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.

According from Microsoft support, in most cases, IPSec VPN traffic does not pass through ISA Server 2000.

Compare your old- and new-version 4nec2.ini text-files. Occasionally with a new version some entrys are added at the end of the new 4nec2.ini file. Manually add these new entry's to your old file and replace the new 4nec2.ini with the old updated 4nec2.ini file.

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.

A Server operating system is not necessary for ABS Agency Builder. Windows 2000-Professional or XP-Professional will do the job just fine, and for a lot less money. If your technician recommends the server version, (s)he may have a very good reason based on other parameters. Find out what they are.

No, Service Packs are cumulative, meaning SP2 contains all previously released Security Bulletin Updates and installs all individual hotfixes released since Windows Server 2003 RTM.

Its possible to run the DCPROMO.EXE utility automatically during an unattended installation using the following method: The Dcpromo process can be scripted by using the dcpromo /answer:%path_to_answer_file% command. In the following example, the [DCInstall] section and parameters are added directly to the unattended answer file. The parameters for the DCInstall section are detailed in the Unattend.doc supplied with the resource kit but below are the main entries: Specifies if a 3.51 or 4.

Simply call us at 305-274-8393. There is no charge to upgrade your server type; however, there is a charge of $50 to downgrade your server type.

You can upgrade the Memory (RAM) but if you need bigger disks or a faster processor you'll have to upgrade to a new server. Back to top

If you are using Version 4.1 SecuRemote Client(s) with a pre-Version 4.1 SecuRemote Server, the SecuRemote Client will experience a delay of 30 seconds (in addition to normal network delays) while it attempts to download the SecuRemote Server’s site information. This happens because the pre-Version 4.1 Server expects to download site Note – System administrators can ensure that all company personnel have the same site configuration for SecuRemote by copying a standard userc.

You need to give anybody read, search, and compare permissions. Also, a user should be able to modify his entry.

Ladder: Turns off or on prestige gain. Player-hosted servers may not use this option without prior approval from the Admin team.

Pentium motherboards require the installation of matching pairs when using 32 or 36 bit 72-pin memory. The motherboard is 64 bit and would necessitate the use of two 32 bit or two 36 bit modules to equal the 64 bit mainboard. This is not an error. This is exactly what should happen when installing memory. Your system "sees" the new memory, but your BIOS does not. You must run the CMOS setup utility to allow the BIOS to 'write' the changes in extended memory to the CMOS setup.

Which operating system you decide to use should depend on what features you need. For example, if you are already using IIS, ASP, VBScript, Windows Media, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, or Visual InterDev, and you don't have the time to learn Unix-based solutions, you'll have to choose a Windows NT or Windows 2000-based host. Just because your desktop is Windows-based doesn't mean you should use a Windows host.

Windows 2000 Advanced Server is ideal for line-of-business and e- commerce applications where scalability and high availability demands are most critical. It provides integrated system scalability through enhanced symmetric multi-processing (hardware scaling or scaling up). As well, the two Windows Clustering technologies -- Cluster Service and Network Load Balancing -- contribute added availability and multi- system scalability (software scaling or scaling out).

Note that this will only work on Windows XP Professional. In Windows XP Home Edition, you will have to go into Safe Mode and do this.

If you want to upgrade the the latest from Windows NT 4.0 Server, Windows NT 4.0 Server Terminal Server Edition, Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server. You will need to upgrade to the Windows .NET server family. Detailed instructions on how to restore your previous operating system can be found within this MSKB article --

It is not required but it is strongly recommended. It is the only way to centralize all the user accounts. If not, the accounts will be per computer or group of computers.

Note: If you are not familiar with changing network settings, please visit Section 6 of Internet Texoma's How To directory on this site. A When removing network protocols, the protocol that will be used (TCP/IP) must be installed before removing the unneeded protocols. Note: If you are not familiar with changing network settings, please visit Section 6 of Internet Texoma's How To directory on this site.