Windows server 2003 vs windows xp pro

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Thread starter towert7 Start date May 3, Wednesday, September 3, PM. I wouldn't count on it. It looks like Microsoft is putting all their eggs in baskets called Vista x64 and Windows Server. Those of us with Windows XP Pro x64 are orphans waiting for the few nibbles that we get from Microsoft.

Friday, October 17, AM. O Great. Wednesday, October 22, PM. Wednesday, March 2, PM. Thomas Lee explained this back in Thursday, March 3, AM. You CAN change it to a workstation but at that its still shitty. It just wasn't meant. Just becuase its newer, it means it sbetter for what it does. Serving stuff. And I can't search to find it either.

Keep in mind that he said minimal to NO gamin in the first post. People will say its a server os, and as much as they say that they are showing their ignorance. They have not used it and don't know what they are talking about. Everybody I have talked to says that they feel it to be more stable than XP. No playing games on it in hope of a speed increase is a frivelous sp?

Is it cleaner, filled with less bloat, easy to turn into a workstation and more stable YES by all means it is. I used it as a workstation for about 3 months then I fubarred it and went back to XP Pro as my day free trial ended. RuyZ n00b. Joined Dec 22, Messages Joined Apr 2, Messages 1, Originally posted by Stinger People will say its a server os, and as much as they say that they are showing their ignorance.

That is rediculous, it for sure wouldn't make the gaming box crappy nor does chaning it to a workstation make it crappy.

It performs like any other OS for gaming you most likely won't see a speed increase. But for a workstation it's very nice, very stable and very clean.

Also when buying a server OS many applications won't install unless they are the server variant of said application. Most Defraggers need to be the server version to install on Server so unless your pirating everything then it would get real expensive real fast to run some of your apps. I still feel it to be a more stable and cleaner OS than XP any time.

It doesn't have all the crap that comes with XP to make it User Friendly so you can be more selective to what is on your machine.

The main "selling" points for me was its stability and it being cleaner than XP. Shadow Copies was also pretty cool IMO. Joined Jan 9, Messages 6, Hello, I have a quick question to ask I am tring to have a server system started at home.

I have Windows Server Ent. Edition The question is, if I install Windows Server in a reg. Will I have problems with hard ware capability or will all hardware work with if I use the XP drivers. Thanks Saeapu. Nov 8, 0 0. I've installed NT4. May 28, 6, 0 0. I've used XP drivers under 2K3 Server before and they generally work fine.

I suggest visiting the vendor's website and looking for 2K3 Server drivers first, but otherwise install away. Thanks, Guys. I went on my dvd writer vendor site and it did not have any drivers on the website What about playing games If this is your desktop and you plan on playing games on it why do you want to run server anyways?

I use 2k3 to play games, coz XP is too bloated to run properly on my Pentium 2 yes, I am stuck in the stone age, wanting to replace it soon. All I had to do is start the Windows Audio service off by default in Enterprise Edition and turn on hardware acceleration for the video and sound. I use 2k3 to play games, coz XP is too bloated to run properly on my Pentium 2.

Jun 22, 5, 0 0. JonnyBlaze Diamond Member.