Which version of Windows Server 2003 to use with G6?

Anyone know any pros and/or cons of using different versions of Windows 2003 Server? i.e., any benefits or detriments of using Standard vs Enterprise vs. Web vs. the Datacenter versions?

On which version of Vista you should choose will depend on what you want to use Windows Vista for.
The Home Basic will work fine, but if you need to join a Domain (on a Windows Network) then the Business Edition is necessary, likewise if you want Media Centre then you need Home Premium, or if you need both of the previous two then Home Ultimate... etc....
All will work with Vista, which one is right for you will depend on how you need to use Windows.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx
iFelix

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Hi,
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http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
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http://www.virtualbox.org/
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Hi,
I'm currently installing a SAP Netweaver Server on a Windows Server 2003/X64 (Intel Xeon CPUs).
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I ran into the same problem searching for the 1.4.2 JDK for Windows x64 platform and found this discussion post. It was helpful!
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Hello,
I am trying to backup multiple Windows Server 2003 R2 VMs on Hyper-V (Windows Server 2012 R2) with DPM.
When I try to this I get the following errors:
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Source: VSS ID:8229
A VSS writer has rejected an event with error 0x800423f4, The writer experienced a non-transient error. If the backup process is retried,
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greets,
torsten

Thank you to everyone in this thread!
After digging through VSS and Hyper-V dead-ends, the solution above worked for me in a W2012 R2 environment.
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Hi,
This is kind of a loaded question because DPM 2012 R2 never dropped support for protecting Windows 2003/2008 using host level backup.
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All I did so far is installing Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise with Service Pack 2, open IE to update, it keeps searching for updates and never stop, after 20mn to 30mn the process svchost.exe start using 100% of my CPU.
Herein is the root cause of your issue. A topic that's been discussed in several blogs, forums, and even in the media since September regards a known issue with attempting to patch IE6 RTM via Windows Update.
Aside from that particular issue... browsing the Internet with an unpatched instance of IE6, especially from a Windows Server system, is also asking for a world of hurt.
Might I suggest the following:
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Download the latest Cumulative Security Update for IE8 for Windows Server 2003 to a thumb drive.
Reinstall Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2.
Upgrade to IE8 from the thumb drive installer and apply the
Cumulative Security Update.
Now your machine is capable of safely browsing to Windows Update to install the rest of the updates (well, maybe, there's also all those other Security Updates from the past seven years that your machine still has vulnerabilites for -- even those seven
years of updates are going to take a Very Long Time to scan for, download, and install).
Why don't you have a WSUS server? -- noting, wryly, that you've posted in the *WSUS* forum.
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A simple suggestion , please make sure both MacBook Pro clock and the server clock are the same meaning the hour/Min/ sec both should match. A least difference of 3 seconds is fine.
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