Help logging into a new server 1

[UntrainedAdmin]

First I am not technical so be gentle.
I have just been hired in a company where the Network Administrator quit.
Why did I get hired?
1. I had built the bosses home PC.
2. I will work for $15 an hour.

So here is the problem:
This company has 2 servers: an NT server and a Windows 2000 server. The boss said he wanted to get rid of the two servers and replace them with a faster one. I have walked in when the faster one has arrived preconfigured with windows 2000 server.
My job is to move specific Files from the two old servers onto the new server and point the 14 users to the new server.
I am copying the files over and have set up users already but I do not know how to change the workstations so that they will login to the new server when first turned on.
Anyone have a suggestion? I also would like to login to the new server when a work station is idle but still has other software running on it (dont know if that is possable).
Finally does anyone have a suggestion for a real simple book or tutorial on becomming an Admin?

Thanks

 

[rphips]

It depends on what kind of workstation you are using -

In windows 2000 pro
Right click my computer
select properties
in network identification you can do it one of two ways - Network Id (a wizard that will walk you through) or properties - manually change to the domain.


In windows 98

right click network nieghborhood
select network connection
select properties
in Client for microsoft networks (prperties sheet) put in the domain name

In XP pro same as windows 2000 pro

if XP home good luck




bob

"ZOINKS !!!!!"

Shaggy

 

[vbrocks]

Are you setting up a workgroup or domain?

 

[UntrainedAdmin]

Its part of a domain (does that make a difference - ignorance showing thru).

 

[vbrocks]

Do you have dhcp installed on your old server and is it on the new one?

 

[UntrainedAdmin]

Good Question - how can I tell?
(remember I am new to this - so don't laugh - I am in over my head with three fingers up)

 

[UntrainedAdmin]

With only 14 Users do I need dhcp? This company will not be growing much more than 1 or 2 employees in the next 2 years.

 

[LahoriTech]

Well here is an option. Just look into this web site, and rest will be a cake.

http://www.wown.com.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Do a google search for tightvnc. This is a free remote interface that can be installed on workstations and servers. I installed it on a server, so a friend could help me, so when he was in Peurto Rico, he logged onto the server with me logging on in Chicago, and we both worked on the server at the same time with a notepad session open to communicate. As for the rest........DHCP, you don't really need it, your network is small enough not to have to worry about it. Will users be using the internet? Good luck.

Glen A. Johnson
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