Safe to use Windows 98 as a Windows 2000 Terminal Server client?

I have 10 Windows 98 machines that are only used to launch a Remote Desktop
connection to a Windows 2000 Terminal Server. They aren't used to
authenticate to the domain, run applications, access the Internet, email,
etc. They used to be used in that fashion but now we use the Terminal Server
exclusively for everything. They are monitored and scanned routinely for
viruses by Symantec Corp anti virus and we also have an enterprise-class
firewall in place.

I am faced with a situation of either upgrading the OS to Windows XP Pro
(along with a hardware upgrade) on all the machines just to continue running
the Remote Desktop software which connects to the Terminal Server or
purchasing Thin-client units to replace the existing workstations.

I am aware that support for Windows 98 from Microsoft has expired but does
anyone have any recommendations on the cost effectiveness and risks of
staying with the current setup when it works? I have looked at a product
called "DOSRDP" which can connect to a Terminal Server via a DOS floppy boot
disk but my evaluations of this product have not been very positive and
Windows 2000 Terminal Server doesn't have a DOS client. My other option
would be to upgrade our Terminal Server with Citrix but there again, is a
significant cost increase for something that currently works.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

John Bennett

my two cents? ... don't upgrade just for the sake of upgrading...if it
doesn't make it faster/better
stay with what works...


"John R. Bennett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have 10 Windows 98 machines that are only used to launch a Remote
Desktop
> connection to a Windows 2000 Terminal Server. They aren't used to
> authenticate to the domain, run applications, access the Internet, email,
> etc. They used to be used in that fashion but now we use the Terminal
Server
> exclusively for everything. They are monitored and scanned routinely for
> viruses by Symantec Corp anti virus and we also have an enterprise-class
> firewall in place.
>
> I am faced with a situation of either upgrading the OS to Windows XP Pro
> (along with a hardware upgrade) on all the machines just to continue
running
> the Remote Desktop software which connects to the Terminal Server or
> purchasing Thin-client units to replace the existing workstations.
>
> I am aware that support for Windows 98 from Microsoft has expired but does
> anyone have any recommendations on the cost effectiveness and risks of
> staying with the current setup when it works? I have looked at a product
> called "DOSRDP" which can connect to a Terminal Server via a DOS floppy
boot
> disk but my evaluations of this product have not been very positive and
> Windows 2000 Terminal Server doesn't have a DOS client. My other option
> would be to upgrade our Terminal Server with Citrix but there again, is a
> significant cost increase for something that currently works.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> John Bennett
>
>
>