as Windows 3.0), but the necessary group policy tools
are on the Win98 CD. Also, you'll have to change the authentication
settings in the Properties Dialog of Network Neighborhood. It's been four
years since I last did any serious networking with '98 (it's an issue of
productivity and security with my clients), but getting Windows 98 to submit
to NT and Win2K Active Directory domains and policies was not very
difficult. As I remember, I played with the first '98 machine that I had to
configure for an Active Directory domain for about twenty minutes before
getting it to work right (it would have been less, but Windows 98 is /slow/,
and you have to reboot it for even the slightest thing).

At the very least, upgrading from Windows 98 can increase users'
productivity. You can reduce maintenance and administration costs, too. (I
now think of all general-purpose computers which run Windows 98 in business
network environments to be "broken".)

(Please don't flame me. It's just my opinion.)
 
I must agree with David. Save yourself a ton of grief trying to get things
working under 9x and NT, and start planning your upgrades NOW! 98 support
is minimal at best, and NT support is ending this year, so the sooner you
get on the Active Directory bandwagon, the sooner you will enjoy much much
much easier desktop/server administration. You say it aint broke, but if
you have no support from Microsoft, and a new vulnerability appears that
they are not going to patch, you're in a world of broke.
 
David Dickinson said:
I've forgotten exactly where they are and what their names are (Windows 98
is as ancient to me as Windows 3.0), but the necessary group policy tools
are on the Win98 CD. Also, you'll have to change the authentication
settings in the Properties Dialog of Network Neighborhood. It's been four
years since I last did any serious networking with '98 (it's an issue of
productivity and security with my clients), but getting Windows 98 to submit
to NT and Win2K Active Directory domains and policies was not very
difficult. As I remember, I played with the first '98 machine that I had to
configure for an Active Directory domain for about twenty minutes before
getting it to work right (it would have been less, but Windows 98 is /slow/,
and you have to reboot it for even the slightest thing).

At the very least, upgrading from Windows 98 can increase users'
productivity. You can reduce maintenance and administration costs, too. (I
now think of all general-purpose computers which run Windows 98 in business
network environments to be "broken".)

(Please don't flame me. It's just my opinion.)
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serverguy said:
I must agree with David. Save yourself a ton of grief trying to get things
working under 9x and NT, and start planning your upgrades NOW! 98 support
is minimal at best, and NT support is ending this year, so the sooner you
get on the Active Directory bandwagon, the sooner you will enjoy much much
much easier desktop/server administration. You say it aint broke, but if
you have no support from Microsoft, and a new vulnerability appears that
they are not going to patch, you're in a world of broke.
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