Depending on the size even a Microsoft Homesever would work but for this case the Workgroup is too big. I think the max is 10 users on it and the hardware with OS is only available from HP last I checked. Cost was way less than $3k.
Jon On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Mike Gill <[email protected]>wrote: > Mentally I just keep saying to myself; “ok, just remember, you get paid > by the hour” when I deal with that type of client. It’s hard when user > accounts have been renamed multiple times all over the place, sharing is > done via thumb drive and the Shared Documents folder, multiple and different > revisions of otherwise the same document exist all over the place, and the > client wants one or more persons in the office to have admin access. And > they’re the one person who inside you know is going to screw stuff up. Or > they all do. And they don’t understand why they have to pay for a phone call > (read: 20 calls) for something simple like helping $localAdminBoy to install > yet another shared inkjet printer for everyone to print to. But they pay, or > they can fire me. And in those circumstances I don’t mind. > > > > Most sane people can be convinced that investing ~$3K into a basic server, > that you can save them money and just put them on a maintenance contract > which is going to be far less than what they are probably paying you per > month now. Sorry for the sidetrack. I feel your pain. > > > > -- > Mike Gill > > > > *From:* James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, January 29, 2010 9:52 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Can't browse workgroup > > > > Yeah I pretty much went through all that on the new PC. I think I may find > the problem when I get access to the \\ANVAR-PC, at least I hope so > anyway. Man I hate peer to peer. These guys have like 20 PCs and no server, > its a real mess, I'm starting to regret taking it on. > > > > James > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
