FatCat Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 Ok...I want to upgrade my os to windows 2003 server, and I would like to know if anything is unstable or, the os is uncompatible like 2000 was when it first came out, I want to replace my Windows XP os with 2003 and I also heard that it was very fast...I'm mostly worried about compatibility and such and games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 YOU CANT UPGRADE XP TO 2003 and have a stable OS, do a clean install ;) Compatability is great, and it is slightly faster then XP manly from disabled servics :p I have also found it more stable, and includes a few better drivers :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatCat Posted April 13, 2003 Author Share Posted April 13, 2003 Bah...I know its always been better to install clean and I have always done so in the past, but I realy don't want to reformat..so you say it's stable...do you think I could run into driver problems? for my sound card for instance, because it has only crappy windows 2000 drivers on it and hasnt had any new drivers for the card... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 Feel free to try and upgrade, but I know you will have a better, more stable OS if you do a clean install ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trashpickinman Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I just finished installing 2003 and just finished Ghosting my drive back to XP. Sure it looked like a good OS, but it couldnt find any drivers for my NICs, sound, modem, and other things, and couldnt get online to download any new drivers. yes I know I'm sure its customizable and maybe faster, but for right now, i'm sticking with XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatCat Posted April 13, 2003 Author Share Posted April 13, 2003 thats what I'm worried about, would drivers meant for windows 2000 work on 2003? I know they do on XP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 lol, how old/obscure is the hardware in your PC !?? Anyway, its a server OS for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trashpickinman Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 lol, how old/obscure is the hardware in your PC !??Anyway, its a server OS for a reason. most of the parts are from around 1997. yes, I know its a server OS, and it was designed for newer computers, I really installed it just for fun. I made a Ghost image right before cause i knew i would uninstall it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Prowler Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I run 2000 Server with a few programs on a PII 300, 20 Meg HD, 300+ Megs of Ram, Nvidia GF2, Zip Drive, and Promise Ultra 66 IDE controller. I first did a fresh install. It took care of ALL my drivers and installd with no problems. There is one program that is a must for my system. Windows 2003 Server would not let it attach to the system tray, so it refused to installed. This is a problem and was acknowledged by the program manufacture. What I did was image my drive back with Server 2000 and with everything installed, I used the upgrade option. This worked perfect and my program runs. This was the smoothest upgrade I have ever completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neep Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I just finished installing 2003 and just finished Ghosting my drive back to XP. Sure it looked like a good OS, but it couldnt find any drivers for my NICs, sound, modem, and other things, and couldnt get online to download any new drivers. yes I know I'm sure its customizable and maybe faster, but for right now, i'm sticking with XP use the drivers for XP. If a driver is made for 2000/XP then it will most likely work on 2003. They are just revisions of the same OS. Hence 2000 = NT 5, XP = NT 5.1, and 2003 = NT 5.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I run 2000 Server with a few programs on a PII 300, 20 Meg HD, 300+ Megs of Ram, Nvidia GF2, Zip Drive, and Promise Ultra 66 IDE controller. I first did a fresh install. It took care of ALL my drivers and installd with no problems. There is one program that is a must for my system. Windows 2003 Server would not let it attach to the system tray, so it refused to installed. This is a problem and was acknowledged by the program manufacture.What I did was image my drive back with Server 2000 and with everything installed, I used the upgrade option. This worked perfect and my program runs. This was the smoothest upgrade I have ever completed. 20gb hard drive I hope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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