3 users runtime, XP or 2000 peer-to-peer (OpenInsight 16-Bit Specific)
At 08 JAN 2003 07:30:34AM Oystein Reigem wrote:
I have a client who's got a 3 users runtime OI16 app and needs to upgrade his current Win95/98-based peer-to-peer system to XP or 2000. Anything to watch out for? Any reasons not to go for XP?
- Oystein -
At 08 JAN 2003 07:31AM Oystein Reigem wrote:
…and no Networking product.
- Oystein -
At 08 JAN 2003 07:57AM Don Miller - C3 Inc. wrote:
Windows 9x and ME used a relatively "simple" (for Microsoft) peer-to-peer networking strategy. Windows 2000/XP are based on the NT kernel and are much more work to setup and implement. As you know, XP Pro is the one that supports networking, Home doesn't. You have to think your way through setting up server permissions, share-drive setups and security policies before the first user can connect and use the server. It's not nearly as quick and dirty as 9x was. Aside from that, Revsoft products work fine in that environment. Even with 3 users, I'd think about the Win2K service. It isn't mandatory but sure makes sleeping at night a little easier.
Don M.
C3 Inc.
At 08 JAN 2003 10:21AM Ray Chan wrote:
Don,
I think that this might have been discussed earlier, but do you have to do anything special to install the W2K service in a peer-to-peer since there is no server.
Ray
At 08 JAN 2003 02:43PM Oystein Reigem wrote:
Don,
Thanks.
I think the system will be set up by somebody with relevant experience, but I'll forward your advice for sikkerhets skyld. Heisann! Der slapp jeg visst opp for engelsk. Må huske å fylle tanken snarest.
- Oystein -
At 08 JAN 2003 03:09PM Don Miller - C3 Inc. wrote:
Ray .. that's a good question. I've never installed the Service in a peer-to-peer environment. Usually, you just make one of the machines a "server" by installing the service there. I'm not sure if the problem with that "server"'s desktop having to be dedicated is an issue or not. In the past, the NT server's desktop didn't set network locks on its local drive so the "ServerOnly" parameter being set to true caused a problem, but that was in NT4.x. I really don't know the answer to your question about Win2K Server's desktop.
Maybe someone at RTI or elsewhere.
Don M.
At 10 JAN 2003 04:48PM David Kafka wrote:
You don't *have* to go through the NT rigamarole to set up an XP Pro server. If you really do want "easy," AFAIK you can just share a folder on the XP machine, without setting up permissions. For that matter, you can do that on NT, too.
David