Tj, A penny saved is a penny earned... I saw you were with a university - I assumed others interested in the question aren't! In other words, YMMV! Good luck, Mark -----Original Message----- From: mswindowsxp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mswindowsxp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Higley, T.J. Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:50 PM To: mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mswindowsxp] Re: Office XP 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]=3D20 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 ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/winxplist.cfm