2003 server, how am I going to do this?
 

Hi guys, aint been here for some time.

Ok to the point I have 2 machines, my desktop and my laptop, they are in a workgroup enviroment as it suits my needs, both running XP.

But now for my college needs I need to have a domain set up with one machine running 2003 server.

I need both machines to continue to hold all the files etc they have on them now, so how am I going to do this?

Can I duel boot XP and 2003 server? Are any of the virtual server products going to help me here? Any help at all will do, I am stuck.

Re: 2003 server, how am I going to do this?
 

yes you can dual boot XP and W2K3 just install in different directories, don't use NTFS on the same partition as your data as I think they differ. VirtualPC (M$) or VMWare will both suit your needs depending on how much memory you have available. I prefer VMWare as it's quicker although Virtual Server from Microsoft is better than V.PC. VMWare has a 40 day trial version for download

Re: 2003 server, how am I going to do this?
 

Ok, kind of new to this, what exactly is one of the virtual server bits of software going to do for me? Sorry to be dumb, I have just never needed to do this before.

Basically I have a module of my course that is about installing and administering 2003 server so want it to play with on my machine, but want to be able to get shot of it later when i am done with it doing no harm to my XP install.

PC I have is Athlon XP2000 with 1gig of RAM.

Re: 2003 server, how am I going to do this?
 

AFAIK, Virtual Server has to run on a machine running 2000 or 2003 server. It enables you to set up multiple virtual machines, each of which can run it's own PC based OS.

It is rather cool being able to run Mandrake Linux in one Window and Windows XP in another, and being able to access both either via remote desktop connection, or VNC.... The only downside is (in the betas anyway) sound is disabled...

Re: 2003 server, how am I going to do this?
 

MS site says it will run on 2000 or XP, may just suck it and see:D

So I install that then where do I install 2003 server?

Again sorry for being dumb.

Re: 2003 server, how am I going to do this?
 

Virtual machines run inside your existing operating system as windows applications (Windows), and share resources (Network, memory, Disk which is normally a big file on the host OS, etc). For instance on my "Dev" box, I am running Windows XP SP2 - on this machine I have the following virtual devices that I can startup;
Windows XP
Windows NT4
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2003 Enterprise
Windows for Workgroups (cos I can)
Mandrake
and
Redhat

You have enough memory probably to run 1 copy of 2003 and another XP if required. Makes testing shareware much easier as you keep a "Virgin" copy of the XP Client then copy to a new virtual machine, install the software, test it then blow the machine away. All take seconds not minutes or hours