[Technical] Off Topic - Windows XP and Serv Pack 2 Incompatibility

[Con Zymaris]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 03:29:42PM +1000, Kevin Feely wrote:
> These are only workstations, do not hold data only as  small a number of 
> applications as possible

makes sense.

> As we try to buy same componentry we are able to have a small number of  
> "images" to dump to workstations via ghost, setting up a new workstation 
> does not take that long.

So, new hardware really means new Ghost images? And different images for 
different hardware sets?

> 4 hours to test and update an image, then 2 hours to roll it out to the 
> 50+ machines

How often do you need to wipe & re-image?
 
> >This 120 hours is per 50 machines per year? Per machine per year?
> > 
> 
> I  guess around 2 - 3 hours per machine per year, it is the flippin 
> teachers with their notebooks that drive us crazy.
> Also printing and Internet charging, lost passwords, new initiatives, 
> student acceptable use etc etc.

All the usual suspects ;-)

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