[THIN] Re: "Dumb down" desktops

The vast majority of the clients in my building are P133/P166's.  They all
run Win95, and we dumbed them down something fierce..  Edit the system.ini
and change the shell from explorer.exe to the RDP Client (MSTSC.exe -- We're
not using Citrix), so now the machines boot, and go straight to the TS
servers...
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Mack [mailto:Rick.Mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 8:12 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [THIN] "Dumb down" desktops


Hi Chris,
 
I used to have a low opinion of win 9x, but now that no-ones writing viruses
for win 9x anymore, it starting to look like an ideal thin client O.S. if
you can't cope with Linux. I've got a largish customer still using several
hundred 9x systems, locked down and PN only. Some are 5-6 years old and
still going, only being replaced when they die.
 
At last audit there were still 10-20 Pentium 75s.
 
regards,
 
Rick
 
Ulrich Mack
rmack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Volante Solutions
18 Heussler Terrace, Milton 4064
Queensland Australia.
tel +61 7 3246 7777


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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Chris Grecsek
Sent: Fri 30/07/2004 9:23 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] "Dumb down" desktops



Was curious as to what different strategies people have used to "dumb down"
existing desktops? 

 

Does it make sense to wipe out the existing OS and install a 3rd party app
such as Alcatraz (if so what are some suggestions on vendor) to really dumb
them down or should we keep the myriad of old Win98-Win2k machines and just
use PNagent or Program Neighborhood in the startup folder? 

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

 

 

 

 

 

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