[K12OSN] Windows vs. Linux test by Symantec

[Huck]

Ahh guess that's where I'm lucky...
we got the enterpris type key through oetc.org
I guess being in Oregon does have at least one advantage ;)
I still don't like the weather though =)
I ghost an entire XP-Pro lab that authenticates via the K12LTSP server 
using SAMBA as the domain controller...and it takes less than 30 minutes 
to do 25 machines..(that includes changing their computernames manually 
as I haven't figured out how to do that automagically)
With MS-OFFICE 2003, Macromedia Suite, Adobe Suite and that's about it.


Burke Almquist wrote:
> One of the big hassles with ghosting is for NT machines and all the  
> software that needs to be activated/reactivated if you change the  SID. 
> I know that this is a problem for XP unless you use a sysprep  setup, 
> but that makes it more difficult to take care of the programs.
> Unless you have an enterprise type key you can use universally it's a  
> big hassle.
> 
> On Mar 10, 2006, at 2:30 AM, Martin Woolley wrote:
> 
>> On Thursday 09 Mar 2006 16:50, Huck wrote:
>>
>>> I find this methodology odd.
>>> #1 why not use an imaging method...plenty of free ones out there  if you
>>> can't affoard Ghost.
>>
>> For the few machines involved, it is not worth the effort of  
>> preparing a ghost
>> image.  Also, experience has shown ghosting cripples the network.
>>
>>> #2 why are you connecting it to THE network before it's fully
>>> patched/installed, segment a part for installs only?
>>
>> I'd like to know how to patch it without connecting to the  network.  
>> The only
>> way I can think of doing it would be via a dial up line, which is  
>> hardly an
>> option.
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards
>> Martin Woolley
>> ICT Support
>> Handsworth Grammar School
>> Isis Astarte Diana Hecate Demeter Kali Inanna
>>
>>
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