You can order 120 day evaluation copies of Windows 2000 Advanced Server directly from Microsoft for $5.95 (to cover shipping and handling. Evaluation versions of Windows 2000 Professional and Server are no longer available from Microsoft, however you can get a 120 day evaluation copy of Windows 2000 Server from the Microsoft Windows 2000 MCSE Training Kit

As a participant of this program, you are offered with unlimited technical support call from Microsoft Hong Kong PSS team. (Duration 9/1/99 - 12/31/99) The hotline number is 2804-4222. Besides, you can also look for Microsoft Windows 2000 Ready Partners, who are Windows 2000-trained to offer a variety of services on the Corporate Preview Program. You can find all information of these partners in our website - www.microsoft.com/hk/windows2000

Windows 2000 is the new name for Windows NT 5.0, the replacement for the current Windows NT 4.0. It employs the same core technologies as NT, but adds many new ones that were not previously available in NT, such as Plug-and-Play, support for USB devices, power management, DirectX 7.x, etc. It is not for consumers, but for businesses.

Yes, but the cure is worse than the problem. See my Windows XP Tips 'N' Tricks page for more information. This text is not present in the release version of Windows XP. Open the Start Menu, then Control Panel, and go to Add and Remove Programs. You will see an option to uninstall Windows XP. If you upgraded from Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0, there is no uninstall option, so you will need to do a full reinstall from scratch.

I'm unable to upgrade my Windows 2000 evaluation version to the full edition using a Windows 2000 upgrade CD.

In Windows 2000 all domain controllers are equal and through a process known as multi-master replication changes are replicated to all domain controllers in the domain. However in keeping with George Orwell's Animal Farm some Domain Controllers are more equal than others.

Windows 2000 was released into stores February 17, 2000. Some computer manufacturers were selling computers preinstalled with Win 2000 in January, however.

Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server is the server edition of Windows 2000, which is designed to serve small- to mid-sized businesses and workgroups. Server supports up to 4GB of physical RAM and up to 4 processors per computer. Advanced Server supports up to 8GB of RAM and 8 processors per computer. Windows 2000 Datacenter Server is designed for large businesses and computer clusters.

Yes, Service Pack 1, Asteroid, was released July 31, 2000. Visit our Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 Page for more information.

GB hard disk with a minimum of 1 GB of free space. (Additional free hard disk space is required if you are installing over a network.) GB hard disk with a minimum of 1.0 GB free space. (Additional free hard disk space is required if you are installing over a network.) GB hard disk with a minimum of 1.0 GB free space. (Additional free hard disk space is required if you are installing over a network.) gigabyte (GB) hard disk with a minimum of 1 GB free space.

If you must upgrade today, choose NT5 on two conditions: You should have 32MB of RAM and your hardware, software and peripherals must support NT. Otherwise, choose Win98--particularly for games. If you can delay an upgrade decision until later this year, choose Win2000 on two conditions: You should have 64MB of RAM and a 166MHz processor, and your hardware, software and peripherals must support it. Otherwise, choose Win98.

The features in Windows 2000 are great. Check out our features page for the full list of new features on Windows 2000 Professional and the features page for Windows 2000 Server.

Microsoft Windows 2000 is now very suitable for gaming with recently released games, especially ones from Microsoft. However, Microsoft has been releasing compatiblity updates on their website to fix issues with some older games. There may be some very early games (especially DOS) that will not work on Windows 2000.

Yes, however the requirements for Windows 2000 are great. At minimum you would need 32 MB of Ram, 64 MB recommended.

You can configure your computer to start Windows 2000, Windows NT, and either Windows 95 or Windows 98. However, you cannot configure a computer to multiple boot Windows 95 and Windows 98. Both Windows 95 and Windows 98 use the same boot file. Therefore, multiple booting Windows 95 and Windows 98 at the same time is not supported. Your installations are less prone to problems if you install Windows 95 or Windows 98 before you install Windows NT and Windows 2000.

This new program is specifically designed to address the demanding requirements of enterprise customers and will include a joint support team with server vendors for single-point-of-contact support, rigorous system testing and qualification focused on the entire system vs. individual components, coordinated maintenance and change control for hardware and software updates, and new Microsoft Certified Support Center (MCSC) for Datacenter requirements.

The MCSE on Windows 2000 credential is appropriate for IT professionals who work in the typically complex computing environment of medium-to-large organizations. We recommend that an MCSE on Windows 2000 have at least one year of experience implementing and administering a server operating system.

Yes. A demo version of Sequencher is available for download free of charge. It has all the latest features and you can try it on your own sequence data. Saving, exporting, and printing are disabled in the demo version.

The Exchange Server Setup Progress Log includes the date on which the Exchange server was installed. Take the difference between that date and today's date and subtract it from 120 to determine how many days remain in your evaluation.

Definitely go for Windows XP for the simple reason that it is designed for both the business & consumer thus is more adept at games playing.

Windows Media Services is a feature of Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Windows Media Player is a feature of Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server.

Well, it seems I was mistaken in my original response to this question. Several WinME users have reported that they have no trouble running their older DOS games in this environment, though I still have yet to hear back from anyone running Win2K. Apparently WinME does provide enough DOS compatibility to be able to run these older games, though I'm currently not aware of what needs to be done (if anything) to get it working properly. Anyone care to enlighten me? =)

NO - Windows 2000 is the next version of Windows NT and will come in many different packages. A new version of Windows 9* is due in the Year 2000.

Windows 2000 and Windows XP provide their own certified drivers for some EMU10kX-based audio cards. Our kX Audio Driver has not been certified by Microsoft (WHQL-ed) and thus a special installation procedure might be required. It is recommended that you first try running kXSetup, and if that fails, follow our Windows XP installation guide.

The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family takes the best of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server technology and makes it easier to deploy, manage, and use. For more information, see the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web site. Microsoft has developed independent certification requirements for Windows Server 2003. The certification requirements for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Windows Server 2003 differ from those for MCSE on Windows 2000.

Download the evaluation version from our Web site. If you have any problems downloading the software, please call or send e-mail to Netopia and we can provide you with other FTP sites for the evaluation version. Timbuktu Pro supports connections between any two Macintosh or Windows machines; you can connect from Mac to Mac, Mac to PC, PC to PC, or PC to Mac.

In a Windows NT 4.0 based domain a space is a legal character in the NetBIOS domain name. Windows 2000 domains are DNS based are therefore DNS names however a NetBIOS name is also given for backwards compatibility. DNS does not allow a space in a name and so to keep consistency Microsoft have now removed the space as a legal character in a 2000 NetBIOS domain name. It can contain the following special characters: ! @ # $ % ^ & ( ) - _ ' { } .

By default Active Directory searches are limited to 10,000 objects in a search however this can be changed as your organization grows. This policy affects all browse displays associated with Active Directory, such as those in Local Users and Groups, Active Directory Users & Computers, and dialog boxes used to set permissions for user or group objects in Active Directory.

Even though Windows 2000 names are DNS based, e.g. savilltech.com, a NetBIOS name is also specified during DCPROMO execution for backwards compatibility with older clients/domain controllers and is normally the left most part of the DNS name, e.g. savilltech, although it can be changed to a user specified name. Once this NetBIOS name has been set during DCPROMO execution you cannot change it.

BackOffice Server and its components such as Exchange, SQL will work on Windows 2000 however specific service pack's/fixes are required for the products to enable full functionality. A list of fixes needed are listed at http://www.microsoft.com/backofficeserver/prodinfo/win2000sps.htm.