September
5

Well.. I got delivery of three new servers last week and I finally had a chance to set one up yesterday.  I finalized some things on it today and moved all the network printers over to it so that I could demote one of the aging domain controllers on the network and turn it into a FreeBSD box to act as the local Intranet server.  The three new servers run Windows Server 2003 R2 and so far I like the Print Management Console but I haven’t had a chance to explore the other features of R2.

I also converted all of the Faculty over to Roaming Profiles last week as well as re-directed their Desktop folder to their home directory and so far logins are as fast as ever and no one has complained after the initial 1+ hour logins and logoffs the first day :)

My next objective is to start sorting through the Group Policy that is currently in place and restructuring the OUs in Active Directory so that I can effectively publish printers to the users that need them when they login depending on which computer they are at.  I also plan on using GP to roll out Firefox, Adobe Acrobat, and other programs that require way too much time to install on every computer after a re-install.

I still have a few issues on imaging some of the other machines that are in place on the network but I think I am close to a solution.

In other news I am very close to getting all of the users happy so things are looking up.  I am still working overtime but I have a vacation coming up that should be great.  I did get a bit of relaxation this past Saturday as it was the opening day of Dove season.  I was only able to hunt about 2 hours before I had to get to work but I did manage to get 6 and all of us together got 20 so it wasn’t too bad.  Hopefully I’ll get a chance to go a few more times next week.

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