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New Time to wave farewell to W2K, I think.
New If it ain't broke...
We've got a lot of old machines at work - some that are still running Win98. (I think we've even got some original IBM PCs still active.) Those ancient boxes aren't on the network, but we have many networked Win2k machines are running and controlling other equipment and "upgrading" them to something later doesn't make sense unless there's no other choice.

We've got site licenses for SAV and McAfee so those are the default choices. We can run other stuff, but purchases would have to be justified, etc., etc.

Cheers,
Scott.
New Where would you suggest next?
I, too, have a PC still on W2k. I might have trouble legally shifting it to XP. Vista I dislike (have to use it at work) and Windows 7 I also dislike (editing the songwords on the church PC), overlooking the fact the PC might be able to run them.

Not sure why I still have it running, to be honest. I've been Ubuntu on my other PCs for ages.

Wade.

Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers?
A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
New Based on recent experience, I'd say Linux Mint.
Others will be able to advise on more lightweight distributions.
New From what I've seen at Helios...
Linux Mint is the distro to go to for lightweight setup.

They use it for OLD machines being given to people.
New Here it's the only Windows machine always running.
I use it for customer support, general testing, and it does the initial acquisition, processing and storage for my scanner and digital cameras. I also use it when I actually need flash or other video and multimedia. It works fine - why change it?

Of course all the real work, data storage and nearly all the Internet access is done on the (gasp! choke!) OS/2 machines.

I have a Windows XP machine I turn on when I really need it (last real need was to run VMware's enterprise admin software which only runs on XP and later), or to prove a point to a software support guy who's being a jerk.

Of course I have a couple of Linux machines too, used for development and support.

All our computers here were built from cast-offs from clients' Windows upgrades, and they all serve very well indeed.
     Well that's annoying. Lost my Inbox... - (Another Scott) - (26)
         Symantic? - (Andrew Grygus) - (2)
             Yeah... - (Another Scott) - (1)
                 Part of my toolkit is . . . - (Andrew Grygus)
         Dude.... - (folkert) - (1)
             I'm trying. - (Another Scott)
         Any way to tell it not to scan the mail files? - (scoenye) - (6)
             ^^^^ GREAT ADVICE! ^^^^ -NT - (folkert)
             Probably. - (Another Scott) - (4)
                 So why aren't you using PMMail then? - (Andrew Grygus) - (1)
                     I needed Kerberos authentication. - (Another Scott)
                 Got it fixed. - (Another Scott) - (1)
                     One more thing - a Thunderbird setting tweak. - (Another Scott)
         Get rid of Symantec - (pwhysall) - (13)
             I'd love to, but how are they better? - (Another Scott) - (12)
                 Re: I'd love to, but how are they better? - (pwhysall) - (11)
                     :-) Thanks. Gotta find something for Win2k though... :-( - (Another Scott) - (10)
                         Re: :-) Thanks. Gotta find something for Win2k though... - (Andrew Grygus) - (3)
                             Thanks. I'll try it again. -NT - (Another Scott)
                             Take a look at Avast as well - (scoenye) - (1)
                                 Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. -NT - (Another Scott)
                         Time to wave farewell to W2K, I think. -NT - (pwhysall) - (5)
                             If it ain't broke... - (Another Scott)
                             Where would you suggest next? - (static) - (2)
                                 Based on recent experience, I'd say Linux Mint. - (pwhysall) - (1)
                                     From what I've seen at Helios... - (folkert)
                             Here it's the only Windows machine always running. - (Andrew Grygus)

But she said things I just couldn't fathom. She was too deep. Seemed to be under a lot of pressure. Boy, could she drink. She drank like a... she drank a lot.
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