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Re: Install win xp over a network

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From: kony
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 17:51
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On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 11:01:06 -0500, David Maynard
<nospam@private.net> wrote:

>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.

No, the problem is XP's networking.  If anything, antiquated
protocols have been around so long there is simply no excuse
for problems from the OS.  

MS does not "tell us" what to migrate away from.  When they
give me a free PC then they can dictate what it uses, not
when it's listed as a "supported" feature.
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