upgrade mulitple windows 98 pc's to windows 2000

[Guest]

The company I work for lease 30 pentium 800 mhz 111 workstations with 64 mb
of ram & 20 gig hard drives. They are using windows 98 connected to a windows
NT4 server and want to upgrade to windows 2000. Is this possible & what
procedures need to be followed to do this?
kayenie

 

[Laura E. Hunter \(MVP\)]

The easiest way to automate upgrades is by using installation scripts, as
shown here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/client/autodeploy.asp

However, I feel I should point out two potential pitfalls with the upgrade
plan:

[1] 64MB of RAM is going to make for a fairly slow Windows 2000 PC - your
users will be much happier with a bump to 256 or more.

[2] Windows 2000 is nearing the end of its supported lifecycle, and is in
fact in an "Extended Support" phase where only security hotfixes and paid
support options are available. You might want to consider a longer-term
upgrade plan to Windows XP Professional.

--
Laura E. Hunter
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
Author: _Active Directory Consultant's Field Guide_
(http://tinyurl.com/7f8ll)

All information provided "AS-IS", no warranties expressed or implied.
Replies to newsgroup only.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your suggestions
--
kayenie

The easiest way to automate upgrades is by using installation scripts, as
shown here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/client/autodeploy.asp

However, I feel I should point out two potential pitfalls with the upgrade
plan:

[1] 64MB of RAM is going to make for a fairly slow Windows 2000 PC - your
users will be much happier with a bump to 256 or more.

[2] Windows 2000 is nearing the end of its supported lifecycle, and is in
fact in an "Extended Support" phase where only security hotfixes and paid
support options are available. You might want to consider a longer-term
upgrade plan to Windows XP Professional.

--
Laura E. Hunter
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
Author: _Active Directory Consultant's Field Guide_
(http://tinyurl.com/7f8ll)

All information provided "AS-IS", no warranties expressed or implied.
Replies to newsgroup only.

The company I work for lease 30 pentium 800 mhz 111 workstations with 64
mb
of ram & 20 gig hard drives. They are using windows 98 connected to a
windows
NT4 server and want to upgrade to windows 2000. Is this possible & what
procedures need to be followed to do this?
kayenie

 

[Guest]

If I used the automate upgrades, can I just use the one copy of windows 2000
upgrade or will I need to get licenses to legally copy the upgrade onto all
of the computers. It seems a good way to go if I only need to purchase the
one copy.
kayenie

The easiest way to automate upgrades is by using installation scripts, as
shown here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/client/autodeploy.asp

However, I feel I should point out two potential pitfalls with the upgrade
plan:

[1] 64MB of RAM is going to make for a fairly slow Windows 2000 PC - your
users will be much happier with a bump to 256 or more.

[2] Windows 2000 is nearing the end of its supported lifecycle, and is in
fact in an "Extended Support" phase where only security hotfixes and paid
support options are available. You might want to consider a longer-term
upgrade plan to Windows XP Professional.

--
Laura E. Hunter
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
Author: _Active Directory Consultant's Field Guide_
(http://tinyurl.com/7f8ll)

All information provided "AS-IS", no warranties expressed or implied.
Replies to newsgroup only.

The company I work for lease 30 pentium 800 mhz 111 workstations with 64
mb
of ram & 20 gig hard drives. They are using windows 98 connected to a
windows
NT4 server and want to upgrade to windows 2000. Is this possible & what
procedures need to be followed to do this?
kayenie

 

[Laura E. Hunter \(MVP\)]

You will need to purchase a license for every copy of Windows 2000 Pro that
you install - you should contact your reseller for the most economical way
to do this.

--
Laura E. Hunter
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
Author: _Active Directory Consultant's Field Guide_
(http://tinyurl.com/7f8ll)

All information provided "AS-IS", no warranties expressed or implied.
Replies to newsgroup only.

If I used the automate upgrades, can I just use the one copy of windows
2000
upgrade or will I need to get licenses to legally copy the upgrade onto
all
of the computers. It seems a good way to go if I only need to purchase the
one copy.
kayenie

The easiest way to automate upgrades is by using installation scripts, as
shown here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/client/autodeploy.asp

However, I feel I should point out two potential pitfalls with the
upgrade
plan:

[1] 64MB of RAM is going to make for a fairly slow Windows 2000 PC -
your
users will be much happier with a bump to 256 or more.

[2] Windows 2000 is nearing the end of its supported lifecycle, and is
in
fact in an "Extended Support" phase where only security hotfixes and paid
support options are available. You might want to consider a longer-term
upgrade plan to Windows XP Professional.

--
Laura E. Hunter
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
Author: _Active Directory Consultant's Field Guide_
(http://tinyurl.com/7f8ll)

All information provided "AS-IS", no warranties expressed or implied.
Replies to newsgroup only.

The company I work for lease 30 pentium 800 mhz 111 workstations with
64
mb
of ram & 20 gig hard drives. They are using windows 98 connected to a
windows
NT4 server and want to upgrade to windows 2000. Is this possible & what
procedures need to be followed to do this?
kayenie

 

[Guest]

Ok Thank you
--
kayenie

You will need to purchase a license for every copy of Windows 2000 Pro that
you install - you should contact your reseller for the most economical way
to do this.

--
Laura E. Hunter
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
Author: _Active Directory Consultant's Field Guide_
(http://tinyurl.com/7f8ll)

All information provided "AS-IS", no warranties expressed or implied.
Replies to newsgroup only.

If I used the automate upgrades, can I just use the one copy of windows
2000
upgrade or will I need to get licenses to legally copy the upgrade onto
all
of the computers. It seems a good way to go if I only need to purchase the
one copy.
kayenie

The easiest way to automate upgrades is by using installation scripts, as
shown here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/client/autodeploy.asp

However, I feel I should point out two potential pitfalls with the
upgrade
plan:

[1] 64MB of RAM is going to make for a fairly slow Windows 2000 PC -
your
users will be much happier with a bump to 256 or more.

[2] Windows 2000 is nearing the end of its supported lifecycle, and is
in
fact in an "Extended Support" phase where only security hotfixes and paid
support options are available. You might want to consider a longer-term
upgrade plan to Windows XP Professional.

--
Laura E. Hunter
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
Author: _Active Directory Consultant's Field Guide_
(http://tinyurl.com/7f8ll)

All information provided "AS-IS", no warranties expressed or implied.
Replies to newsgroup only.


The company I work for lease 30 pentium 800 mhz 111 workstations with
64
mb
of ram & 20 gig hard drives. They are using windows 98 connected to a
windows
NT4 server and want to upgrade to windows 2000. Is this possible & what
procedures need to be followed to do this?
kayenie

 

[X201]

Check your lease agreement, If it states that at the end of the lease
you have to return the PC's in the same condition and with the
original OS you could be making a lot of work for the future.

Another thing to think of is the fact that you'll have your copies of
the OS installed on a third parties machine, which might cause
problems when the lease comes to an end and you want to return the
machines.

Get something in writing from the lease company, you could even try
getting them to pay towards the upgrade, after all, you're updating
their machines and increasing the resale value of them.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your ideas I will check what you have mentioned and contact the
leasee for their views on the upgrade.