Conference jamin::pathworks32

258.0. "PW Migration: 95 -> NT" by OTOOA::GMACDONALD (Its badluck to be superstitious) Tue Apr 29 1997 08:56

Hi.  We have a customer who is planning on migrating their clients from 
Windows 95 to Windows NT 4.0.  They are currently using Pathworks 5.0D as their 
server.  With Windows 95 they do a domain logon to the Pathworks server
which allows them to use Login scripts, domain authentication, and home
directories.  Since with Windows NT you can't do a domain logon to a PW server,
I'm looking for ways to accomplish the same thing.  They do not currently 
have a NT Server on the network.  Here are my questions:

	1) Is there some way to control persistant connections for all users
	in a Windows NT Workstation/PW environment (like they are now doing
	with login scripts and Windows 95?) 
	2) They would like to have it that any user can logon to any NT	
	Workstation.  Is there a way (probably using the replicator) to
	have (easily) the same user database on all the NT Workstations?
	3) Each user has a M: drive which is there personal area when
	they logon.  Any tricks on how to do this with NT Workstation/PW?

They were planning on integrating a NT server into this environment but they
changed their mind.  It would have made all of this a cinch to do.  I am also
assuming the next version of PW server (version 6) will handle all of this.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks. Grant.