Setting up Profiles with WinXP

[Mike]

I have a school system that is upgrading to Win XP from Win98 on a Win2000
Server
The school wants the students to be able to log on to all workstations in
the building saving there data to there folder on the server.I have have
little experience in doing this as before they were Win98 computers. Can
anyone help with the steps in doing this the easist way possible. Talking
200 plus workstations.

Thanks
Mike

 

[Tomasz Onyszko]

I have a school system that is upgrading to Win XP from Win98 on a Win2000
Server
The school wants the students to be able to log on to all workstations in
the building saving there data to there folder on the server.I have have
little experience in doing this as before they were Win98 computers. Can
anyone help with the steps in doing this the easist way possible. Talking
200 plus workstations.

If it isn't already in place set up a AD domain, join this Windows XP
Workstations to the domain, create user account for each student. Set
them their home folder on network drive, if it is needed set up roaming
profiles for users and folder redirection through GPO on the domain level.

 

[Hank Arnold]

Best strategy is to join the workstations to the domain and have the
students do a domain logon. This assumes that you:

1) are running windows 2000 Server code, not running windows 2000
professional as a peer-to-peer network). Otherwise you are looking at a
*lot* of money being spent.

2) you have sufficient licenses (CAL's) for the number of workstations that
will be logging on (*more* money, otherwise).

3) You have a domain with a Domain Controller and Active Directory.

It would be great if you could describe more what your network
hardware/software configuration is. What you have to do (and spend) will
greatly depend on what you have to start with