F3t1sh

I tried Company of Heros and it sadly didn't work.

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jrs

Turning off DEP(Data Execution Prevention?) could help you out. I turned off DEP and everything works fine.

directions here This is for Xp but If I remember correctly its the same for server 2003. Some say you should not turn this feature off for security reasons, but I haven't had any probs yet.

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RADCOM

Nice tutorial Chosen I posted it on my other of my forums and gave you due props, hope you don't mind? Cheers.

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Grim

Yes, just another demonstration of its superiority with anything having to do with networks (linux pwns of course ).

But dont be surprised if some games just DONT render how you want them to.
W2k in my experience just has some PLAIN incompatibilites with some Nvdida based graphics cards. As well as with certain chipsets/ mobos.
I've had to hunt down registry modifications and even (in fact, most cases!) revert to OLDER forceware drivers. Generally, its not the best friend of Gaming.

I think though that most of it's issues will lie in actual RENDERING, and not FPS.
If you're one of the lucky owners of a card/system that will work seamlessly with Win2003, then lucky you.
Seriously, Win2K3 is SIGNIFICANTLY more stable.

I'm yet to benchmark/review this "low cal" version of XP that I'm hearing about though.

Anyone check it out yet?

killnine

I have run Server 2003 Enterprise on my AMD/Nvidia server for almost a year. I probably have 6 months of uptime on the thing. Its sick. I think its stable, and super useful.

Good tut.

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I've used both server2003 and 2k3 x64 (enterprise) as workstation, and I haven't had ANY problems with games running compared with their xp pro counterparts, and they are more stable. All the textures display correctly, and if anything my CSS stress test improved, or at the least stayed the same.

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nyder

I take it the "low cal" xp is something someone made using Nlite or something?

No thanks, I've had enough of those "Roll your own" xp installs. While I don't know who does this one, it's been a way people have been able to install rootkits onto your machine. And whats so nice about this compared to getting rootkitted another way, is they can hide it even better.

Plus i've other problems with different ones in the past. Stuff not updating correctly, losing networking ability (not internet, just being able to network with the other computers on my network), and some plain system instability.

Mainly since they almost all are made using Nlite.

But, I know nothing about the "low cal" xp, so I'm not saying anythings wrong with it, it might be the shizzzal

If you don't have a lot of computers so you can test stuff, I recommend setting up vmware or something similiar, as a clone of your computer so you can test the OS under safe conditions. Of course, thats a pain and time consuming.

Well, I guess I'm anxious to hear how the "low cal" works out, and I'd ask what it's filename is so I could find it on usenet, but I don't think we are supposed to talk about warez stuff.

Grim

Yes, and YEs

Their have been crappy remakes. But this one is basically Win2k's stability, and winXP's streamlined graphics drivers combined I've heard.
Some gaming buds of mine use it and are hailing raving about it.

Say it boots in seconds and is quite stable.
Need to get to a fast internet connection.

Chipp

I've had np problems with drivers installing or running on Server, but again, I have not tried anything 3-d yet other than Test Drive Unlimited, which I have no "before" knowlage of how well it would run.

F3t1sh

what anti virus should I use, the normal winxp type or the server type like avast server

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