>We have a peer to peer network system using Windows 95...to date we have
>been using our custom program on each machine...unformtuanately no one
>can see anyone else's data. We would like to change all that and have a
>client/server type system....is it as straightforward as picking a
>machine, placing the data files on that machine and then having all the
>other machines point to that source through a permanent connection?
>
>thanks.
If the custom program opens the files SHARED you should be able to just put the application on one machine, share the drive, map the other machines to the one with the application and run on all.