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&gt; Also a question: why not get a shared cloud server? Usually they are much less expensive than a dedicated box.<br />
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....and probably easier to manage if you are not used to this kind of thing.
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Hi all , <br />
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I purchased a new dedicated server running on windows server 2008 x64 ..<br />
But it's not managed , &nbsp;and there is no application installed on it at all..<br />
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Now what should &nbsp;I install on my server to start using PHP + MYSQL .. ?<br />
What about &nbsp;security ? <br />
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Please help me
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Hi all , 

I purchased a new dedicated server running on windows server 2008 x64 ..
But it's not managed ,  and there is no application installed on it at all..

Now what should  I install on my server to start using PHP + MYSQL .. ?
What about  security ? 

Please help me

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