I just got a job at a place with 30 or so PCs booting into 2X ThinClient and then going into a 2003 Server machine through terminal services. I don't believe this is the ideal situation. Note that the computers in question are fairly old and don't have a lot of processing power at all. I'd like to do some type of network boot for each client with a minimal footprint on each computer, but not go through 2X ThinClient. I'd like to use a fully Windows based solution, rather than using a Linux boot option. I realize that this isn't the ideal situation for everyone, but it's the best direction to go for the company I'm now working for. What options do I have to accomplish what's needed? All computers have floppy drives and CD drives.

This may seem harsh but you don't understand thin computing and your assessment that changing this is the best move for the company is incorrect. This is a perfect setup and example of how to use older hardware at reduced cost, increased security and control, to provide a company wide computing platform. You also fail to understand the bandwidth considerations. A fat client, which is what you propose, puts far more network traffic on the network then a thin client implementation due to the fact the thin clients are only exchanging keyboard/mouse/video traffic instead of full blown fat client network traffic. Don't believe me? Then conduct a simple test. Google TinyXP [minimized xp] and install it. Compare its server access performance on one of these pcs vs the thin client access. The correct path would be to add a server to provide failover and load balancing of terminal sessions. 30 plus clients, depending on software being used, on one server is a bit much for one server depending on hardware/cpus/memory of the server. If going to fat clients you then have to consider group policies, antivirus/spyware software installs/licenses, etc. will all increase the cost to the company. You may want to review the 2x site http://www.2x.com/pxes/ "Boot clients via PXE, Harddisk, CDROM or USB " sorry if I seem harsh

So you're saying that using a 2X ThinClient setup is better than using an equivalent to a Bart Network Boot Disk?

Yes your setup is ideal. All you need to do is manage a few servers .. not 30 desktops. If hardware breaks, you open a box, configure the TS or remote boot ip (unless dhcp does this 2) and your done. This is great for anyone who does not need a desktop. I like VDI for those. And i agree, get a second server, you need some kind of fault tolerance ... if your server crashes your office is offline. Hands off! Go thin computing!