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Server PXE boot?
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Windows 2003 SP2 and above has Windows Deployment Services for remote installations.
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That's the kind of question one goes to school for...
Shortly, you need a software distribution package. Citrix is a big one. There's probably free stuff. Check out the page on wiki for Thin Clients. Linux can be used to boot from lan, get you to a basic desktop, then you could log into a VM for windows based on your server I suppose. There's really a ton of options, none of them are simple and easy. Its just not something that end-users were meant to figure out and utilize. There's a lot of configuration involved, I do not envy you if you really want to head down that path...
Here's a guide for WDS http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766320.aspx
Shortly, you need a software distribution package. Citrix is a big one. There's probably free stuff. Check out the page on wiki for Thin Clients. Linux can be used to boot from lan, get you to a basic desktop, then you could log into a VM for windows based on your server I suppose. There's really a ton of options, none of them are simple and easy. Its just not something that end-users were meant to figure out and utilize. There's a lot of configuration involved, I do not envy you if you really want to head down that path...
Here's a guide for WDS http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766320.aspx
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Windows Deployment Services is the one indeed. It replaced good old RIS. You require a DHCP server for it. I'm not sure if a domain is still required tough, it was with RIS.