>Hi,
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>I downloaded a trial version of AVG Antivirus File Server Edition (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/FileServers/lng/us/tpl/tpl01) to run in my recently installed Windows 2003 sever.
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>It installed ok and had no problems running it, but have a few questions (please note that I'm just beginning to get in touch with server software, and this installation of Windows 2003 Server was the first one I ever did - I'm trying to learn about how to install and administer server OSs).
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>When the server boots, AVG Antivirus starts and goes to system tray, as well as the other software I installed - APC Power Chute (for UPS control). It seemed ok to me, because that's the way things happen in a desktop computer running Win XP Pro, for example.
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>In another desktop computer in the network I openned a remote console of the server, and for my surprise it started AVG and Power Chute, putting them in the system tray. At the same time my fellow associate did the same thing and AVG an Power Chute started and went to the system tray in his computer.
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>It seemed abnormal for me, so I started to think if that's the way things must happen or if there is another way of doing the initialization of those (and any other) programs, just in the server computer.

"Remote Console" products (either built-in, or 3rd party) do exactly as their name suggests - they present the appearance of the server's console, exactly as if you were sitting in front of it and looking at its monitor. So when viewing the server's console I'd expect to see anything present there, including System Tray icons for PowerChute, AVG, etc.

This does NOT mean that these programs are running on your local computer. If you minimize the window containing the remote console desktop you will see that these programs are not running locally, on your own desktop (unless you installed them there as well). When using remote console products it's easy to get confused between the remote desktop and that of your local machine.

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>The second issue I would like to have a opinion is about AVG Antivirus File Server Edition. We intend to run our server in our office (just 4 notebooks connected to the server via a wireless network using a D-Link router) just for testing, learning and developing purposes.
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>I made a search over the internet for antivirus software for servers, and the choice that seemed to fit in our pockets was AVG Antivirus File Server Edition (5 licences - US$ 70.00). Is that a good choice or there are some other ones, suitable to our (very reduced!) budget?

That product requires a license for each computer that attaches to one server (i.e. not for 5 servers x unlimited users/server). Even so that's a pretty reasonable price, especially for a small workgroup. I have some clients using AVG Free and the best thing I can say is I haven't heard from them, either because they became infected with viruses or from having troubles with the product, and that's basically what you want an AV product to do :)