Xp Pro VS Win 2003

damnyanks · 04-08-2006 5:23pm #1

Howdy,

Got a nice new dell. I have windows 2003 and windows xp pro I'll have to install one of them. Can anyone tell me about any drawback on the 2003 ? The reason I'm going for 2003 over XP is so that I can use termial services as there will be times I need to do the work remotely.

seamus · 04-08-2006 5:44pm

2003 is not designed with interactivity in mind. The install out-of-the-box is far more locked down than the XP install. On top of that, you'll have issues with certain drivers, and games and other apps may have problems with it. It's not designed as a desktop OS.

You can use remote desktop with Windows XP, the only difference being that only one person can be logged onto the machine at a time. Do you need to have multiple users logged on at the same time?

Cryos · 04-08-2006 5:52pm

damnyanks wrote:

Howdy,

Got a nice new dell. I have windows 2003 and windows xp pro I'll have to install one of them. Can anyone tell me about any drawback on the 2003 ? The reason I'm going for 2003 over XP is so that I can use termial services as there will be times I need to do the work remotely.

http://www.logmein.com

Slap xp on it and use that ^^^

damnyanks · 04-08-2006 6:45pm

Just myself. The main problem I have with using VNC type app's is that tehy are sooooooooooooooo slow. terminal services has so far been the only truely good client I've used.

How can I get remote desktop to allow connections from random IP's? I've never got it to work outside of MSN

seamus · 05-08-2006 1:25am

Assuming it's XP Pro - right-click on My Computer, go to Properties, then Remote, the click the box that says "Allow user to connect remotely to this machine".

However, having a machine on the net with the RDP port wide open is not a wise idea, whatever the OS.

damnyanks · 05-08-2006 8:04pm

Brilliant, exactly wht I wanted. Thanks

rogue-entity · 06-08-2006 6:41pm

The drawback with Windows Server 2003 is the licencing. You have to be sure you have the right licences for what you want to do with it, and then you have to be sure you have the right version. To be honest, stick with XP Pro, and enable the remote desktop, its a lot easier.

Win2K3 doesnt include Terminal Services CALs so you cant legaly use it for remote access AFAIK.

Capt'n Midnight · 08-08-2006 12:30pm

rogue-entity wrote:

Win2K3 doesnt include Terminal Services CALs so you cant legaly use it for remote access AFAIK.

you are limited to two clients unless you purchase extra licenses and then you have to ring up m$ to get them activated.

2k3 has different tcp/ip problems/niggles to XP, which doesn't bode well for the pre service pack releases of vista which has new networking code.

VNC is also kinda handy for remote management.

regardless of which remote management option you use you would need a VPN to create a secure tunnel back if you are going across the internet

Xp Pro VS Win 2003

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