Also new is support for Windows 2000. Prime beneficiaries will be users who divide their time between the office LAN and a growing number of LANs with Internet access in locations such as homes, airports, hotels and business centers.
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PC Week Labs' tests have shown that Windows 2000 Professional is the best Windows platform for managing mobile systems. Mobile Essentials will benefit users on the go who regularly rely on peripherals such as printers. The enhancements will be similar, whether a laptop runs Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000. We found that Mobile Essentials will help administrators and savvy users by reducing the guessing and legwork involved with making minor configuration changes to system settings. Symantec has improved this version by reducing the number of reboots it forces and by giving users the ability to skip reboots when going to new locations.