Don't you just love those types? NOT!! Good luck and it sounds like you have done enough CYA to keep it protected.
Jon On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 4:25 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]>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/> ~
