"Local Server"

[GoldenMerc]

Hi,

Think I've heard someone do this before but im fairly tempted to make some sort of "local server" where one computer will hold all the data, a login (which will work how schools work) so the whole network will run off one computer in a way? How would I do this plus what are the pro's and cons of this?
Ross

[mrwoooooooo]

http://www.ehow.com/list_6465278_windows-home-server-advantages.html

[Recursion]

Hi,

Think I've heard someone do this before but im fairly tempted to make some sort of "local server" where one computer will hold all the data, a login (which will work how schools work) so the whole network will run off one computer in a way? How would I do this plus what are the pro's and cons of this?
Ross

Logins like that require an Active Directory domain, which requires Windows Server and a whole lot of learning, good luck.

[DaveTaylor]

Logins like that require an Active Directory domain, which requires Windows Server and a whole lot of learning, good luck.
Not a massive amount of work, as long as you set the domain server and the subnets you are laughing really. The only major issue is creating the Windows PE environment to create the computers on the domain itself.

[Nige]

You need a very good knowledge for this and like stated above I think, you'd need a "Active Directory domain".

[Recursion]

Not a massive amount of work, as long as you set the domain server and the subnets you are laughing really. The only major issue is creating the Windows PE environment to create the computers on the domain itself.

eh, who uses Windows PE nowadays? For one offs, just install Windows manually and join to the domain, or for larger deployments use WDS.

[DaveTaylor]

eh, who uses Windows PE nowadays? For one offs, just install Windows manually and join to the domain, or for larger deployments use WDS.
Windows PE is used a lot, surprisingly. More so in Enterprise than you'd imagine.

[Yonder]

Erm is this for home? Is this just for data?

If it is then get a NAS drive, to store movies etc on.

[GoldenMerc]

Its for my home, yes