12/20/2023 0 Comments Windows media player for xpWhat a pain, but it was possible, but that was before all the WGA crap. newtekie1I still remember trying to get WMP10 to install on 2003 before it was offically released for it in SP1. & even MORESO if you add in SCW (security configuration wizard). newtekie1Server 2003 is a very nice OS, and contrary to what people think, by default it is very light on resources(better then XP since a lot of the bloated services are turned off by default to improve performance).True. especially since it is the most utilized PC OS. It's just odd MS doesn't push out new versions of things like IE7 & WMP 11 as fast as they do for XP, but then again, XP tends to me imo, a beta test bed for many things. Oh, I'll stick by & stay w/ 2003, because imo least? It's the "perfect blend" of Windows 2000 & XP features mostly & is the most secure OS available from MS currently, in final form. nice to have the 'latest/greatest' & all that & not be 'left out' etc. but updates usually are UPDATES/UPGRADES. these aren't things we all can't live w/ out. I finally just switched my main machine back to XP because I was frankly tired of XP getting everything.Ah, no "pain" really. There've been others too, that's just an ABSOLUTELY CURRENT example. "Windows XP appears to be the only platform affected by this attack, which has not been successfully reproduced on Windows Server 2003, Reguly said." possible on XP, but NOT on Windows Server 2003): P.S.=> It is proving itself more secure than XP today, as we speak/write here, check it (Windows FireWall ICS vulnerability is known & out today, in that it can be turned off remotely. Windows Server 2003's also from what I understand, the foundation code for VISTA (what VISTA code was based on initially) & the most stable/secure offering there is from MS in the way of NT-based OS', until VISTA actually comes out.Į.G.-> One such example is its version of IE6.x - it comes with an "Enhanced Security Configuration" by default (yes, you can do the same pretty much by turning off a lot of options in the XP version of IE6.x too, but this just does it for you right-off-the-bat). Windows Server 2003's actually VERY light when installed in default configuration, & is a rewrite of the codebase for their NT-based OS' (not complete I would say least, but correction of 'potential mistakes' that were known in XP - this is how I understood it). NET for me, & I try new stuff everyday, even if only small things - they begin to "add up" for my learning about it). albeit on another box here which houses SQLServer 2005 & IIS6.x, for development practice purposes (a lot to learn on. when you need server componentry, you add it, as is needed (IF needed).Īnd, when I need server tools like IIS? And I do? I add them. OvercastWhy exactly are you wasting resources on 2003?Because by default? It installs in a "WorkStation" mode.
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