I am new to windows server 2008 and would like to know what windows clients
are still compatible with the new server operating system. I have a mixed
environment with server 2000 and server 2003, with desktop clients of windows
2000 and windows xp. I am looking into building an ...

I want to upgrade my Windows server 2003 to a powerful machine. I will use
the same product key as same as the old machine has. My first question is if
there is any problem to activate the new server ? Should I contact Microsoft
for transfer the license? Should I remove the OS ...

I'm trying to setup Automated Deployment Services, and I'm having real
problems with the deployment agent & WinPE installation.
So far I've setup 2 boxes, one is the Master Device Controller, running
Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 & ADS. The other is the Master Image

I have two servers.
one say it is a Windows Server 2003 enterprise
the other say Windows Server 2003 enterprise 64 bit
both are listed as (Build 3790: Service Pack 2).

Using Window 2008 SP1.
I've installed both core and gui version on the same harddisk and the menu
appears the same to me.
Where do i change the menu items ?

How does one configure Windows 2008 Server Core to download and install
updates automatically?

We are currently running a Server 2003 AD domain. I plan on adding a couple
of Windows Server 2008 this year. I can't seem to find any documentation
regarding extending the schema for the new network OS. Would someone be kind
enough to point me to it? Thanks...

I have a Windows 2003 standard edition. I created a second new subnet for a
few clients I want to provide IP informatio thru a vpn tunnel to the central
office.
After creating the scope, there is a blue exclamation point over the

I have an FTP server that our external customers use to view and save files.
I have a folder on the FTP server that stores an excel file and a few PDFs.
In the excel file, i have links that, when clicked on, will automatically
open the pdf.

I have a Windows 2003 server and it is the domain controller & a file server.
It became extremely slow today (it's the second time) and users couldn't
even save files. In addition, browsing folders on the server was also
extremely slow.

Does anyone know of any usb ethernet adapter that I can get to purchase. We
have a small web server that we installed Windows 2008 64bit
server. We need to add an addtional network card to the matchine for
redundancy purposes but the matchine we are using does not have any more

Hello, and a good day to you all.  I just deployed a 2003 Standard
server at work, and for some reason one of the cores is always pegged at
100%.
The box itself is 2003 STD, 2 x 2.5 quad core xeon, 6 x 160 SAS drive

I have just installed Windows 2008 server, and am attempting to add my
network printers.  When I specify the IP address of the printers it searches
for a few seconds, and then gives an "Access denied" message.
I can ping the printers from the server, and can ping the server from

What ist the best way to configure the storage of the server for the hyper-v
role?
For the core server one raid 10 and for the data partion of the vm's raid 5
ore multiple raid for the vm's partitions?

How do you edit the registry to boot straight in without having to logon? I
realize that it is not encouraged but I wish to trial some features. Thank
you.