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Article #1229Re: Install win xp over a network
From: David Maynard
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 16:01
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 16:01
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Some Guy wrote: > Bandul wrote: > >>I've got 10 problems. >>I bought 10 computers recent. Comp dont have a cd/dvd-rom. > > > No cd drive? They're what, $30 now adays? > > >>I must install win xp pro on every one. > > > Too bad. XP is a piece of shit. It's an over-managed, convoluted, > bloated operating system with no real benefits over Win-2K (or even > Win-98) for the typical office. It's a security nightmare from a > network point of view (we use netbuei for inter-office file sharing - > microsoft made it practically impossible to use netbuei on XP). You can install netbeui on XP but the real problem is in using an antiquated protocol that MS has told you should be migrated away from since Windows 98. > If the computers are exactly the same - same amount of memory, same > CPU, same hard drive (same make and model number), same motherboard, > then you might be able to make a master drive and clone it. > > Go one step further and install all the apps (office, A/V software, > utilities like winzip, multi-media, flash, quicktime, etc). Then use > ghost and duplicate the drives. > > Not having an optical drive (cd/dvd) will make it a little tougher to > have the clones pass the WPA activation, but if the computers really > are identical then you should have enough "votes" to get the clones to > pass the WPA. > > You'll have to put a CD drive in the master system (just to install XP > from a CD). > > These will have to be desk-top computers - not laptops (unless the > hard drives are removable).
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