Running programs off of a server?

[kcanada254]

Hey guys I got stuck with the responsibility of setting up a server environment for about 4 computers + server. The server will host a few expensive programs running on windows 7 ultimate.

Now the data im obtaining is about 9-20 GB files on what I want to be one of the clients. I want to be able to have this data saved to the server automatically and also be able to access it and run that file through the program on the server. Is that possible? and is there an interface I can use to do it?

I currently have a FTP server setup and its not quite what im looking for or need. any help would be amazing!

Thanks guys!

 

[greens]

You don't even need to do all that!

Make a directory for the program installation on your server. Share it.

Go to your client PC and map a drive to the shared folder.

Install program, during installation change the directory to the mapped network drive.

Done!

 

[rgd1101]

Most expensive program will need you to install the app. or are you thinking of remote desktop? that need a server os, I think 7 ultimate only allow 1 remote at a time.

 

[kcanada254]

You don't even need to do all that!

Make a directory for the program installation on your server. Share it.

Go to your client PC and map a drive to the shared folder.

Install program, during installation change the directory to the mapped network drive.

Done!

I would need a way to run the program off of the server its been beefed up a bit to handle the software. The network drive sounds like a good idea for the file transfer though.

 

[kcanada254]

Most expensive program will need you to install the app. or are you thinking of remote desktop? that need a server os, I think 7 ultimate only allow 1 remote at a time.

Used this option and it works great! found a third party patch to allow more than 1 RDS at a time. THANKS!!

For anyone interested heres the patch http://deepxw.blogspot.ca/2009/04/universal-termsrvdll-patch.html it was a little harder to find then I thought.