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2012-11-14T10:03:31+00:00

is it possible to connect a laptop to windows server 2008. I want to get the server but i need to know if this will work and if so how?

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-11-15T00:03:45+00:00

    ok and the macbook?

    and if lets say i have installed a program for instance itunes on computer "A" with the user "josh"

    if i go to computer "B" and log in with "josh" will i still be able to use the program.

    and for the 3 laptops that are around how will they connect.

    Programs (for the most part) do not roam with a user in an active directory environment.  Some small ones (portable apps) could be made to do so - although since you would have to download and upload those files each logon/logoff - there is a tradeoff.  There are other things you could do with other tools to make this happen, however.

    What about the question I asked - what version of Windows 7 do you have on everything?  Is it Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate edition (if not - you cannot JOIN an active directory domain.)

    The macbook could be made to 'authenticate' off the active directory domain - but it's not going to do all the tricks the WIndows systems will do.  Pretty much you get central authentication.  ;-)

    A windows laptop is no different than a windows desktop as far as Windows itself is concerned.  You might have to configure the wireless devices differently (so you can be connected without being logged in) or tweak a few other things - but only because you might be using wireless networking as opposed to wired.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-11-14T10:34:00+00:00

    is it possible to connect a laptop to windows server 2008. I want to get the server but i need to know if this will work and if so how?

    Yes.  In the most simplistic form the answer to your, "is it possible to connect a laptop to windows server 2008" question is "yes".

    Although it all depends on what *you mean* by "connect".

    You can connect a laptop/desktop/tablet/pad to any other operating system via a resource share in most cases.  By that I mean mapping a shared folder or connecting to a printer - or some other resource - that the other system (Windows Server 2008 I suppose in this case) is sharing out.  You just have to have a username and password on the other system.

    If you are talking less about Windows Server 2008 and more about joing a domain that the Windows Server 2008 is a member of already (and/or manages) then things become more complicated.

    If you don't want or need the laptop to be a member of the domain (most of the time the need is optional other than by policy or convenience) but just get access to the shared resources the server has - again you just need a username/password on the server/domain in order to connect to said shared resource from your system.  If you want or need the laptop to be a member of the domain - then you need to have a certain level of Windows operating system on the system in question in order to do this (operating systems other than Windows *can* join a domain through some mechanisms - but only certain editions of Windows operating systems can join a domain natively.)

    So - can you clarify what it is you are actually trying to do when you ask, "is it possible to connect a laptop to windows server 2008"?

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-14T15:07:53+00:00

    i have 3 windows 7 desktop around my house, 3 windows 7 laptops, 1 ipad and a macbook pro. Now i would like to get a windows server 2008 to go upstairs. I already have all the desktops wired with ethernets into a 1gigabyte LAN the rest is wireless.

    I would like to have a login for all the desktops so I can sit any where in the house and access the same user. Now i would like to be able todo this also with the 3 laptops. and be able to get the shared files on the macbook and the ipad.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-14T16:13:01+00:00

    i have 3 windows 7 desktop around my house, 3 windows 7 laptops, 1 ipad and a macbook pro. Now i would like to get a windows server 2008 to go upstairs. I already have all the desktops wired with ethernets into a 1gigabyte LAN the rest is wireless.

    I would like to have a login for all the desktops so I can sit any where in the house and access the same user. Now i would like to be able todo this also with the 3 laptops. and be able to get the shared files on the macbook and the ipad.

    Windows 7 ______ Edition?

    They need to be Professional or Ultimate edition in order to take advantage of a Windows Server 2008 domain and have a roaming profile in the manner you are describing.  The shared files, shared printers, etc. that would be no problem - with the right apps on the iPad anyway.

    So all the Windows 7 systems are pretty much identical in what they have installed?  So you won't have broken shortcuts to programs you have installed on one computer but not the others and the likes?

    Or, if you think about it, do you really only need a central file server - a nice NAS box to save time and money.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-11-14T16:22:38+00:00

    ok and the macbook?

    and if lets say i have installed a program for instance itunes on computer "A" with the user "josh"

    if i go to computer "B" and log in with "josh" will i still be able to use the program.

    and for the 3 laptops that are around how will they connect.

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