Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Media

I could write so much about this operating system that I'd still be going at it tomorrow and the next day, but since I can't spare the time to go into that much detail, let me just make a few key points about Windows 2000. If you have enough people to look at and take advantage of all the features of Windows 2000, you will be able to reap the benefits immediately; and, although it is not something to be taken lightly, smaller organisations can still ...
...benefit that much will be home users. The OS has been stable for me from the start (even on a beta release, several months before it was released to manufacture), and back then it was obvious that Windows 2000 provided just what I wanted to run my PC systems on. This is the way that Client-Server systems should work. The client workstations can be controlled incredibly finely by system administrators, even to the extent that they can rebuild machines ...

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...CLIPPER 5.3. They ran under Microsoft Drive Operating System (DOS 6.22) as the OS and Novel 4.11 was installed on the servers. Seeing the need to make changes on the previous applications, we have finished designed and programmed the new applications using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and now is managing the implementation of the new applications at the headquarter office and site offices. Considering that MS Visual Basic 6.0 is from Microsoft, we ...
...discussion we agreed to use Microsoft Windows 2000 Server edition as the OS to be installed on the servers. Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 95 are determined to be the OS on the workstations. Why Windows 2000 Server In the discussion we see one outstanding feature from this OS. Windows 2000 Server edition offers an excellent feature that a server can share its hardware resources. It means that the old personal computers (PCs) connected to ...

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Windows 2000 is a compound from Windows 98 and Windows NT. The surface and divide the user managers became undertaken from 98 and the more stable heart comes from NETWORK TERMINAL. What is actual new in the case of Windows 2000? Hardware is mostly arranged without new start and it is now also that so-called Hot- have Plugin, the mean one can devices at serial and parallel ones as well as the USB and the Firewall external into current company connection ...
...has desktop too in Windows 2000. What a very good renewal is, the recoveries consoles, with her, one can cancel attitudes and it returns the system into a stable original state in the case of problems. Very gadget who thinks Windows in 2000 is rapid as 98 that is mistaken, the Windows 2000-11-28 is not more rapid than 98th is my personal opinion: Windows in 2000 is nothing for private customers or player there it unambiguous too expensively is. If ...

gametester1985 09.09.2001 · Read full review
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...and technologies which make the Microsoft platform a compelling choice for the business enterprise. Active Directory, Microsoft's new directory service included in Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, makes management across the platform much more powerful. Mixing great performance, easy administration, and better reliability, the Windows 2000 and Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0 combination adds up to a very strong platform suitable for ...
...browser; we found this only slightly less efficient than the MMC approach. All in all, the Microsoft Web platform is a very tightly integrated solution that performs extremely well, has very strong supporting tools for developers, and would make a strong platform on which to build an e-business. ...

space_cadet 14.07.2000 · Read full review
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At last Microsoft have actually delivered on their promise! Windows 2000 is stable, reliable and works very well, which is quite an achievement for an OS with no service packs. I had no problems installing it, the only hardware it didn't pick up on its own was my Voodoo 2, which wasn't a problem because I don't play games in Win2000 anyhow. I had a few problems getting Windows 98 to talk to it but, once i'd realised what the problem was it was ...
...Why, after spending £1,500-3,000 on a piece of server software, should I have to spend another £25 for each computer that needs to access it? It seems to me that this is just another ploy by Microsoft to make more money, which i'm sure they've got plenty of. ...

danbee 09.08.2000 · Read full review
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Everyone who had the final versions of windows 95 waited the release of 98 with baited breath. It came out, and everyone rushed right out to buy it. Big mistake. The late versions of 95 had most of the drivers which were shipped with 98, and the early releases of 98 were full of bugs. Sadly, I was one of those people. 98 had a few more features, but most of them you can download as pluggins of the internet. All of the new drivers were freely available ...
...did not crash any where near as much. However, credit where credit is due, the later versions of 98 were much more stable and the system running was smoother. I think microsoft, however, have been just a little unfair. It has released multiple versions of its varying operating systems, still shipping with bugs in the basic software. This is really the problem with buying when it first came out. The ONLY intelligent thing to do with new versions of ...

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this program is a load of pants. It is the worst piece of shite I've ever loaded onto my computer. It came into the house, got installed, got uninstalled and got thrown out the window (literally). It took 3 attempts to install thanks to various errors, and ever when it was installed it was still full of bugs, and crashed about 5 times per day. The amount of patches that have been released already is astronomical, and there are still problems. I definatly ...

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Windows Whistler is the replacement for Windows 2000. Whistler is to be released in the 3rd to 4th quarter of 2001 (So they say) and is to replace Windows 2000 and Windows ME. This will be a fine day in my opinion to at last get home users off the ageing Win9X DOS core. (A common misconception is that Windows ME is not based on the Win9x core but it is and still has all the flaws that come with it.) Whistler seems very stable for a BETA version, ...
...redesign like Windows 2000 was. With all the features of Windows ME and 2000 it has become larger and wants a good 1GB of hard disk space to install. Whistler will be released in all the current flavours that Windows 2000 is available in, with the addition of Personal edition. The personal edition is meant for the home user and does not support 3 major things. 1. Personal will only support a single processor where as Professional supports multiple. ...

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A wide misconception of Windows 2000 is that it is the version after Windows 98, but it isn’t. It really is the next version of Windows NT, and it isn’t for home users. It can be used for office networks both large and small, but beware it isn’t for the faint hearted. You can set up hard disc shares for many users, which can be useful for networks where many users utilise a few computers, making it unwieldy and unsafe for each ...
...also be used to give shares of a fast internet connection to all the other computers from the Network server. But this isn’t very good if there are an awful lot of computer on at once. For your network needs it is fine, but this isn’t for home users, please remember. ...

neilmoore67 24.01.2001 · Read full review
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...would say but at last Microsoft have produced a stable operating system ,yeehah. Here are my experiences with it , firstly the installation procedure was faultless I already had Windows 98 and installed this over the top of it with no problems , this was quite a long process but even when windows came to the much lamented process of FINDING !! my hardware it did so effortlessly ( shock , horror , gasp) no Windows 95 plug n play trauma here. Later ...
...and that was it (I dont believe this).I have been using this operating system since February I think and have had no crashes/lock ups / freezes yet (touch wood). This is the positive part now for the negative, software compatability , this is poor for older software and the Application Compatability tool that is supplied as an extra does not work with me it does nothing. Other features I like are an improved sytem manager , a disk cleanup tool and ...

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...show me something better that microsoft have on the market. NT is awful to use unless you've been on a gazillion training courses, and even then the win2k interface is still superior. 95 crashes more often than a joyrider, and only supports one processor. 98? don't make me laugh. if you want a secure program that doesn't crash and does everything you need in a modern computing environment, then win2k is the one for you. problems I had were that ...

uncle.lee 18.07.2000 · Read full review
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Microsoft have done it! They have finally released an operating system which meets all the necessities of the everyday user. I used to use Windows 98 for networking/games, then upgraded to Windows NT4.0 (where no games would run), now in Windows 2000 you get the best of both worlds. However if you are upgrading from Windows 9x to Windows 2000 Pro you should be aware of how to secure your system, and how to stop any "hackers" from entering. Many people ...
...and a good setup computer shouldnt need a firewall at all. 1. When installing the OS, make sure that you unplug your network cable for the final section of the install, this is to make sure no hackers can read your data (Windows 2000 doesnt set your security until the very last stages). 2. Make sure the passwords are of at least 6 characters long and consist of both numbers and letters (alphanumeric). 3. If you are sharing drives make sure that ...

patrickgalvin 08.05.2001 · Read full review
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...business version of the latest Microsoft Operating System. Windows 2000 is an exellent upgrade package if you are Internet orientated. It is really based around the internet, with automatic Windows upgrades direct from the net. There is also a lot of extra features that were not featured in Windows 98. I personally think that if you have Windows 98 and are not really planning on using the Internet, then there is no need to upgrade to Windows Me, ...

h4rp1c 10.02.2001 · Read full review
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...schools, Millennium is a number. Microsoft have managed to screw up their own numbering system once again. 2000 is the successor (success? not in my book.) to NT4 - great. lets confuse the newbies time. lets just uh... call cheese, ham, and ham, cheese. In my opinion, windows 3.11 is a better OS than any of its "successors". and Linux is a better operating system than any. The best things in life are free. ...

antony 17.07.2000 · Read full review
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...as has become standard with microsoft is quick, customizable and efficient with no problems Windows 2000 Pro practically slipped onto my machine. I loved the new security features, having a child who uses my machine i could protect my programming projects from being corrupted by providing a seperate login and denying access, something i had never done on a local drive before, security even stretched to the individual files, again this was handy to ...
...Being able to swap drive letters on CD and DVD drives was a god send and a function i used quite often. The now standard collapsing control panel is very handy and the help system actually helped rather than slowing the machine down it just pops up ready to use, the ONLY and i do mean ONLY reason i abandoned 2000 pro for windows XP pro is because of the media support. Windows 2000 professional places tasks such as screen drawing (moving the mouse, ...

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