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by s2rock

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I have 3 W2k terminal servers all running the same apps. The users are divided among the 3 terminal servers. On the users desktop there is a shortcut to the appropriate terminal server connection. (We do not use Citrix).

My problem is I sometimeshave to take one server offline to do some work on it, which means I have to manualy go to all the users workstations and change their client conection manager settings to enable them to go to another server. Then when the server is fixed I have togo switch them back.

I would like to know if there is a way I can automaticaly update their shortcut without going to each computer? Can it be done with a script or some othe type of configuration? It would be great if I could make a change to the login script and have the desired shortcut appear on the desktop after a reboot. All workstations are win98, but I plan to upgrade to w2kpro. Can someone please tell me if this is even possible.

Thanks

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by moorle

I'm not sure what version (professional, advanced, etc.) of W2K you have on your servers, but the Advanced Server has a couple of options for clustering/load balancing. Network Load Balancing (NLB), is used to make sure a server is always available to handle requests. NLB works by spreading incoming client requests among a number of servers that are linked together to support a particular application.

Check out this link for more info:
http://www.microsoft.com/DirectAccess/Products/win2000.svr/win2kserver.asp

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