This is a nice fast clean server upgrade, i have been using 2003 for a while now and it is a lot better than 2000, 2000 was stable but with the addition of Citrix it is a lot nicer!
To set anything up it is just one click and away you go! You cannot upgrade from windows XP but this is understandable as XP is not a server operating system.
When upgrading from 2000 server it installs nicely and sweetly BUT it resets all of the file associations so you have to manually insert them yourself.
All the device drivers that worked i 2000 seem to work in 2003 from the devices i have and am using.
Installing a service, for example SMTP or POP3 accounts is simple too. Double click the services and server roles and it does everything for you!
It is a lovely operating system, its a shame windows 2000 server wasn't as nice!
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