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Win2k

I know a lot of you Pro-XP people will say I'm downgrading by using Win2k, but I remembered the first time I'd ever used it and I was absolutely astonished with how stable it is.  So I found a copy of it and now I'm running 2000 Advanced Server (probably didn't need that version, could have used the regular 2000 variety.)  And so far it seems like all is well.

Before the problem with 2k used to be that nothing supported it, but because XP is the standard now, and it's built from 2k, it seems like most newer games and apps work with it just fine.

Anyone else out there running six-year-old technology?

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Reply #1 –
I'm still running Windows ME and am perfectly happy with it, but I'll have to upgrade to XP soon for itunes. I've been staring at my useless ipod for a couple months now...
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Reply #2 –
My brother runs 2k on his laptop.  Both my desktop and laptop are on XP.
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Reply #3 –
Up until a month ago I was running ME on both my computers. I'm currently running XP Pro. I can honestly say I miss my Win 2000 Ad. Server edition computer (Sold it to my parents and downgraded it to ME ). It was the most stable computer I ever ran. What I have now qualifies as the 2nd most stable (I have some crashes, and etc.) Honestly I'm thinking I'm probably going to setup a Linux Partition to work on from now on.

and this is coming from an MCP on Windows 2000 Ad. Server

Shows you where Microsoft is going......:toilet:

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Reply #4 –
yeah several. thems 64bits seem to open them up alittle in the higher rpm range. I mean,they seem faster.
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Reply #5 –
Windows 2000 advanced server is still basically windows 2000, it just has full server capabilities like an active directory and better hardware support.  It even allows 4gb of ram which you'd never need on a desktop.  I'm running 2003 server just because it supports 64 bit better but 2000 server is fast, stable, and very tweakable.  It's very easy to set up the services you need, and disable the ones you dont.  I'm almost always running linux but 2003 is what I use for out network because of it's even better hardware support.