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What do you mean with Windows 2008 Desktop? There is no such thing. The direct replacement of Windows 2008 Server to a Desktop OS would be Windows Vista. If It is Windows 2008 r2 Server, the the direct Desktop OS replacement would be Windows 7.<br />
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If you can't find drivers for Vista for your Server hardware, those for Windows 2008 Server should also work, and if you can't find drivers for Windows 7, those for Windows 2008 r2 should work for that OS (and even those for Windows 2008).
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What do you mean with Windows 2008 Desktop? There is no such thing. The direct replacement of Windows 2008 Server to a Desktop OS would be Windows Vista. If It is Windows 2008 r2 Server, the the direct Desktop OS replacement would be Windows 7.

If you can't find drivers for Vista for your Server hardware, those for Windows 2008 Server should also work, and if you can't find drivers for Windows 7, those for Windows 2008 r2 should work for that OS (and even those for Windows 2008).

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I have an evaluation copy of windows 2008 server installed on a Dell 2050 server. I would like to wipe it and install Windows 2008 Desktop. I don't have a disk with a copy of Windows 2008 desktop and was wondering if I would have problems installing a copy I bought online and downloaded to my system. Is there anything I should know before I start this install
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I have an evaluation copy of windows 2008 server installed on a Dell 2050 server. I would like to wipe it and install Windows 2008 Desktop. I don't have a disk with a copy of Windows 2008 desktop and was wondering if I would have problems installing a copy I bought online and downloaded to my system. Is there anything I should know before I start this install

Swap Windows 2008 Server for desktop

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Windows Server 2008

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