Yeah, Ive told them over and over they need to get a server for so many different reasons which we all know here and now they gave me some ancient Pentium 3 dell server with windows 2003 on it. Ive told them they should get a new one but since they are insisting I will go ahead and charge them to set it all up. Maybe they will buy a new one in the future once they realize the benefit or maybe after the ancient one dies. Then I will get to charge them for that also.
James On 1/31/2010 10:30 AM, Jon Harris wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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] > <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/> ~
