Thanks Dan,
You probably figured out that the reason I am asking is because my client is
going to a 2003 server and I am wondering if it is absolutely necessary to
upgrade the XP Home computers. Of course I want to but there is a lot of
cost in it for them.
If you or anybody has a moment to think out loud could you give me some
other thoughts on the downside to not upgrading these machines. Such as, any
consequences with DNS, Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition, etc.?
Not moving them to a DOMAIN type platform means that all management of the
workstations and accounts on those stations is done at those stations. It
also means that you can't viably redirect the "My Documents" folder to the
server for safe storage.
Sure, you can map drives like a login script "Net use H:
\\server\homes$\User1, but it only works if they don't remove the script
from the workstation and if they don't change their password and the
server doesn't expire passwords
You don't have to use Symantec AV to PUSH the client out form the server,
but it does mean that the local, unmanaged, installation is controllable
by the user.
When I find clients like this, the cost to get a FULL OEM XP Prof install
is about $140 and they always need something like a new hard-drive or a MS
Mouse, so it brings the cost of XP Prof OEM to about $190.
Not sure if this helped, but it's my quick thoughts.
