>>how bad could this set up be? could somthing happen to her machine that could compromise the rest of the network?
Depends on how good her "housekeeping" is
Ask her how often she updates her Antivirus ask to see the version of the scanning engine and antivirus definitions to be sure
Ask her how often she applies security patches and service packs - check to see what level the machine is patched to
If you want to apply some pressure put on <ad-aware> and run it, Ill bet my soul it will find a ton of nasty things - show it to her to demonstrate how dangerous her PC is
This machine is behind your firewall! if its compromised then your machines will be infected/attacked from within - get a developer to look at migrating her Paradox stuff to Excell or Access as appropiate, the IT industry is dragging its backside through the mire simply cause there are users who cannot get rid of 10 year old spreadsheet applications etc - which is to be honest - bollox - excuse my language but lazyness on a users part to not remain IT literate is not the fault of the sysadmin tryin to protect their network (thought you might want to be a little more subtle than that ;)
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by: jchambers69Posted on 2005-03-22 at 09:09:01ID: 13603247
Joining her computer to the network shouldn't be a problem. And if she is worried about losing all of settings, that isn't a problem too.
" The click the ok button. This will copy of the settings and files to her domian account.
Once you join the network (which should be done), have her log on with her network logon. Then log off. Then log in as an administrator. Right click my computer and select properties. Then select the "advanced" tab. Then click the "settings" buton in the user profile section. Then select her local manchine user account "<machine name>\username" and click the copy to button. In the next window browse out to where the domain profile is kept, usually "c:\documents and settings\username<.domain>