Re: Question on Windows Server 2003

"] |_| (_] _['' _['' ]-" /_\ |/_ [. ThePsyko:

> On 22 Sep 2005 in alt.2600, Mimic <dev@xxxxxxxx> made their contribution
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>> ThePsyko wrote:
>>> On 22 Sep 2005 in alt.2600, "GeekBoy" <GeeksRUs@xxxxxxxx> made their
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>>>>"ThePsyko" <ThePsyko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>>On 21 Sep 2005 in alt.2600, Noodles Jefferson
>>>>><silverbells@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made their contribution to mankind by
>>>>>stating in news:MPG.1d9be76a329eb05a9899c9@xxxxxxxxxxxx:
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>>>>>
>>>>>>Ok, so's I'm working the rat lab tonight and some girl comes in
>>>>>>because she installed Win Server 2k3 on her laptop. I tried but I
>>>>>>never worked with Win Server 2k3 before. No help from Microsoft or
>>>>>>Google on the issue. Basically what happened was that the install
>>>>>>keeps stalling out. It goes through the first 3 steps then stalls
>>>>>>out. Then the only way to go is reboot (via on/off button), which
>>>>>>brings up the new fucked-up OS for another round of exactly the
>>>>>>same thing. Can't read disk, can't do nothing. Put the disk in,
>>>>>>starts the installing drivers/devices/stuff, where it always stalls
>>>>>>out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>So, she already returned the disk back to the disk goddess. I'm
>>>>>>only drop-off and pick-up. Found a different one, waiting patiently
>>>>>>for whoever to pick it up, tried it, same thing. At this point, all
>>>>>>she's got is a hosed OS, so I'm like "you're gonna have to reformat
>>>>>>it with whatever disks came with your laptop." I don't know what
>>>>>>the hell to tell her and if you can't use the OS, you're pretty
>>>>>>fucked. (She said she just got it, it looked it.) Now, there were
>>>>>>issues with it last semester too, though I didn't have any direct
>>>>>>contact with any of them, so I'm don't even really know what those
>>>>>>issues are, just heresay anecdotal stuff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>My first thought was that you really shouldn't be installing the
>>>>>>server OS on a laptop but part of my mind keeps thinking, well it's
>>>>>>windows, can it be *that* fundamentally different? Does a desktop
>>>>>>make an easier transition or is that smitable too? So, setting
>>>>>>aside whether it's a good idea or not, is it physically possible. I
>>>>>>guess that's my first question. Second is, how feasible is this?
>>>>>>Good sweet jesus don't ever do this bad or no big deal?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And whatever insights just for future knowledge you might want to
>>>>>>share, feel free.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>There's really no good reason to install server on a laptop.
>>>>>There's nothing 2k or XP can't do for a laptop that 2k3 can. It's
>>>>>basically just wasting resources and installing crap that she's
>>>>>never going to need.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>But just in case it is possible to install IIS on Windows XP
>>>
>>>
>>> possible? It couldn't be easier :)
>>>
>>
>> *** that, you cant just install IIS, you end up with httpd, smtp,
>> pop3, nntp, ftp, every possible network service known to man :P I gave
>> it ago once, just to look into some GaySP, it musta been on my box all
>> of 3minutes. :P
>>
>
> You can install just the httpd, it just takes a little tweaking :)

No tweaking at all if you install the httpd from Apache...

;-)

I never understood IIS anyway

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