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Windows 2000 vs. Windows2003 The IT department has been tasked with researching Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2003 Server, and Windows XP. Windows 2000 Advanced
Submitted by riddick on June 12, 2006
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The IT department has been tasked with researching Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2003 Server, and Windows XP. Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows Server 2003 are being considered for upgrading the Network Operating System at the corporate Office in San Jose, California. Windows XP will be the desktop operating system. This report will inform, in detail, on all three products. A recommendation will be made on which Network Operating System will be used and an explanation will be given on why Windows XP has been chosen for the desktops.
Windows 2000 Advanced Server was introduced, by Microsoft, in February of 2000. Windows 2000 Advanced Server (W2KAS) is intended for use in medium to large businesses and is ideal for line-of-business and e-commerce applications. E-commerce and line-of-business require scalability and high availability.
By today's hardware standards W2KAS does not need much power to operate. W2KAS needs a minimum of a 133mhz. Pentium processor running on 256mb of RAM. Windows 2000 Advanced Server needs 1 GB of space on the hard disk and needs a VGA or better video card. Also, W2KAS supports the FAT, FAT32, and NTFS file systems. Again, by today's standards, Riordan should not have any trouble finding a box that can run Windows 2000 Advanced Server.
Windows 2000 Advanced Server is backward compatible with 16bit Windows programs. These are programs that one would find running on Windows 3.x. W2KAS also has command prompt for running programs in a DOS window.
The interface for Windows 2000 Advanced Server is basically the same that Microsoft introduced with Windows 95. It is a graphical user interface. Meaning, that Windows 2000 Advanced Server is icon driven and not command prompt driven. This interface makes W2KAS easier to use and to manage.
Windows 2000 Advanced Server is part of a family of server and desktop operating systems. These include the base model Windows 2000 server, Windows...
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