MortgageGuy
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Converted old NT Server to 2000 Pro
I just converted an old Dell NT Server with 450 MHz processor, 128 MB of RAM with mirrored disks to a normal desktop user of 2000 Professional. The thing is too slow. I wiped out one of the partitions and installed 2000 Pro on it. How can I speed things up?
Hi! Everybody,
Here is the problem! I know, it is a commun problem:)
I am trying to migrate my 70 users account from our current windows NT 4.0 server to our new windows 2003 server.
I have done so many search about that and I found out that there are some many ways to do it , until I got completly stressed out and confused.
Please , can anybody help me step by step to have that thing done ?
can I use the same domain name? or should I name the 2003 server differently?
is that possible to migrate some database application such as Track-it 6.0 ?
or Can I just do a complete migration from what I have on NT to 2003, if so, How could I do it?
Please! Help.
Thank you in advance and have a pleasant weekend.
Tye
Here is the problem! I know, it is a commun problem:)
I am trying to migrate my 70 users account from our current windows NT 4.0 server to our new windows 2003 server.
I have done so many search about that and I found out that there are some many ways to do it , until I got completly stressed out and confused.
Please , can anybody help me step by step to have that thing done ?
can I use the same domain name? or should I name the 2003 server differently?
is that possible to migrate some database application such as Track-it 6.0 ?
or Can I just do a complete migration from what I have on NT to 2003, if so, How could I do it?
Please! Help.
Thank you in advance and have a pleasant weekend.
Tye
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Without a doubt I think it makes sense to upgrade the memory. How can I tell whether or not the disk mirroring was software based or hardware based?
Well, that's a different question...
lancien, you need to ask your own question rather than asking your question in someone else's question.
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I consider 128MB RAM to be a minimum config for Win2K Pro, and would recommend at least doubling that to 256 MB. It works really well with 512MB.
Yes, that seems like a lot, but with today's memory prices it's the best bang for the buck performance enhancement for Win2K.
For that matter, I wouldn't even consider less than 256 MB minimum for a WinXP Pro system, because it sucks even more memory than Win2K Pro does.
Is the disk mirroring hardware or software based? If it is software-based, that adds load to the processor, which can slow things down. You may want to forego the disk redundancy and just do a backup to tape on a regular basis.