Re: upgrade mulitple windows 98 pc's to windows 2000

Ok Thank you
--
kayenie


"Laura E. Hunter (MVP)" wrote:

> You will need to purchase a license for every copy of Windows 2000 Pro that
> you install - you should contact your reseller for the most economical way
> to do this.
>
> --
> Laura E. Hunter
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
> Author: _Active Directory Consultant's Field Guide_
> (http://tinyurl.com/7f8ll)
>
> All information provided "AS-IS", no warranties expressed or implied.
> Replies to newsgroup only.
>
>
> "kaye" <kaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:30967E12-AD6C-467B-85E2-B38ADAEBCA2E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > If I used the automate upgrades, can I just use the one copy of windows
> > 2000
> > upgrade or will I need to get licenses to legally copy the upgrade onto
> > all
> > of the computers. It seems a good way to go if I only need to purchase the
> > one copy.
> > kayenie
> >
> >
> > "Laura E. Hunter (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> The easiest way to automate upgrades is by using installation scripts, as
> >> shown here:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/client/autodeploy.asp
> >>
> >> However, I feel I should point out two potential pitfalls with the
> >> upgrade
> >> plan:
> >>
> >> [1] 64MB of RAM is going to make for a fairly slow Windows 2000 PC -
> >> your
> >> users will be much happier with a bump to 256 or more.
> >>
> >> [2] Windows 2000 is nearing the end of its supported lifecycle, and is
> >> in
> >> fact in an "Extended Support" phase where only security hotfixes and paid
> >> support options are available. You might want to consider a longer-term
> >> upgrade plan to Windows XP Professional.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Laura E. Hunter
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
> >> Author: _Active Directory Consultant's Field Guide_
> >> (http://tinyurl.com/7f8ll)
> >>
> >> All information provided "AS-IS", no warranties expressed or implied.
> >> Replies to newsgroup only.
> >>
> >>
> >> "kaye" <kaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:82D0FBC1-68F9-43B8-86AF-812C913630A3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > The company I work for lease 30 pentium 800 mhz 111 workstations with
> >> > 64
> >> > mb
> >> > of ram & 20 gig hard drives. They are using windows 98 connected to a
> >> > windows
> >> > NT4 server and want to upgrade to windows 2000. Is this possible & what
> >> > procedures need to be followed to do this?
> >> > kayenie
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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