We're a small university trying to serve 2000 students and 500 faculty/staff. Yes, we have a bandwidth issue. No, it shouldn't slow things down that much. Yes, group policies should work flawlessly. No, users shouldn't open documents without scanning for viruses first. Yes, your government should work effectively and efficiently with a minimum of fiscal waste. However... :) tj -----Original Message----- From: Mark Mucher [mailto:mmucher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:41 PM To: mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mswindowsxp] Re: Office XP You must have a bandwidth "issue" - it shouldn't slow things down very much... Mark -----Original Message----- From: mswindowsxp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mswindowsxp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Higley, T.J. Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 1:53 PM To: mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mswindowsxp] Re: Office XP We did the install from a network share for a short while. But network congestion made Detect & Repair and Install First Use quite slow. So we started copying the install files to the local hard drives and installing from there. Since we clone 95% of our PCs, this didn't cause us much extra work. tj TJ Higley manager, Desktop Services Taylor University - Upland (765) 998-4044 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/winxplist.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/winxplist.cfm