PacificAK Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 hey all,me installed a Win2K3 server converted to workstaton on my old system.. & suddenly it has put back life into it but theres one problem... since installing it i have removed access to my main system for everone else in the family... & now my sis wants to install the Sony Ericsson PC Suite on Win2K3 box.. which obviuosly will not install as its designed for WinXP SP2...so heres my question...can the version identifier of the Win2K3 server be changed to WinXP_blah_blah_SP2_Blah_Blah...???please somebody help me...!! thnx in advance...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 That's what happens when people try to use server OS'es for a desktop (with no real reason - it's no faster than XP really). Lots of software won't run on it. Anyway.There's a few things one can do:-try running in compatibility mode (will fake "Win XP" version, but NOT the service pack, so likely won't install)-patching installers manually, which will force to install, but the app might still not work (which I've seen many many times - like say Avid Xpress) as it's not meant to run on that OS/requires XP SP2 specific stuff (or one of its components/dependancies does) or such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroD Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Look at this key in windows registry.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacificAK Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 thnx for the all the help so far...!!editied the MSIs with Orca.. the app installed just fine & it works even finer...!! btw.. me using Win2K3 eXperience edition & i can vouch for its better performance on the old box (a p3 1gig proc, 512ram) compared to XP SP2 stripped down versions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 just google for TweakNT, this program can do some magic for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacificAK Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 (edited) just google for TweakNT, this program can do some magic for you yup.. had exactly found tht software... but it does not work on win2k3 VLK... had to reinstall the OS after running it... Edited August 30, 2006 by PacificAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 oh, sorry for this trouble. if this doesnt work you can't use the software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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