The Nicest way to migrate your Windows computer

You are probably very conservative about your computer: the fewer changes you make, the fewer problems you'll have to face. But sometimes, you just have to leave your fears behind and take a plunge. And if you are a PC user at CERN, now is time to plunge into Windows 2000. However, you have nothing to fear, a team have been working for over a year with more than 50 servers on this project, called NICE 2000 - preparing for the LHC era while still maintaining NICE 95/NT. After Windows 3.0, 3.1, 95/NT, this is the 4th generation of NICE desktop services, relying on an infrastructure of more than 50 servers in production.
Anyone coming from Windows 95 or NT will find a very similar interface to the one they are already familiar with. With Windows 2000, CERN users will discover a more stable and reliable working environment and will have access to all the latest applications.

The Internet Services Team is responsible for the creation of all the infrastructure of NICE 2000. From left to right, standing: Ivan Deloose, François Fluckiger, Andreas Wagner, Frederic Hemmer, Paul Gelissen, Christian Boissat, Herbert Mettler, Djilali Mamouzi, Dmitry Nikitov, Maciej Sobczak. Seated : Graeme Jefferis, Marco Ganz, Michel Christaller, Per Hagen and Alberto Pace.

More than nine thousand CERN users will be able to discover this new environment in the coming months. Some 600 computers have already moved to it, and by the official launch date of 1 June, it is foreseen 1,000 computers will be immersed in the NICE 2000 world.
An major effort will be made to facilitate migration to the new environment: More than a dozen training tutorials will be given across the lab by the NICE 2000 team, complemented by Technical Training (http://cern.ch/training) that will provide a set of hands-on introductory courses and Web based self-teach courses on the same subjects. In addition, the CERN bookshop in building 513 has a new catalogue with plenty of books available on Windows 2000 and all major applications. And, if anyone still feels unsure about moving to Windows 2000, there is the web page http://cern.ch/win, with plenty of bilingual documentation and several recorded tutorials available online. With this and the additional documentation on paper, it shouldn't be too difficult to make the jump into the new world.
A migration plan has been prepared in agreement with the NICE 2000 divisional representatives. Users wishing to know the exact schedule foreseen in each division can contact their representative, who is listed in the migration task force site at the address http://cern.ch/w2kmtf/Membership.htm.
See also page 12 of the Bulletin no 23/2001.

The Windows 2000 Migration Task Force - a representative from each division, can you spot yours ?