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Ok currently in teh domain controller,print server,file server, application server. There is possibility that this is also going to be doing hosting and mail. There are currently 2 users that use it constantly for printing and accessing large databases. The boss wants to start a website and we are currently talking about exchange possibly too. So thats basically it. I'm with puntoMX on this one...split some of that stuff up if you can. If you can't split it up, then use the recommendations I posted in the thread I linked above. If you can split it up then Exchange should be on it's own server and you definitely don't want to run a public web server on your domain controller. That's just bad security... In the worst case run your domain controller and Exchange on the same server (provided we're not talking anymore than 50-100 users) and run the web server on a seperate box. A bit more information would help in providing you with a really good recommendation though.

It was made before. The Socket 8 platform was for the Pentium Pro CPUs, which were largely regarded as server only CPUs because of how expensive they were at the time (current Xeon's have nothing on the prices these things used to run). It's a toss up. I'd say go for the Pentium Pro 200 and overclock it. But if you want the additional MMX support then go for the Overdrive chip. It may be just as overclockable as the Pentium Pro chip. According to Crucial's Memory Advisor the system uses EDO SIMMs (72 pin). Make sure before you purchase anything...

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=66681 I'm not sure if that ever came to a resolution though.

He could still have an ACPI HAL...just the "APCI Uniprocessor PC" HAL..

There are a few. Snitz is the most common one I see on forums that use ASP though. http://forum.snitz.com/ It's not that they like it better. It's not even that one is easier to code for than the other, or that help is more readily available for either one...it's about the same for both. It's just that PHP/MySQL are more readily available to people. Developing for ASP.NET will require that you have a Windows Server at your disposal...and it'll require your customers have the same. When you go looking for a hosting company their servers are usually running either some flavor or Linux or FreeBSD. While it's true that there are .NET binaries for BSD (not sure about Linux), most hosting providers don't have them installed. That would be a big NEGATIVE. Always, always, always use a forum that uses a database. It'll run MUCH faster, be indexed for searching, be easier to backup, easier to recover, etc, etc. Flat Files = Bad

What happens if you plug it into a USB slot on the rear of the computer?

That's not what we said at all. Most games today aren't really taking advantage of the 512MB of graphics memory available on the extreme high-end graphics cards. There's a small performance gain, but it's not worth the extra money. If you really don't want to turn down the detail but still want higher resolutions then you're going to have to upgrade, but it doesn't have to be a 512MB card.

I've been using the Microsoft Digital Media Pro keyboard for a while now and it's pretty quiet. I'm rough on keyboards (hard/fast typer) and the guys I work with could definitely tell when I made the switch.

I completely forgot about the Pentium II Overdrive chips. That would definitely be a better option because of the added MMX support. I'm not sure how overclockable the PII Overdrive chips are though. If you can get a PPro 200/1MB up to 266MHz or 300MHz it'll definitely outrun the PII Overdrive (at default speed).

What's the server going to be used for and how many users will be concurrently using it?

The only thing is....it doesn't change the fact that once you turn it on you won't be able to login with RDP. Only Administrators have that access by default...and well, since you're not an Administrator you can't add yourself to the "Allowed to logon through Terminal Services" policy. I don't think that information is kept in the registry.

It sounds like you got a corrupted or incomplete download then.

You'll be hard pressed to find a motherboard with good built-in RAID5. And if you do it'll be nothing more than a PCI/PCI-X/PCIe card integrated into the motherboard. Servers are something I do for a living and you'll find that most of them use add-in cards for everything. The reason for using add-in cards is quick replacement in case of failure. If it's integrated into the motherboard you have to replace the entire motherboard...which means disconnecting everything, pulling the CPUs off, RAM off, etc, etc. That means more downtime. I assume your plan is to use all four Raptors in RAID5 and partition that for OS and data?

Does your Windows XP CD have SP1 or SP2 slipstreamed? If it's the original retail release then you'll have problems because it doesn't support drives over 137GB. Follow the guide here for slipstreaming (I personally prefer the manual method): http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/6/ Then follow the guide here to burn your new CD: http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/8/ You'll still need the drivers on the floppy...

You can find some Pentium Pro 200MHz w/ 1MB Cache CPUs on eBay. I had it pulled up last night but didn't save the link. I think they were like $25USD each. I looked up the system and the memory you need is just standard 72-pin EDO SIMMs. The maximum it can support is 192MB, so that means the largest size SIMM you can put in is 32MB. 6 x 32 = 192. Also, you do have to upgrade two SIMMs at a time. Check either eBay or Pricewatch for prices (on Pricewatch do a search for 32MB EDO SIMM). I agree on adding a PCI IDE and/or SATA controller to the system. The onboard IDE controller won't handle today's large hard drives. Given the maximum amount of RAM the system can run I don't think I'd run anything higher than Windows 2000 on the box. You can try Windows XP but don't expect the performace to be all that good.

See the recommendations in this thread... http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=68579

Just a word of caution about Windows Time. This isn't something you should disable in an Active Directory environment. The Windows Time service keeps the time sync'ed between the Domain Controllers and all Workstations. You also shouldn't disable Remote Registry if you're in an environment that uses SMS. Lastly, the service you should be disabling for the potential UPnP vulnerability is the SSDP Discovery Service instead of the Universal Plug and Play Device Host Service, although the latter can safely be disabled as well. Some that can be disabled if you don't use dialup and/or VPN: Telephony Remote Access Auto Connection Manager Remote Access Connection Manager And a few other various services (that may be disabled by default): NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing Routing and Remote Access Secondary Logon (if you never use "Run As") Fast User Switching Compatibility (unless, of course, you use Fast User Switching) XP SP2 automatically disables the Alerter, Messenger, Clipbook and Telnet services. One thing I've found out about the Alerter and Messenger services though is that in a networked environment nbtstat -a workstation_name doesn't return the full results if these services are disabled. The same applies to nbtstat -A ip_address.

Well installing Service Pack 2 definitely helped. You weren't going to get it back at all in WinXP if you hadn't installed the service pack (because WinXP Gold doesn't support 48-bit LBA (drives larger than 137GB)). Glad you got it fixed.

The X800 Pro is definitely faster than the 9800 Pro. Moving to a 6800GT or even Ultra probably wouldn't give him much. He'd have to go up to the X1800/X1900 or 7800GT/7800GTX to get appreciable gains. Before looking at new hardware though, try turning some of the graphics settings down. Like turn FSAA down a notch, and possibly even AF down a notch. FSAA is an FPS killer at higher resolutions on the "older" cards.

Deskpro 2000 model ???? Should be on a sticker on either the side or back. It won't cost much. I'll bet a Pentium Pro 200MHz w/ 1MB cache can be found for less than $40USD. Surprisingly I bet WinXP will run fine on it with themes disabled and some services tweaking. It'd be a decent web browsing/email checking machine for someone. That's why I said fastest official. I remember them being extremely overclockable.

The SQL Server data file extension is MDF and the log file extension is LDF. You won't find these files on any clients though. Honestly, if the other company is going to set everything up then I would let them do that and worry about it later. You've got enough to deal with in getting the domain up and running. Definitely. I wasn't suggesting to do an upgrade install...that's something I would never suggest. Especially do clean installs of they were already upgraded once without a fresh install. Yep, that's when the change came about. People still use the terms, but they don't really apply with Active Directory. There are a few other terms you should familiarize yourself with though (examples: Operations Master, Global Catalog Servers, etc). AD isn't difficult at all. It works very nice when you take the time to set it up properly. This should be a thing of the past when you get done. As you add users/workstations to the domain you should be change the local admin password (and rename the admin account) on all of the workstations...and not giving them that password.Getting everyone on the same page will be easy. The Active Directory structure will take care of that for you.

The fastest official Pentium Pro was 200MHz w/ 1MB L2 cache, but you need to see what the motherboard would support up to. The RAM slots are SIMMs...probably ECC Registered. What's the model of the Compaq machine? The Pentium Pro was definitely the most underated CPU of it's time. Those things were awesome. I had an old Pentium Pro 200MHz w/ 512K Cache system at work for several years before I finally gave it up. That thing was awesome in it's day.

That's actually dependent on the controller supporting it in RAID setups. Most standard PATA controllers don't support hot swappable drives. SATA supports it in some cases, but it's rare on entry level SATA RAID controllers. Almost all SCSI RAID controllers support hot swappable drives when used with a SAF-TE capable drive enclosure (using SCA SCSI drives).Anyway...to answer the question. If you shutdown and remove the drive you should be able to put the drive in another system and get access to the files...but only with mirrored setups. You can't do this with striped setups because part of the data is kept on one drive, and the other part on the other drive. You will also still have access to the files on the original system as well (since the purpose of mirroring is so that you can lose a drive and still have access to all of the data).

You should still get the options. Right click the column header...

Do you want to allow non-admins to be able to logon to an RDP session? Or are you trying to turn on RDP, but aren't an admin?