OT Question regarding PC's Networking, E-mail and Printer setup

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Just wondering what other people are doing/using to help make it easier with PC profile setups. We have login scripts and everything for drive mapping and use a lot of AD Security groups for file access.

Where we have the biggest issue is in the desire of people to be able to walk up to any computer in the building, log in and be able to work just as if they were sitting at their own desk.

We’re a multi-site location with a fair amount of people traveling/working in multiple sites. Other than people using laptops carrying their PC’s with them, we’re constantly being asked “why can’t I just walk up to any pc in the building and login?” Is there anyone out there who is ready for some off board e-mail back and forth for the sharing of ideas or solutions you are using currently?

What we’re trying to avoid is having to clean up user profiles on PC’s; issues with different printers, operating systems, Citrix and e-mail profiles - just to name a few.

Please reply,
Thanks!
Jeff Henslee
M-B Companies Inc.
jhenslee@m-bco.com

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Sounds like you need a TS Farm and Thin Clients. That’s the best solution I’ve seen for this particular problem. If you are not familiar with thin clients, they are dumb terminals that connect to a Terminal Server (Remote Desktop)
So any user anywhere in your network can walk up to one and log in and they would be taken to their current Terminal Session. No clean up, all printers, all drives everything should be there.

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that certainly would work. We were also looking into doing virtual desktop (almost same thing) but with some other advantages, Thanks.