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michael 
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 Posted: 22 November 2003 at 4:29pm |
 Not sure what to tell you, on another server I can enable all just on this one the hardware itself does not allow it as it's some old server.
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Posted: 23 November 2003 at 3:14am |
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okay.. but with me its not a hardware problem.. it cant be.. but who cares, now im running windows xp and if i need 2003 i restart the computer.. thats the easiest solution i found..
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Posted: 23 November 2003 at 4:16pm |
i wouldn't want to enable it on a server computer unless you have a really good graphics card
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Posted: 24 November 2003 at 9:15am |
im not using it as a server.. only a personal testing server.. and i cant enable it, but if i could, i think an msi starforce graphics card with nvidia ti 4800 se gpu and 128 mb ddr is good enough..
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Posted: 27 November 2003 at 12:20pm |
Mmm, that's quite a good graphics card. Why on earth do you have Windows 2003 Server installed? It's not build for 'usuall' applications at all, it's tuned for server applications and background services.
I'd create a little test server with Windows Server, WITHOUT that graphics card, and which you don't use for DirectX applications and other applications (like VS.NET, Office, etc.)
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Posted: 27 November 2003 at 12:32pm |
ive just used windows 2003 for development of my own site.. its not used as a server, only a personal testing server with me and my fathers web sites.. its easier to use a local server when developing and testing than upload to a remote server every time ive changed something.. at least when im on dialup! expensive and slow..
i have used windows xp before, and are using it now, but it doesnt have the pop3 mail function..
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Posted: 27 November 2003 at 3:31pm |
I have a local server, four actually, which I use for game hosting & storage, DNS, FTP & WWW and a LAN server, for Printing etc.
I don't use these servers for anything else but servers or services. This works fine, I always have a local dedicated server online, and I can turn of my workstation, and just continue working afterwards (quite logic actually).
I don't really like remote servers, because they're a bit slow. I happen to save everything I do, so when I edit a tiny bit of code (2 lines), I press Ctrl + S, just to be sure. My connection is fast, 8096 downstream, 2048 upstream.
Bit of a useless post, but who cares.
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Posted: 28 November 2003 at 6:26am |
Windows Server 2003 is indeed not meant to have DirectX, even if it's possible to enable it, it would most likely not be stable on a server operating system, as Diep said optimized for background processes, even having Hardware Acceleration enabled in your graphic card could distabilize the server.
I also have 2 servers and one workstation at home, one server is always on and serving HTTP/FTP/MAIL/DNS and the rest of it, and I wouldn't go near anything that could distabilize the system, all drivers I use are WS2k3 approved and it runs like a beauty for months and months on end without a restart, and I do hosting, that's quite good for a Windows server.
If you want DirectX, use a desktop/workstation operating system like XP or 2000 Pro.
BTW: Diep that's a fine connection you have, what is it SDSL? Expenssive?
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