A friend of mine is starting a school this school has computers. I'm assuming windows but that's not that point at the moment. He asked me about setting a main unit that held the kids info and their work complete on the computer. Effectivley what I am asking is how do I set up a server to allow many multiple (at least 50 user at a time) each with their own folder as their home (or desktop I guess is a better word). He also wants a person to be able to add themselves as an account similar to that of signing up for something (ie facebook twitter you know). Oh and ( I almost forgot the most important) how to setup the server to allow the other computer to boot to it via the network...

Check out www.ltsp.org

This will allow him to do what he wants (at least get started on it), but is based on Linux.

He can do a similar setup with Windows, but that will be quite a bit more expensive with the licensing.

50 users getting a full desktop will require quite a bit of computing power, you may have to cluster or break it into smaller groups.

HTH
Dave

Worked perfectly, thanks

That is awesome to hear! Glad it helped you out.

Dave