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Server 2003 on a desktop computer

Is it possible to install server 2003 on a desktop computer? I've tried on a dell 760 and hp 8000 but the result was a critical error shutdown when it started to load.

4runnerfun

It is possible, I've installed 2003/2008 on numerous desktop systems, custom-built systems and as hyper-v client systems hosted by 2008 server on a desktop system. =)

Suggest looking more into the error and what caused it.

kaskhedikar_tushar

Hello,

yes possible,

I think. somewhere you are wrong. Please check your system settings.

http://www.petri.co.il/hardware_requirements_for_windows_server_2003.htm

Regards,
Tushar Kaskhedikar

Frosty555

That's the setup I have right now at home - Windows Server 2003 on an old Dell Dimension Pentium 4 desktop acting as a backup server. I also have Server 2008 running on my old gaming rig which is a relatively fast custom built desktop computer (low end consumer ASUS motherboard, AMD Phenom II X4 processor, 4gb of regular ddr2 ram) and it happily runs Hyper-V and Exchange server for me quite nicely.

Desktop computers don't have all of the server grade resiliency and redundancy (e.g. proper hardware RAID, ECC memory, Xeon server grade processors), nor the horsepower of proper server hardware, but if you don't care about that then you should be fine.

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