[Leaplist] centrally manage Windows XP Home?

[Jason Boxman]

On Wednesday 12 September 2007 16:29, Ray Brunkow wrote:
> Jason Boxman wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> > That's what I thought might be the case.  For three boxes it's probably
> > overkill.
>
> An option then is to turn the most powerful PC into a win2k server,
> upgrade the other 2 to Pro and set up the most responsible user (not per
> with most business responsibility, but person with best practice on the
> computer.  in other words does not use a lot of IM programs, avoids
> flash sites, etc...) and put them on the win2k server as a standard
> user...  this way you can accomplish 100% of your goals in the windows
> environment  and not have to bring in a new computer.  it is not best
> practice to use a server for a desktop, but in this case if you really
> want/need the roaming profiles, added security of Active Directory,
> better search functions provided by LDAP, better and more reliable
> network shares for files and hardware this is something worth looking into.

Oh, I've deployed a Debian GNU/Linux Etch box for handling IMAP and file 
sharing duties.  That is working great.  I just setup dokuwiki for 
documenting process workflow and such.

I just didn't want to miss anything that might be helpful to the extent XP 
Home lets you do anything interesting.  Centralized email and file storage 
were really the key objectives.

Being able to do stuff like install Thunderbird with ready-to-go settings 
would've just been icing on the cake.  Managing three Windows boxes on a rare 
occasion by hand isn't a huge deal.  Only two are actively used and only one 
for a full day, every day.

Thanks.

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