Go check out Win2003

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 11:28 pm

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2 ... fault.mspx

The registration is free.

"All attendees will receive:

FREE evaluation code for both Windows Server 2003 and Visual Studio .NET 2003
Voucher for $100 off Microsoft Windows Server 2003 technical training
Voucher for significant savings on all levels of MSDN® subscriptions
40% discount on selected Windows Server 2003 books by Microsoft Press® from Amazon.com
Plus, a chance to win*:

ViewSonic VG500 15" LCD display — a $415 value
ViewSonic Nextvision 5 video processor — a $199 value
Mini libraries of the latest Windows Server 2003 and Visual Studio .NET 2003 books from Microsoft Press
FREE Microsoft TechNet Standard subscription — a $349 value "

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 12:31 am

ok, who ever typed this has no idea about Cali @ all...

5/6/2003 7:00 AM - 5/6/2003 3:00 PM
Language: English-American

Los Angeles Convention Center

Midway between Los Angeles and San Diego, central to businesses in Irvine and Newport Beach, with easy access to Newport, Huntington and Laguna beaches, plus shopping at Fashion Island and South Coast Plaza, 1.5 miles to John Wayne/Orange County Airport;
Concourse Hall

1201 S Figueroa St
Los Angeles California 90015
United States

Judg3 · Post by **Judg3** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 12:52 am

Wonder how much it'll cost. I know I paid 750$ for Win2k Server with 5 CAL's.

Hate to think I'd have to spend another 8-900$ just to get the prettier XP interface.

I still havent moved over to XP yet, I have a copy of XP Corporate my old company gave me, but I haven't installed it except to look at it.

Honestly, I don't know when/if I'll go to it.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 8:46 am

If you're using Win2K server in a corporate LAN now, I really don't see any reason to migrate unless your company is one of the very few that will benefit from the new enterprise features.

Crap, IT departments are only just (grudgingly) getting around to migrating to Win2K. IT departments move glacially slow - no one is going to be anxious to jump on the bandwagon of a new server OS.

It would also be prudent to wait for the bugs to get worked out.

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Looks like one of these shin-digs is near me in Orlando on May 15th. I signed up. Might be interesting.

Judg3 · Post by **Judg3** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 4:44 pm

Well, not really a corporate LAN, more like my home LAN. When I had my servers setup before I ran a domain style LAN in my house. Just made it easier with drive mapping and such.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 6:38 pm

UGH... except for training, can't see any reason to run a domain server at home.

I hate to even see small businesses running domain servers - 99.9% don't need it and it adds needless complexity and reduced redundancy.

Every single small business around here I've come across running a domain server just plain didn't need it. They're just using their server as a file server, don't use Exchange at all (and yet someone BS'ed them into spending the money on SBS 2000).

Then they have a heart attack when they find out that every piece of software for a server OS - from an AV app to a tape backup program - costs 10 times more than it does for the regular version.

Judg3 · Post by **Judg3** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 6:44 pm

It's about the only way to test out logon scripts and what not as well hehe.

That's what a lot of my development was, logon scripting. Make sure the newest virus updates & approved hot fixes where installed and running well.

Grabbing info about the systems, that sorta thing.

I can't wait to get a good enough job where I can afford a couple of dual MP 2400's again. Then I have the fun skill of relearning all of it again hehe