Real Life: We try hard here at UTC to keep the similar Windows machines in
the same student computer lab cloned from a model, but the folks who manage
this tell me that even the same model from the same manufacturer won't always
behave the same way.

   Aside from the computer labs, and despite the best efforts of our PC Help
Desk, and the fact that we very often buy from Dell, I don't think there are
any duplicates of the same configuration of software and hardware on campus.
Our "migration" will be the gradual replacement of older machines with new
machines - so we will always have a mixture of versions to support.

Richard


Ron Seybold wrote:
>
> Hello Friends
>
> Denys Beauchemin comments that "I believe the challenge [to migrate] would
> have been significantly more complicated for MPE if the migration from V to
> XL occurred on the same box." NOTE: this is what the HP 3000 customer base
> will encounter in 2003, or whenever the IA-64 architecture arrives for the
> HP 3000. Systems sold with PA-8500 processors will be IA-64-ready. Your
> MPE/iX box will become an IA-64 system. At last week's IPROF conference, HP
> continued to stress that this migration won't be complicated at all for HP
> 3000 users.
>
> Of course, perhaps Denys is noting that Windows 95/98 and Windows 2000
> aren't the same operating system at all. The differences between MPE 5.5
> and 7.0 probably won't be as great. The true test is whether a program that
> ran on the older OS runs on the newest OS. Last time I checked, that was
> the case for the 3000. Anybody think their same programs for Windows 95
> (the same executable files, not upgraded versions) will run unmolested on
> Windows 2000?
>
> Also, Denys tells us that many companies handle the migration from Windows
> 9x to NT by "preparing a prototype desktop with the target OS, and when it
> is tuned the way they want it, they can quickly clone it to other desktops.
> This is what most of these people will ultimately do.  Of course, this
> method only works if your desktops are all the same to begin with."
>
> I'm confused. This sounds like most companies use Windows computers where
> all the desktops are the same to begin with. Is there anybody on this list
> whose companies use Windows PCs where all the desktops are the same? HP
> doesn't even qualify, and it has a corporate program for a standardized
> desktop. Just about any HP division can opt out of the program, however.
>
> How do people "quickly clone" an OS to other desktops? Share your secrets!
> How does it compare to cloning an HP 3000 configuration?
>
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