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Hi shankshank,<br />
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then i wouldnt bother with 64 bit.... there are a lot of programs so far that do not have support for 64 bit yes everything has 32bit support, i will be waiting quite some time before even looking at using 64bit purely due to the lack of supprted SW<br />
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i cant see any advantages of using it as yet...<br />
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Cheers!
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Hi shankshank,

then i wouldnt bother with 64 bit.... there are a lot of programs so far that do not have support for 64 bit yes everything has 32bit support, i will be waiting quite some time before even looking at using 64bit purely due to the lack of supprted SW

i cant see any advantages of using it as yet...

Cheers!

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Oh, and yes...the 64 bit version of Windows has the same functionality as the 32bit.
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Oh, and yes...the 64 bit version of Windows has the same functionality as the 32bit.

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So I am upgrading our current domain controller running window 2000 to a new Windows 2003 domain controller. We bought a new server including the Dual Xeon 3.2ghz processor. The question is, should I go for the 64bit or stick with the 32bit version of 2003 server standard R2? What is the advantages and disadvantages? If this is a simple file server, domain controller, 64bit won't be any different than 32bit right? We don't have any 64 bit applications<br />
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Any input greatly appreciated
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So I am upgrading our current domain controller running window 2000 to a new Windows 2003 domain controller. We bought a new server including the Dual Xeon 3.2ghz processor. The question is, should I go for the 64bit or stick with the 32bit version of 2003 server standard R2? What is the advantages and disadvantages? If this is a simple file server, domain controller, 64bit won't be any different than 32bit right? We don't have any 64 bit applications


Any input greatly appreciated

Implenting new Server, use 32bit or 64bit? Adv, disadv?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).