Computers

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by Loser:
Gals? There are women who post to this board?

Anyone know a good place to get a cheap legitimate MS server OS. I'd love to make the old box a domain server.

There might be some ladies, just covering my bases.

To run a single system domain, you'll need a copy of NT server. 2k and 03K require two systems to run a stable domain.

I've seen NT server for as little as $100 with the seal thingy included.

[Loser]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
To run a single system domain, you'll need a copy of NT server. 2k and 03K require two systems to run a stable domain.

What makes you say that? We had 2k Server, with Exchange and other Jazz, running fine until that roommate 'left'.

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
I've seen NT server for as little as $100 with the seal thingy included.

Where at?

[Baron Grazic]

Work PC = Intel P3 - 733Mhz - 512MB Ram - Win2000
PC has needed a rebuild for months, but I can't be bothered reinstalling everything.

Home PC = Intel P4 - 1700Mhz - 256MB DDR Ram - XP
Built this PC from parts, and working fine so far, except for the bloody modem. I just need to convince my boss to give me a new one. Will get around to buying more Ram one day.

Home Laptop = Intel P2 - 466Mhz - 128MB RAM - Win98.
I've had absolutely no problems with this notebook since I bought it in London. It survived the move the Australia and even survived my mother-in-law knocking it off the kitchen table onto the tiles. Only ever had the replace the modem in its 4-5 year life span.

[General Woundwort]

Let's see... go to "My Computer", right-click (that gives part of it away...), and...

[HP Pavilion 7915]
Intel Celeron 1.2 Ghz
128 MB RAM
32 GB HD
100 MB Iomega Zip (external)
Windows XP Home Edition

Purchased in the post-Christmas scavenger season, 2001-2002.

[Thermodyne]

Loser:

On a 2K domain, the db is active directory. With an ad domain you get global catalog which can't co-exist with the infrastructure master on the same machine. The problem gets bad when you begin to add and remove objects from the domain. Searches for existing objects will result in null returns. The more db accesses you have, to greater the chance of it grabbing you. In a worst case, it can fubar the db.

If you want 03K, that's about $700, same for 2K. BackOffice will run about $1200.

I see old NT server disks at almost every computer show I hit.

EDIT: What makes me say it is several certs from Microsoft. 2k server and Directory Services being among them.

[ July 08, 2003, 02:34: Message edited by: Thermodyne ]

[tesco samoa]

http://www.linuxiso.org/

try here for some domain controller software

or here

http://www.ibiblio.org/

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
http://www.linuxiso.org/

try here for some domain controller software

or here

http://www.ibiblio.org/

I like freeBSD. But setting it up can be a bear, and trouble resolution can be a real problem, as it is with all open source servers.

[ July 08, 2003, 13:19: Message edited by: Thermodyne ]