RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory 2003 question

[Mulnick, Al]

Title: Message

Education isn't the only realm where things linger ;)

 

If you upgrade, you'll have some issues with the Win9x clients.  There's a kb out there that describes this and a workaround which is to lower the security levels.  Some of the SAMBA clients have the same issues if you have any of those as well. 

 

Al

-----Original Message-----
From: Wilson, Julie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:26 AM
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Subject: [ActiveDir] Active Directory 2003 question

I am looking at upgrading our AD (DC's) and Exchange from 2000 to 2003.  We have about 50 Windows 95 machines and a mixture of 350  98 and NT 4 workstation machines still on campus.  Does anyone have input or experiences they would share with me as to how the older client OS's respond to this type of upgrade?  Most of the older machines have the AD add-on from 2000, is there anything additional we need to add to them for 2003?  We support a  total of 15,000 mixed OS clients if you including 10,000 students.

I would like to get rid of the old OS's completely but it seems like in the educational realm these things keep lingering.  Tell me what you know!

Thanks,

Julie   

Julie A. Wilson, MCSA
Microsoft Network Administrator
Exchange Administrator
Distributed Computing - Eastern Illinois University