NEWB QUESTION: New network w/ server and clients

I am sure thise question has been asked a billion times.
Rather than someone repeat it again how about a place to go for
info/tutor/guides on line?

Some people will want to say "Try google, etc"
For those people: I have already done that. No luck.
I can only find setting up Home networks. Anyone can do that.

Anyway I got Server 2003. I want one server and a few clients. I want the
clients, which are XP Pro, to not log in, but ask for authentication which
will get it from the server.
The same authentication you get on Windows Servers, not the name with the
icon to click.

Well I guess I want an Enterprise Client/Server setup.
The higher up are not happy with the current setup wuth lack of security,
too much playing on internet, etc.

Thanks for any advice or links

GB

GeekBoy wrote:
> I am sure thise question has been asked a billion times.
> Rather than someone repeat it again how about a place to go for
> info/tutor/guides on line?
>
> Some people will want to say "Try google, etc"
> For those people: I have already done that. No luck.
> I can only find setting up Home networks. Anyone can do that.
>
> Anyway I got Server 2003. I want one server and a few clients. I want
> the clients, which are XP Pro, to not log in, but ask for
> authentication which will get it from the server.
> The same authentication you get on Windows Servers, not the name with
> the icon to click.
>
> Well I guess I want an Enterprise Client/Server setup.
> The higher up are not happy with the current setup wuth lack of
> security, too much playing on internet, etc.
>
> Thanks for any advice or links
>
> GB

You probably want Active Directory. Here's a few links to get you started.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...y/default.mspx

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...241f91033.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...tep/admng.mspx

You could also Google for "Active Directory" "Server 2003" :-)

Kerry

"Kerry Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)*a*m> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> GeekBoy wrote:
>> I am sure thise question has been asked a billion times.
>> Rather than someone repeat it again how about a place to go for
>> info/tutor/guides on line?
>>
>> Some people will want to say "Try google, etc"
>> For those people: I have already done that. No luck.
>> I can only find setting up Home networks. Anyone can do that.
>>
>> Anyway I got Server 2003. I want one server and a few clients. I want
>> the clients, which are XP Pro, to not log in, but ask for
>> authentication which will get it from the server.
>> The same authentication you get on Windows Servers, not the name with
>> the icon to click.
>>
>> Well I guess I want an Enterprise Client/Server setup.
>> The higher up are not happy with the current setup wuth lack of
>> security, too much playing on internet, etc.
>>
>> Thanks for any advice or links
>>
>> GB
>
> You probably want Active Directory. Here's a few links to get you started.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...y/default.mspx
>
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...241f91033.mspx
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...tep/admng.mspx
>
> You could also Google for "Active Directory" "Server 2003" :-)
>
> Kerry

Thank you very much for the fast reply Kerry.

I did install Active directory on the server, but it seems that MS has still
not fixed the bug. "Applying Computer Settings" is on the screen for a LONG
time. Updates done.

Anyway I just need to know to get the clients to stop logging in locally and
get them to log into the server's network.
Any links on that?

Thanks Again.

GB
>
>

GeekBoy wrote:
> "Kerry Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)*a*m> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> GeekBoy wrote:
>>> I am sure thise question has been asked a billion times.
>>> Rather than someone repeat it again how about a place to go for
>>> info/tutor/guides on line?
>>>
>>> Some people will want to say "Try google, etc"
>>> For those people: I have already done that. No luck.
>>> I can only find setting up Home networks. Anyone can do that.
>>>
>>> Anyway I got Server 2003. I want one server and a few clients. I
>>> want the clients, which are XP Pro, to not log in, but ask for
>>> authentication which will get it from the server.
>>> The same authentication you get on Windows Servers, not the name
>>> with the icon to click.
>>>
>>> Well I guess I want an Enterprise Client/Server setup.
>>> The higher up are not happy with the current setup wuth lack of
>>> security, too much playing on internet, etc.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any advice or links
>>>
>>> GB
>>
>> You probably want Active Directory. Here's a few links to get you
>> started.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...y/default.mspx
>>
>> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...241f91033.mspx
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...tep/admng.mspx
>>
>> You could also Google for "Active Directory" "Server 2003" :-)
>>
>> Kerry
>
> Thank you very much for the fast reply Kerry.
>
> I did install Active directory on the server, but it seems that MS
> has still not fixed the bug. "Applying Computer Settings" is on the
> screen for a LONG time. Updates done.

Severs take longer to boot, especially domain controllers. I suspect you may
have a DNS problem. Make sure the server is also a DNS server and that it
points to itself for DNS. Active directory needs an internal DNS server for
all servers and computers in the domain.

>
> Anyway I just need to know to get the clients to stop logging in
> locally and get them to log into the server's network.
> Any links on that?

You really need to read and understand all the material in the links before
you can configure AD to work properly. To answer your question you have to
join each workstation to the domain. Read the links I gave you for how to do
this.

Kerry

"Kerry Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)*a*m> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> GeekBoy wrote:
>> "Kerry Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)*a*m> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> GeekBoy wrote:
>>>> I am sure thise question has been asked a billion times.
>>>> Rather than someone repeat it again how about a place to go for
>>>> info/tutor/guides on line?
>>>>
>>>> Some people will want to say "Try google, etc"
>>>> For those people: I have already done that. No luck.
>>>> I can only find setting up Home networks. Anyone can do that.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway I got Server 2003. I want one server and a few clients. I
>>>> want the clients, which are XP Pro, to not log in, but ask for
>>>> authentication which will get it from the server.
>>>> The same authentication you get on Windows Servers, not the name
>>>> with the icon to click.
>>>>
>>>> Well I guess I want an Enterprise Client/Server setup.
>>>> The higher up are not happy with the current setup wuth lack of
>>>> security, too much playing on internet, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any advice or links
>>>>
>>>> GB
>>>
>>> You probably want Active Directory. Here's a few links to get you
>>> started.
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...y/default.mspx
>>>
>>> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...241f91033.mspx
>>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...tep/admng.mspx
>>>
>>> You could also Google for "Active Directory" "Server 2003" :-)
>>>
>>> Kerry
>>
>> Thank you very much for the fast reply Kerry.
>>
>> I did install Active directory on the server, but it seems that MS
>> has still not fixed the bug. "Applying Computer Settings" is on the
>> screen for a LONG time. Updates done.
>
> Severs take longer to boot, especially domain controllers. I suspect you
> may have a DNS problem. Make sure the server is also a DNS server and that
> it points to itself for DNS. Active directory needs an internal DNS server
> for all servers and computers in the domain.
>
>>
>> Anyway I just need to know to get the clients to stop logging in
>> locally and get them to log into the server's network.
>> Any links on that?
>
> You really need to read and understand all the material in the links
> before you can configure AD to work properly. To answer your question you
> have to join each workstation to the domain. Read the links I gave you for
> how to do this.
>
> Kerry

I sure will. Thanks a lot for the help Kerry

GB


>
>

GeekBoy wrote:
> "Kerry Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)*a*m> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> GeekBoy wrote:
>>> "Kerry Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)*a*m> wrote in message
>>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> GeekBoy wrote:
>>>>> I am sure thise question has been asked a billion times.
>>>>> Rather than someone repeat it again how about a place to go for
>>>>> info/tutor/guides on line?
>>>>>
>>>>> Some people will want to say "Try google, etc"
>>>>> For those people: I have already done that. No luck.
>>>>> I can only find setting up Home networks. Anyone can do that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway I got Server 2003. I want one server and a few clients. I
>>>>> want the clients, which are XP Pro, to not log in, but ask for
>>>>> authentication which will get it from the server.
>>>>> The same authentication you get on Windows Servers, not the name
>>>>> with the icon to click.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well I guess I want an Enterprise Client/Server setup.
>>>>> The higher up are not happy with the current setup wuth lack of
>>>>> security, too much playing on internet, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any advice or links
>>>>>
>>>>> GB
>>>>
>>>> You probably want Active Directory. Here's a few links to get you
>>>> started.
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...y/default.mspx
>>>>
>>>> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...241f91033.mspx
>>>>
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...tep/admng.mspx
>>>>
>>>> You could also Google for "Active Directory" "Server 2003" :-)
>>>>
>>>> Kerry
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for the fast reply Kerry.
>>>
>>> I did install Active directory on the server, but it seems that MS
>>> has still not fixed the bug. "Applying Computer Settings" is on the
>>> screen for a LONG time. Updates done.
>>
>> Severs take longer to boot, especially domain controllers. I suspect
>> you may have a DNS problem. Make sure the server is also a DNS
>> server and that it points to itself for DNS. Active directory needs
>> an internal DNS server for all servers and computers in the domain.
>>
>>>
>>> Anyway I just need to know to get the clients to stop logging in
>>> locally and get them to log into the server's network.
>>> Any links on that?
>>
>> You really need to read and understand all the material in the links
>> before you can configure AD to work properly. To answer your
>> question you have to join each workstation to the domain. Read the
>> links I gave you for how to do this.
>>
>> Kerry
>
> I sure will. Thanks a lot for the help Kerry
>
> GB

Your welcome. The learning curve may look steep at first but it really isn't
that bad. I recommend you take an introductory course. It will be well worth
the expense to get over the steep hump at the start of the curve. These two
are both good. If you can't take the courses get the self study guides.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/sy...278Bfinal.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/sy...279Bfinal.mspx

Kerry

"Kerry Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)*a*m> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> GeekBoy wrote:
>> "Kerry Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)*a*m> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> GeekBoy wrote:
>>>> "Kerry Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)*a*m> wrote in message
>>>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> GeekBoy wrote:
>>>>>> I am sure thise question has been asked a billion times.
>>>>>> Rather than someone repeat it again how about a place to go for
>>>>>> info/tutor/guides on line?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some people will want to say "Try google, etc"
>>>>>> For those people: I have already done that. No luck.
>>>>>> I can only find setting up Home networks. Anyone can do that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway I got Server 2003. I want one server and a few clients. I
>>>>>> want the clients, which are XP Pro, to not log in, but ask for
>>>>>> authentication which will get it from the server.
>>>>>> The same authentication you get on Windows Servers, not the name
>>>>>> with the icon to click.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well I guess I want an Enterprise Client/Server setup.
>>>>>> The higher up are not happy with the current setup wuth lack of
>>>>>> security, too much playing on internet, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for any advice or links
>>>>>>
>>>>>> GB
>>>>>
>>>>> You probably want Active Directory. Here's a few links to get you
>>>>> started.
>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...y/default.mspx
>>>>>
>>>>> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...241f91033.mspx
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...tep/admng.mspx
>>>>>
>>>>> You could also Google for "Active Directory" "Server 2003" :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Kerry
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much for the fast reply Kerry.
>>>>
>>>> I did install Active directory on the server, but it seems that MS
>>>> has still not fixed the bug. "Applying Computer Settings" is on the
>>>> screen for a LONG time. Updates done.
>>>
>>> Severs take longer to boot, especially domain controllers. I suspect
>>> you may have a DNS problem. Make sure the server is also a DNS
>>> server and that it points to itself for DNS. Active directory needs
>>> an internal DNS server for all servers and computers in the domain.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyway I just need to know to get the clients to stop logging in
>>>> locally and get them to log into the server's network.
>>>> Any links on that?
>>>
>>> You really need to read and understand all the material in the links
>>> before you can configure AD to work properly. To answer your
>>> question you have to join each workstation to the domain. Read the
>>> links I gave you for how to do this.
>>>
>>> Kerry
>>
>> I sure will. Thanks a lot for the help Kerry
>>
>> GB
>
> Your welcome. The learning curve may look steep at first but it really
> isn't that bad. I recommend you take an introductory course. It will be
> well worth the expense to get over the steep hump at the start of the
> curve. These two are both good. If you can't take the courses get the self
> study guides.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/learning/sy...278Bfinal.mspx
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/learning/sy...279Bfinal.mspx
>
> Kerry
>
>

I will look into.

GB