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Aegis, if you could point that feature exactly, ill be indebted indeed - that's my point, try as i might i could not get into the ins and outs of ms app comp toolkit ( never used it before, so... and reg vmware, it is not of much help, since it installs a virtual pc (or better yet, a virtual OS e.g. XP ) on the real server 2003. what i need is not a vrtual OS within a real OS, but an utility that would make the real OS (that is, server 2003) look like it was XP to the apps i need to install... 10x anyway for the ideas

Hello all, i would like to know how to emulate windows xp on windows server 2003 sp1. i need this because some applications will not run on 2003 but only on workstation OS-es. now i know there are such utilities as removechk script (which will force the .msi file into not checking the OS version), but those will only work for windows-based installation, and will have no effect if the application has its own installer (or self-installing package). ok, i have learned about microsoft application toolkit, which should be able to emulate windows xp on server 2003, so that the application i want to install thinks it's actually being installed on xp. is that true? and if so, pls can anyone guide me how to use ms app toolkit to emulate xp on 2003? for i have tried to no avail... thank you all in advance

hello everyone, i'm having the same issue like Rfire, that is installing kaspersky av on server 2003, since i already have this av running on xp pro and find it to be the best av around. however, kaspersky labs host on their own site a 'server' trial version for server 2003, but unfortunately after installation it will simply not run - dunno why, it's as if it was asking for a real licensed key although it is the trial version!!!!... odd enough. so that is why i will try to install the workstation edition on 2003, and following Clint's advice , i downloaded microsoft app toolkit and tried to emulate xp pro, but to be honest, could not do it whatsoever. i would very much appreciate if anyone could guide me through emulating xp on 2003 by using ms app toolkit... 10x in avdance ps. btw Rfire, have you managed to install kav on 2003 afterall????