Small office network question

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Can you run Windows XP Pro machine as a server so that all users can access
a single application such as a CAD or database?

Thanks,
Mark
 
Mark F. said:
Can you run Windows XP Pro machine as a server so that all users can
access a single application such as a CAD or database?

Thanks,
Mark
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You can, with some proviso's....XP Pro only allows ten concurrent
connections and you may find that machines may use more than one
connection....Your best bet, if you only want to use a PC as a file server
is possibly to investigate a flavour of Linux, where there are no such
restrictions....
 
Mark said:
Can you run Windows XP Pro machine as a server so that all users can
access a single application such as a CAD or database?
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Three points:

1. Windows XP is not a server operating system and does not have the
management features of a server operating system. However, you can create a
peer-to-peer (workgroup) network and share files across it. If you want to
think of one of the computers on the network as a "server," that's fine, as
long as you realize that it's not a real server with server features.

2. *Some* applications will run across the network, but not applications
will.

3. One of the other differences between Windows XP and a real server is that
Windows XP Professional restricts the number of number of simultaneous
connections you can have to ten (only five in XP Home). That's ten
connections, not ten computers, so the number of computers is usually
somewhat less.
 
I second Ken's comments.

Microsoft has positioned Small Business Server to be very affordable and
works extremely well. 3rd Party vendors have special pricing for SBS for
their add-ons also.

www.FreeComputerConsultant.com
Small Business Server Specialist
 
Ken Blake said:
Three points:

1. Windows XP is not a server operating system and does not have the
management features of a server operating system. However, you can create
a peer-to-peer (workgroup) network and share files across it. If you want
to think of one of the computers on the network as a "server," that's
fine, as long as you realize that it's not a real server with server
features.

2. *Some* applications will run across the network, but not applications
will.

3. One of the other differences between Windows XP and a real server is
that Windows XP Professional restricts the number of number of
simultaneous connections you can have to ten (only five in XP Home).
That's ten connections, not ten computers, so the number of computers is
usually somewhat less.
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Thanks to all for the info.
Mark
 
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