Windows Server 2003 installation and requirements

[jake]

I tried Microsoft website to find answers to my questions but to no
avail.
1 - After installation, is Windows Server 2003 an operating system on
its own?
2 - If so, is it much like XP Professional where one can also use it as
a regular home PC?
3 - Does it need XP Professional installed on the PC as a prerequisit
to its own installation?
I ask these questions because I just bought Visual Studio 2005
Professional and I see that XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 were
included.

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello Jake,

J1 - After installation, is Windows Server 2003 an operating system on
Jits own?

Yes

J2 - If so, is it much like XP Professional where one can also use it
Jas
Ja regular home PC?

Yes

J3 - Does it need XP Professional installed on the PC as a prerequisit
Jto its own installation?

No

JI ask these questions because I just bought Visual Studio 2005
JProfessional and I see that XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 were
Jincluded.

Win2003 has the set of the server components and new functionality which
are not included in XP
Besides this Win2k3 has new version of some components.
For example IIS6.0 (5.1 in XP), COM+ 1.5 (1.0 in XP), MQMQ (XP is limited
for the sever support) and etc

---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev [C# MVP] :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

This is a group for the C# programming languages, nothing related to
install/maintain windows OS installations.

I suggest you to post in one of the win 2003 NGs
--
Ignacio Machin
machin AT laceupsolutions com

"jake" <ja********@gma il.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ 38g2000cwa.goog legroups.com...
|I tried Microsoft website to find answers to my questions but to no
| avail.
| 1 - After installation, is Windows Server 2003 an operating system on
| its own?
| 2 - If so, is it much like XP Professional where one can also use it as
| a regular home PC?
| 3 - Does it need XP Professional installed on the PC as a prerequisit
| to its own installation?
| I ask these questions because I just bought Visual Studio 2005
| Professional and I see that XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 were
| included.
|

[jake]

Hi Michael,
Great Help. This is exactly what I needed to know. Now, I will
install Windows Server 2003.

Michael Nemtsev wrote:

Hello Jake,

J1 - After installation, is Windows Server 2003 an operating system on
Jits own?

Yes

J2 - If so, is it much like XP Professional where one can also use it
Jas
Ja regular home PC?

Yes

J3 - Does it need XP Professional installed on the PC as a prerequisit
Jto its own installation?

No

JI ask these questions because I just bought Visual Studio 2005
JProfessional and I see that XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 were
Jincluded.

Win2003 has the set of the server components and new functionality which
are not included in XP
Besides this Win2k3 has new version of some components.
For example IIS6.0 (5.1 in XP), COM+ 1.5 (1.0 in XP), MQMQ (XP is limited
for the sever support) and etc

---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev [C# MVP] :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo