Re: Can I attach Windows 7 Computers to SBS 2003? I've heard thereare problems.

On 03/11/10 18:44, Roveer wrote:
> I hate to even be asking this. Our environment is small. A single
> SBS 2003 server running exchange 2003 which gives shared storage and
> email to our 4 users running windows xp. It hasen't been upgraded
> because it just hums along and the economics don't permit it.
>
> We are facing the need to upgrade one or more workstations to newer
> equipment and I'm concerned that I will not be able to install windows
> XP on these machines.
>
> I notice that from a Windows 7 machine I can map a drive to my SBS
> server. If I can do that, and I can get Outlook 2003 to work why
> exactly would I need to attach the machine to the domain and log in?
> We really don't use many of the services of SBS 2003, just file
> sharing (mapped drive) and outlook/exchange.

Should be OK. Remember to run IE as Administrator to get connectcomputer
to work, even if you're working from a 'computer administrator' account,
and enable Intranet mode.

I did one a couple of days ago. It had Office 2010 installed, and I was
most impressed by how Outlook 2010 picked up the Exchange account
details from my roaming profile, none of this business of telling it
where the server was and what the login name was, etc. nor did I need
admin privileges for the first run.

I was much less impressed half an hour later when my obviously slightly
modified profile wouldn't run on Outlook 2007, and I had to restore from
backup...

--
Joe

On 2010/11/04 07:26, Joe wrote:
> On 03/11/10 18:44, Roveer wrote:
>> I hate to even be asking this. Our environment is small. A single
>> SBS 2003 server running exchange 2003 which gives shared storage and
>> email to our 4 users running windows xp. It hasen't been upgraded
>> because it just hums along and the economics don't permit it.
>>
>> We are facing the need to upgrade one or more workstations to newer
>> equipment and I'm concerned that I will not be able to install windows
>> XP on these machines.
>>
>> I notice that from a Windows 7 machine I can map a drive to my SBS
>> server. If I can do that, and I can get Outlook 2003 to work why
>> exactly would I need to attach the machine to the domain and log in?
>> We really don't use many of the services of SBS 2003, just file
>> sharing (mapped drive) and outlook/exchange.
>
> Should be OK. Remember to run IE as Administrator to get connectcomputer
> to work, even if you're working from a 'computer administrator' account,
> and enable Intranet mode.
>
> I did one a couple of days ago. It had Office 2010 installed, and I was
> most impressed by how Outlook 2010 picked up the Exchange account
> details from my roaming profile, none of this business of telling it
> where the server was and what the login name was, etc. nor did I need
> admin privileges for the first run.
>
> I was much less impressed half an hour later when my obviously slightly
> modified profile wouldn't run on Outlook 2007, and I had to restore from
> backup...
>

My experience with roaming profiles is like all your nightmares come
true. It only works, if all PC's are Identical Types with Identical
Software and Identical Versions Installed. In reality, couldn't be more
different.