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.

For more of an explanation, Windows isn't Unix-like in the least. If you want, and or need, a UNIX operating system then one of the BSDs is a good choice. for Linux, simple answer, it's about choice. The BSD system development philosophy is different then the Linux development philosophy, and some people prefer the BSD philosophy to the Linux philosophy. On top of that, BSD doesn't mimic UNIX, it's a real derivate of UNIX.

A major advantage is that many commercial and freeware server applications are designed for use with Unix machines. The fact that Unix is open-source (ie. the source code is freely available) means that it is constantly being developed, updated and any bugs discovered are fixed in a short space of time. The most significant appeal that Unix systems have is their reliability. The operating system is able to squeeze a lot more out of a lot less resources.

Yes, they most definitely can. As hosting and computer operating systems are totally independent, it does not matter if they match or not. Most people who view this linux-hosted page have a windows PC.

It makes no difference what operating system you are running on your PC; Windows and Mac should work just fine. All you need is Internet access, a web browser that will let you get out on the Internet and access your site, and an FTP program that you can use to connect to your site.

All servers at TrustyWebHosting.com are Linux & Windows servers running CentOS 5 & Windows Server 2003. Customers are being setup on (Woodcrest or Clovertown) Dual processor 1.34Ghz 8 core (2 x 8MB cache) with minimum 6 GB of memory. We are running a raid1 setup with Sata2 2000GB drives.

Yes. Many low cost hosting companies will not offer Windows NT servers, which greatly limits the features they can offer. With Intergrow you can have PHP and MySQL on either platform or ODBC, Cold Fusion, SQL Databases, and ASP on Windows.

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This will bring up a box with icons for your various services. One of them should be a little ftp ''folder.'' Double click on this. You will then have to select the server (there should only be one) Select that and then choose ''Properties'' from the menu and choose the ''directories'' tab along the top. There will be an option at the bottom saying ''Directory listing style.'' Choose the ''Unix'' type, not the ''MS-DOS'' type.

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.

Windows NT and 2000 require administrator privileges the first time you host a meeting. If you do not have administrator privileges or don't have a clue what this means, contact your system administrator for assistance.

Author: Kumar Allamraju (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=12218) Question originally posed by Eric Lebetsamer (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=12240 For Tomcat: Download jk_nt_service.exe and follow the instructions in the document "NT-Service-howto.html" (on the Jakarta Web site and included in the Tomcat distros). Also see the minimalistic users guide, included with the Tomcat distribution.

Our servers are Linux servers running RHEL4. New customers are being setup on Dual 3.2ghz with 4+ gigs of memory. We are running a raid1 setup with Sata2 750gig drives.

William Cheung (wcheung@ee.ubc.ca) has developed a program called WinRSH/WinRSH32 - Remote Shell for Windows 1.6 WinRSH contains a very simple user interface to allow a Window's user to run a program remotely on your workstation using either the RSH daemon or the REXEC daemon. The results of the remote execution are then displayed in a scrollable window. WinRSH - Remote Shell for Windows 1.6 WinRSH32 - Remote Shell for Windows 1.6 Written by William Cheung (wcheung@ee.ubc.

Windows NT (both the Workstation and Server) is a 32-bit Operating System. It is a preemptive, multi-tasking Operating System, which means that the Operating System controls allocation of CPU time, not the applications, stopping one application from hanging the OS. NT supports multiple CPU's giving true Multi-tasking, using symmetrical multiprocessing, meaning the processors share all tasks, as opposed to asymmetrical multiprocessing, where the OS uses one CPU and the applications another.

a) Run Idem and configure your source-destination folders, set menu Log active if you whish a daily report of list of files processed. d) to run the Idem Service, ensure that you follow above considerations about Windows and account rights. run it using a true account with the appropriate rights (something like 'Administrator'). Do not use the default 'LocalSystem' account. This is necessary to be able to replicate files out of the NT box (and this is not our conditions but Microsoft's..

of 2006jun11, there is a Music Animation Machine MIDI File Player for Microsoft Windows . You can download it for free here.