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NETGUIDE

 

Network Guidelines

 

- Use XP Professional for all computers

- we much prefer FAT32 over NTFS

NTFS has too many security guidelines that are unnecessary

- DO NOT use wireless networking - it's too slow

- DO NOT install Norton AV.

REMOVE IT if it is already installed!

- DO NOT setup a DOMAIN. use Workgroup (w/ simple name)

 

- Give the workstations/server SIMPLE share names (eg. "SERVER")

- Share the ROOT of the C: drive on the designated Server.

Make sure to make the C: drive shareable READ and WRITE

 

- ONLY PCL compatible printers will work.

Look out for host based printers - they WILL NOT work.

 

- Install printers on ALL workstations and remove any old drivers

that are no longer used

 

- USB printers will work on XP and Win2K ONLY!

 

- On each workstation , map F: to the ROOT of server.

 

- To setup shortcuts,

Open My computer, F:, COMPLINK.JS and

 

double click JSICONS.BAT (NOT JS.ICO)

(double check the working folder is F:\COMPLINK.JS\DATA.JS)