I would think that any time saved for admins by the group policy improvements would be totally wiped out by the added timesinks of all the other stuff I mentioned.
Although I can't prove it - I just administer my 3 machines and that is timesink enough :) On Jan 15, 2008 3:42 PM, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, I understand completely. If you go back and look, however, I was > responding specifically to Brian's primary position that Vista is especially > bad for IT admins. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DHSinclair > > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:42 PM > > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > > Subject: Re: [H] Save XP! > > > > Greg, > > Can we agree that "IT administrators" is a very small subset of total > > expected/planned users? I do understand your focus, but let's look at > > this just a bit more broadly. Thanks. > > Best, > > Duncan > > > > At 13:05 01/15/2008 -0600, you wrote: > > >I disagree. There are a number of substantial improvements in Vista > > for > > >group policy configuration that are great for IT administrators. But > > people > > >tend to overlook those things and zero in on the interface. Frankly, > > the > > >interface is among the least interesting things about Vista for me. > > > > > > > > snip > > > > -- ---------- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation