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Windows Server 2003 on a desktop PC?
I managed to get my hands on a copy of windows server 2003. I downloaded from Dreamspark, a student/college developer program from Microsoft.
Now my question is can Windows Server 2003 be used on a desktop? Does it run like windows Xp, or would it be good for a General purpose OS?
I would like to turn my desktop to a server someday. Just looking for anyone who has had the chance or is using Windows Server 2003 (or 2008)
hello i've experience about install windows 2003 server on Desktop and Notebook ( Optiplex 320,330,745,755 NB D620,D630)
windows running well coz i was using as a workstation, database server.
and i find the driver like sound, vga not on DELL suppot web.
Peace,
Katro
WIndows 2003 SP2 is a very stable OS. I am using it daily at work and you can add some theme pack to make it looks like XP. At home I have Windows 2008 on my XPS and it is working fine (I dual boot Vista 64). You will have to purchase or get a copy of business grade Anti_virus software which is not cheap. Most of the AntiVirus software only conver personal OS. I am using it because I do developement works, for personal I do go back to Vista. You can download the Virtual PC 2007 for free from Microsoft and run 2003 image on it. So far, I donot have any driver issues. All PC hardware are Dell made.
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Posted April 17th, 2008 18:00
dbtmellis,
FWIW, I have been doing research into 2008 server as desktop. This is one site where there is a good overview of using it this way. The reviewer raves about it
http://www.winoscentral.com/
I am probably going to load it this weekend. If interested, I will let you know how it goes.
Regards