Computer Software Questions

[donaldb]

Give Bimi Haji a call, he can fix it!

 

[Wyosteve]

Ah yes, I have spoken to him many times.

 

[Bounce]

Bounce,Yeah, try to keep up as much as possible.  With 40 machines to watch over, it can become a full time job.  And I'm the only IT guy.  Guess I need to work about 60 hours a week.  NOT!  It's starting to warm up and there's an FJR in the garage that really needs some exercise.

Thanks,

Steve

Understood. As primary support[1] for a facility with 250 machines[2] I sympathize. We are currently using Update Expert to push updates out. It takes about 3 hours to set up a detailed schedule of updates for all machines, but it's faster than going keyboard to keyboard[3].

[1] Only additional help is when doing a major project[4] or under serious attack[5].

[2] A mix of Win98se, Win2K and WinXP machines and ranging from 450Mhz to 3+Ghz speeds. With multiple servers running Netware, M$ AD, Lynux and Solaris.

[3] Or even via remote access.[9]

[4] We're currently migrating to Active Directory, so that counts... eventually[10]

[5] NIMDA was the last big deal.[6]

[6] Thanks to an aggressive update policy and setting all users[7] to User level access.[8]

[7] Except people with IT job descriptions that require Admin access to support users.

[8] And, yes, they ***** like hell but it doesn't do them any good.

[9] WUS is supposed to be a little more elegant[11]

[10] But for now each facility is working their migrations. When the smaller ones[12] get done they'll chip in and help those of us with large facilities.

[11] Once we replace the slower machines with something that can be migrated.

[12] Or those large facilities with larger IT staffs.

 

[Wyosteve]

Bounce,

At least I've got everybody running either 2000 or XP. Reduces problems significantly. Win 98 must be fun to have in the mix. You'll love AD, it sure makes managing users a lot easier.

Appreciate your description of your environment. Gives me things to consider. The less headaches, the more time to hit the road!

Steve