About Windows 2000
Windows 2000 (W2K) is a commercial version of Microsoft's evolving Windows operating system. Previously called Windows NT 5.0, Microsoft emphasizes that Windows 2000 is evolutionary and "Built on NT Technology." Windows 2000 is designed to appeal to small business and professional users as well as to the more technical and larger business market for which the NT was designed.
The Windows 2000 product line consists of four products:
- Windows 2000 Professional, aimed at individuals and businesses of all sizes. It includes security and mobile use enhancements. It is the most economical choice.
- Windows 2000 Server, aimed at small-to-medium size businesses. It can function as a Web server and/or a workgroup (or branch office) server. It can be part of a two-way symmetric multiprocessing system. NT 4.0 servers can be upgraded to this server.
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server, aimed at being a network operating system server and/or an application server, including those involving large databases. This server facilitates clustering and load-balancing. NT 4.0 servers with up to eight-way SMP can upgrade to this product.
- Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, designed for large data warehouses, online transaction processing (OLTP), econometric analysis, and other applications requiring high-speed computation and large databases. The Datacenter Server supports up to 16-way SMP and up to 64 gigabytes of physical memory.
Windows 2000 is reported to be more stable (less apt to crash) than Windows 98/NT systems. A significant new feature is Microsoft's Active Directory, which, among other capabilities, enables a company to set up virtual private networks, to encrypt data locally or on the network, and to give users access to shared files in a consistent way from any network computer.
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I just had a German friend on the phone whose notebook came with Vista preinstalled. He doesn't like Vista and neither do I.
He has been trying to install a German version of Windows XP on his notebook because he has a licensed version that he is no longer using on his other computer.
But every time he inserts the XP CD, it is not detected by the notebook and acts as if no CD has been inserted. If he inserts the German Vista installation CD in his notebook, it is detected and works fine. If he inserts his XP CD in a notebook from his friend, it works fine.
He tells me the XP CD has no scratches so there must be some kind of software or even hardware detection that only allows Vista. I'm amazed that this kind of Microsoft monopoly is even allowed and that noone has sued the company for the time that they spend figuring out how to remove this crap from their computers.
Anyway, thanx to you guys, it will probably work, at least according to www.removevista.com. It's nice to know that someone has got these bootdisks and boot images available on the internet. Thanks a million guys!!!
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Sorry, I posted on Windows 2000 by accident. I wanted to post on Windows XP or Windows Vista.
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I tried upgrading Windows 2000 to Windows XP. I restarted PC and I get an error and it tells me to restart on safe mode, but when I restart it says that it cannot find Windows 2000 drivers, and wants me to re install Windows 2000. I don't have a disc for Windows 2000...how can I get Windows 2000 to reinstall?
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"Built on NT Technology."
LOOOOOOOOOOOL
New Technology Technology
That's funny.
If it's true. :P
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I am trying to restore a WIN2000 Pro OS on my laptop. I started giving a blue screen error that says the recovery console can't fix the error. I downloaded the four Win 2000 Pro disks and started the install from the floppy drive. First attempt I tried Repair, which did not work. Then I tried a normal install. At the end of the process it said the install had to be aborted because there was no CD drive detected! My IBM T30 only has one drive bay. It can only have a CDROM drive or A floppy.
Help??
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I would appreaciate suggestions.
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