Re: Networked Office

From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] (sbradcpa_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 07/21/04


Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:43:50 -0700

So we now have

bada - TS second server
bing - run all applications from local machine
boom - Run from network

If you want "newer O/S" that can do what you want that isn't bada, bing
or boom, they buy them.

andyc69@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> "Sarah Tanembaum" <sarahtanembaum@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:2m79i9Fjk2lvU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
>><andyc69@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>You can run office from a network share if you so choose. Create an
>>>Administrative Install on the server, use the custom installation wizard
>
> to
>
>>>create a .MST where all the options are set to "Run from the Network",
>>>deploy via Active Directory or a login script. Not exactly rocket
>
> science.
>
>>Is this what you call running from the network by copying/deploying
>
> file(s)
>
>>to
>>workstation(s)?
>
>
> Where did I say anything about copying files to the workstation?
>
> If you deploy Office with the setting "Run from the Network" it does
> precisely what it says. The only files copied are shortcuts/registry
> entries, the executables and dll's etc remain on the fileserver only.
>
> Perhaps you ought to check your facts before making wild assumptions about
> the capabilities of Windows over your so-called "more advanced OS/Apps"
>
> AndyC
>
>

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