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  1. mikewelsh

    small office network

    Hi Sean, If you have no server, do you a have a shared drive at all? Are all your PCs wired to a router? Thanks, Mike.
  2. mikewelsh

    small office network

    Would appreciate links to some useful Access forums that might help in how to run an Access 2000 database on a shared drive, thanks.
  3. mikewelsh

    small office network

    Hi, Thanks for all the info on SBS. Many of the features we have never been shown and may not need, but the point is that we need technical support to solve problems like getting a new user setup correctly or support having to enter a new email address in the Mcafee Enterprise so it does not...
  4. mikewelsh

    small office network

    Hi, We are running conferences so the staff are mostly processing bookings and preparing conference materials. We are using Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server, running on a single HP proliant/ml350 G3 with a 120 Gb disk. We occasionally use Word, Excel and Powerpoint. All...
  5. mikewelsh

    small office network

    The support bill is an annual contract for 1 hr response to any problems we may have including any necessary upgrades to server software. So for instance about a year ago we had to upgrade McCafee Enterprise and that then produced a problem with some of our own email addresses not being...
  6. mikewelsh

    small office network

    Thanks Tim. Yes we do have a wired network in place. What I was hoping to do was to gradually build a much simpler network in parallel without having to use a server with all the layers of profiles etc. Once the network was operating, using Google/Thunderbird for our email rather than MS...
  7. mikewelsh

    small office network

    Thanks for prompt reply. I think I understand that an NAS can plug into an ethernet port on my router but I do not want to setup a conventional server system, just the 12 computers accessing the internet or the NAS via the router. Will this work?
  8. mikewelsh

    small office network

    I have become increasingly frustrated with an old network in our office (12 computers), that has problems and we pay about $5000 a year for remote maintenance of the software. (Windows Server 2003 and Exchange Server) What I would like to do is replace the computers with new windows 7...
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