Figured I'd post this here since our NOS is NW5. We're planning on upgrading the desktop OS for our networked environment. Not sure if we should go Win2K or WinXP... We're kind of leaning towards XP, heard that it's supposedly a little more compatible with Win9x apps. Any input from past OS upgraders in the Novell-world would be appreciated...
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Thoughts on desktop OS upgrades
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Ensure that you use the latest Novell Client, current latest one for W2k & XP is v4.83 SP1.
Do you use ZENworks? If so, you may have to upgrade that as well (and re-write your application objects as well). -----------------------------------------------------
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Do you use ZENworks? If so, you may have to upgrade that as well (and re-write your application objects as well). -----------------------------------------------------
"It's true, its damn true!"
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Be sure you don't get infected with XP Home, it has problems.
Most of my clients use 2KSP2, but Novell is using XP in all of their ATT training classes.
Brent Schmidt CNE, Network +
Senior Network Engineer
provogeek@hotmail.com
East Bay, California; USA
Most of my clients use 2KSP2, but Novell is using XP in all of their ATT training classes.
Brent Schmidt CNE, Network +
Senior Network Engineer
provogeek@hotmail.com
East Bay, California; USA
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Thanks for the replies - I guess I'm most concerned with which will cause the least problems overall. If we went with 2K, I'd hate to have to go through all this again in a year or two if/when 2K support discontinues.... Isn't XP supposedly built on the same NT based kernel? If not, how similar are they? Any more thoughts?
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Test your apps, they may just be fine and dandy in both OS's. Some you may need ot recreate, and some you may not have to. I can tell you that any that you create using MSI files will be fine in both OS's.
You should have a test enviroment that emulates your production enviroment as you can. In many cases this is easier said than done. An easy way around it is to use VMWare or VirtualPC. VMWare is cheaper, but VirtualPC works better with NetWare. You can build a virtual network in your desktop system (be a pumped up system). Brent Schmidt CNE, Network +
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KIS Computer Center
You should have a test enviroment that emulates your production enviroment as you can. In many cases this is easier said than done. An easy way around it is to use VMWare or VirtualPC. VMWare is cheaper, but VirtualPC works better with NetWare. You can build a virtual network in your desktop system (be a pumped up system). Brent Schmidt CNE, Network +
Senior Network Engineer
KIS Computer Center
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