that’s really all there is to it.
but I’ll explain:
this is not my specialty, I do audio for the web & CDs but,
I’m needing to re-build a small soon to be closed LAN with no web access at all,
due to privacy requirements the systems need to be permanently cut off from the web and operate in a closed & restricted LAN only
I’ll be stripping the systems & reinstalling from scratch, or hopefully there’s a few base images lying around,
there is a mixture of systems including but not limited to:
XP-Pro -32, XP-Pro -64 x86, Win2k,
and depending on the budget there’s the possibility of getting a real server.
which I will have to call in the big guns to help configure properly for a closed system
there will also be a ban on foreign media, USB, flash chips, etc. as no files are allowed to enter or leave the systems or site, except for backup media, which only takes images of the OS & Programs partition / drive, all other data is stored on separate storage devices
please don’t jump on me about using old OS
there is no option to use the newer as the software involved cannot be run in Vista / 7 & up
& there’s no budget to replace all the systems as there’s no way this side of MS Hell that over 95% of the systems there will even be capable of running vista/ 7
but function just fine as is.
and no one wants to have to relearn how to do what is already done efficiently on the current setups.