Jon, Are you using the virtual demo of SCE that you can download? It contains prebuilt vhd's for the DC and SCE as well as for clients. I use it on a virtual server with no network access to my true domain just for testing purposes. It has always worked well for me. Tim
From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: System Center Essentials I need to test System Center Essentials and during the setup it is requesting access to Active Directory. I don't have a lab so testing is going to be very tight. I can build an DC just for this test but will I be able to see enough to really decide if it is worth the cost or not if the DC is empty of any machines but the 2 test machines? Hyper-V is nice I must say. I am still bringing it up the moment but it is much nicer than Virtual Server. The interface is better, to me any way, than either Virtual Server or the free VMWare product. Thanks for any comments, Jon ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
